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totodeinhere

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25. It's employee owned but it's run by a management team. Rank and file employees do not have the same

Sun Aug 11, 2013, 02:31 PM

Aug 2013

say in the affairs of the company that they would have if they were members of a union.

And remember that non union businesses like Winco are able to undercut unionized operations. I only shop at unionized supermarkets and I would urge everyone else to do the same. All workers need to stick together and fight for the viability of the labor movement.

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Walmart's 'Worst Nightmare' Competition Has Cashiers And Produce Clerks With $1 Million Pensions [View all] marble falls Aug 2013 OP

In case people miss it in the story, WinCo is an employee-owned company. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #1

Right. No opportunity to invest in their success, unless you are an employee BlueStreak Aug 2013 #8

The flipside is... jmowreader Aug 2013 #18

Think about what "invest in success" means. It means that you gamble on their success. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #38

That's not entirely true BlueStreak Aug 2013 #40

That sounds awsome! There certainly is a wide-open niche in the market. tridim Aug 2013 #2

between this chain, and costco, the evil empire SHOULD be getting a clue, but I doubt it. niyad Aug 2013 #3

I suspect they won't notice until the profits start disappearing as a result of their decisions. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #4

perhaps not even then. they have so much money, would take a long time to filter through. niyad Aug 2013 #5

They certainly seem to have a sustainable business model, but they are a supermarket. MADem Aug 2013 #6

heh being retired means I don't have to do that hollysmom Aug 2013 #27

We have a WinCo here locally DJ13 Aug 2013 #7

They're starting to build here in Texas and I will shop there. I swore off Wal-Mart years ago. marble falls Aug 2013 #9

Pensions -- they're what's promised but are ultimately taken away. nt valerief Aug 2013 #10

specifically? marble falls Aug 2013 #11

Pensions. nt valerief Aug 2013 #12

Are you saying that Winco has a pension plan but they will steal the pensions? MADem Aug 2013 #28

That's what he's saying. And the recent precedent is undeniable Doctor_J Aug 2013 #29

I'm not saying anything about WinCo. Wal-Mart was once run by a decent man. valerief Aug 2013 #37

I guess the point is "time passes, things change"? Ash_F Aug 2013 #43

I do almost all my grocery shopping at Winco Spirochete Aug 2013 #13

Sam Walton's useless, disgraceful heirs should take notice. Faryn Balyncd Aug 2013 #14

Seems like those that won the sperm lottery, safeinOhio Aug 2013 #22

Yep libodem Aug 2013 #15

I posted something similar in GD, from Nation of Change: Flaxbee Aug 2013 #16

I don't understand the no-credit card concept adieu Aug 2013 #17

They accept debit cards jmowreader Aug 2013 #19

It isn't only the cost of processing credit card transactions. Retailers are also paying for the sueh Aug 2013 #21

Not so fast. The company is anti-union. totodeinhere Aug 2013 #20

Isn't it an employee owned company? juajen Aug 2013 #23

Not all employees have stakes in employee-owned companies shawn703 Aug 2013 #24

It's employee owned but it's run by a management team. Rank and file employees do not have the same totodeinhere Aug 2013 #25

This is what I've found: marble falls Aug 2013 #31

One common tactic employed by anti-union forces is the claim that totodeinhere Aug 2013 #35

My dad was a Teamster organizer and my granfather was a wobbly so I got to see unions from both .... marble falls Aug 2013 #39

So you would support a company with a union over a company that paid its workers more ? n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #32

I do my best to only support union shops. And I find it amazing that at a supposedly progressive totodeinhere Aug 2013 #33

Apparently some here have lost sight of the purpose of a union - it's to help the employees. PoliticAverse Aug 2013 #34

I think that unionized supermarket chains in the Sacramento area such as totodeinhere Aug 2013 #36

Here's another thing. Some WinCo locations have been picketed by totodeinhere Aug 2013 #26

Thanks for mentioning this, I wanted to as well. Sirveri Aug 2013 #41

In the midwest we have Hy-Vee. ForgoTheConsequence Aug 2013 #30

Why didn't I think of this?!?! The Stranger Aug 2013 #42