| Stop & Shop workers are lucky to be part of a union that's been able to negotiate decent benefits. No one wants to go out on strike - but if Stop & Shop won't negotiate fairly, it's the only tool workers have to protect their standards and hold off a race to the bottom.
Even with the ailing economy, the company's profits are healthy. In the third quarter of 2009 (the most recent figures available), the company posted 238 million pounds (around $371 million).
That must be why they can afford to hire "replacement workers" (aka, strike-breakers). And get this - the pay they are advertising to recruit strike-breakers is $3 per hour higher than what they pay their actual employees! They're doing so well they're expanding and buying new stores. That's outrageous!
As for me, I'm standing with the workers. If they have to strike to protect their benefits I'm not crossing a picket line.
By telling Stop and Shop how important this is to you as a customer, you can make sure the company knows that they should bargain a fair contract rather than forcing a strike.
Click here to send an email message to the company's Consumer Relations Department.
Tell them that it is just wrong to use a bad economy to bully employees into concessions - at a time when company profits are strong as ever.
Then help us pass the word along. You can click here to share on Facebook, or forward this email along.
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