I guess the unions were bluffing.
I hope they strike for the good of the nation and not so good of the union.
I mean come on, striking in a depression for more stuff?
Nerve and stupidity all rolled up into one right there.
Lock out the Parasites.
It's my understanding that UCFW is part of Teamsters. From this latest story, it does appear that the Union is attempting some kind of compromise.
In this economy, they undoubtedly are trying to avoid a strike as much as the companies Safeway and Kroger
During the last grocery store strike I was in California at the beginning of the strike then had to travel back East for some family business. Back in that locale they're all Kroger stores. Prior to the last strike, Kroger had just purchased California Ralph's a year or two prior.
The manager of Kroger store closest to where I was staying back East told me he hoped that California workers would choose to end the strike quickly because if not, he was going to be sent to California to work as a cashier. He told me he felt it was unfair since he had already "paid his dues" working as a cashier and that he shouldn't have to do that kind of work again, let alone at hourly wages.
He also said that many other Kroger managers were also being forced to temporarily move to California and all of them would be paid hourly wages rather than their normal salaries. He did say though that Kroger would pay for his air fare, motel and rental car.
Produce and Meat Department Managers and workers also were on strike the last time but I believe that they are in a different union than the UCFW.