Why go through with a grocery strike in this economy?

San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | 9/17/2011 | TANYA MANNES

[South40]

These tools are so blind they cannot see that they are killing their employers' chances of keeping them employed.

[ken21]

unions destroy jobs.

this is an example.

more and more people are moving to other venues, walmart, costco etc.

we buy almost all of our food from henry’s—now called sprouts.

we do not buy supermarket prepared or frozen foods. we buy fresh.

get our paper products and vitamins at costco and walmart.

[RC2]

Seeing as I need food to survive, I would cross the picket line in a minute.

[Ellendra]

“Many people, when they are actually faced with workers on the picket line, are reluctant to take them on,” he said. “When there’s a human face, people don’t want to cross that line.”

No, many people when faced with a picket line, are afraid they'll get beaten up if they try to cross it. And quite frankly, history validates that fear.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The don't call them "union thugs" for nothing.

[South40]

We shop at Henry's also and did so back when it was called Boney's. But we also shop at Ralph's as it's closer to the home.

I was looking forward to crossing the picket lines but with the stores closing what are they going to picket -- closed buildings?

I recall the 2003 strike very well; these union morons looked so foolish and petty picketing in the smoke-filled air wearing paper masks as many San Diegans were losing their homes and lives to the wildfires.

I don't shop at Vons but I will if it means I get to cross the lines.

[ColdOne]

Oh great more price increases at these grocery stores. Won’t to to them then!

[BookmanTheJanitor]

The picket lines were so out of control last time (union creeps keying cars, yelling at kids) ... that people swore off ever going back to those stores again. I can see why Ralphs and Albertson’s would close during the strile.

[GatorGirl]

I wouldn’t cross the picket line because I wouldn’t shop at a unionized grocery store in the first place.

[mylife]

Independent Butchers and Green grocers will thrive along with Walmart.
When I lived in San Diego I tended to buy from local Butchers and Green grocers anyway.
They are all over the place.

This will only hurt the people on strike.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Costco employees are all Teamsters.

[ColdOne]

to to=go to

[C. Edmund Wright]

From the story: “labor expert Jai Ghorpade (said) “Many people I think are sympathetic, and I don’t see why what’s happening in the economy should change their minds,” — Ghorpade is a professor emeritus of management at San Diego State University.”

3....2....1...another elite “expert” from academia will be shown to be a blithering idiot. Only someone on the government dole would think that “what’s happening in the economy” will not have an effect on folks’ attitudes.

I am more and more convinced every day that ignorant college professors posing as “experts” are killing our country. Why do we care what they ever think anymore??????

[tet68]

You got to love those picket signs, what are they
on? 2x2s? No threat there, cough cough.

[freespirited]

Under the grocery chains’ proposal, some workers would go from having no paycheck deductions to having an average of $92 per month deducted for health insurance

Oh cry me a river, you thugs. We pay $450/month for federal employees blue cross.

[BookmanTheJanitor]

Ghorpade is a professor emeritus of management at San Diego State University

I think the most shocking aspect is that San Diego State has professors. Who knew? :o)

[King Moonracer]

When I had access to shrink control people at a supermarket chain, they told me the union stores were a pack of thieves versus the non-union stores. Then again, the union stores were more urban too, so their might have been an ethnic thing too.

[econjack]

“We have to make sure there’s more money coming in [to the health care fund] than going out,” Kasparian [president of UFCW Local 135]said. “If there more money going out, you have two choices: you can either reduce benefits or put more money in.” He’s worried about having to reduce benefits for members or increase their paycheck deductions before the contract is up.

I think he's going to find that he doesn't have much customer support since most people see rising labor costs as rising food prices, which are already rising. Pile that on top of high unemployment rates and this guy has all the making of a moron leading a local with no members.

[C. Edmund Wright]

>>>I think the most shocking aspect is that San Diego State has professors. Who knew? <<<

Well, he is actually professor emeritus - so maybe they don’t have anything but retired professors now (yet still on the California dole of course.....making probably 90% of what they did while employed).

[MinuteGal]

Same old story...union workers making 35 bucks an hour strike and their employer calmly moves the plant to Mejico or Hong Kong....and the union workers now are enjoying a salary which immediately changed to 0 bucks an hour.

Leni