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To: Kaslin

UFCW?

I have *no* use for those assholes. None, whatsoever.
Back in 1993, I was working at an A&P store (along with two other part time jobs) after High School, trying to save up money for better housing, and one of the other companies owned by A&P at the time, namely Miracle Foodmart, went on strike.

UFCW did not picket MFM.
Instead, they blockaded A&P, (as in, blocked the doors, and blocked the parking lot entrances, and blocked the loading docks) and demanded that the A&P workers join their picket line. Two weeks into it, UFCW also brought in goons from the Auto Workers and the Postal Workers’ Union.

Those of us, who had the temerity to complain to our supposed “representatives” that we were under a different bargaining agreement, and still needed to make a living were told, in no uncertain terms, that we needed to walk out and join the MFM picket line.

The unionised truckers, of course, refused to cross the picket lines, so we were forced to try and hand-bomb trucks, one box at a time, from across the street from the parking lot, all-the-while having Union goons demanding to see our union cards, and demanding that we not cross the picket line. Cops were called a few times, when folks got beaten up.


5 posted on 08/27/2020 12:40:43 PM PDT by Kriggerel ("All great truths are hard and bitter, but lies... are sweeter than wild honey" (Ragnar Redbeard))
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To: Kriggerel
I remember the strike during the major fires in San Diego. I think it was 2003. There was so much smoke in the are you could see sunspots with the naked eye but these folks were trying to keep even the elderly from their necessary grocery shopping.

It's interesting to watch the entitlement attitude among union aficionados. There's no incentive to excel. You can't be held accountable for productivity. Time in the job decides how many hours you get and how much you make per hour. It has nothing to do with how hard someone is working.

8 posted on 08/27/2020 9:00:28 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Vote Giant Meteor in 2020)
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