A worker indicated on social media that the union scheduled negotiations right before the Fourth of July, preventing workers’ ability to strike during the profitable holiday even if a tentative agreement had not been reached, as the union is required to give a 72-hour strike notice to the company.

Trade unions screwing workers out of their negotiating power and grocery stores desperate to keep their monopoly.

A match made in hell

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    That’s a very interesting viewpoint.

    I thought this type of publication would have a lot of Trust behind it because it’s supposedly focuses on worker rights And it’s supposed to be anti-capitalist in nature.

    We have seen times where unions did work with companies and screwed their constituents out of a good deal. Unions don’t always work for the betterment of everybody since they are susceptible to Elite capture.

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        I really appreciate this extra context.

        You’re right. The Safeway Union fought hard for the gains that they did get and we should be proud that they were able to extract any concessions in the Imperial core.

        It sucks they didn’t get better than what they did get but the fact they were able to extract anything is better than most workers in the United States get anyway.

        I really appreciate you highlighting the specific points of where they were trying to twist and hide things. That’ll make it a lot easier for me and hopefully others to identify these type of things in the future.

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        Completely Fair. I’ll keep these things in mind in the future as I read this publication. Thanks for the Insight comrade