Dog3 wrote:

Default User deliciously posted in
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To be really technical, the union only struck Shop 'n Save, they were
then locked out of the others. But it's the same effect.

Well thanks for the info. I haven't been reading up all that much on it.

It seems that the union got itself in a bind. The previous head agreed
to negotiate with all three chains at once, then abruptly resigned.
Normally the union plays the chains against each other at contract time.

I'm just ****ed that I have to pay Straub's prices for milk and such. I'll
not cross the picket lines. I *did* read about the package offered to the
employees and it is really bad.

The chains ran a bunch of ads in the weekend papers to try and win the
public over.


The people at the 7-11 are totally buried. People are running in there for
quick items like milk, bread etc. The lines are very long. It's all due to
the strike. I made the mistake of stopping for a soda on the way to work
yesterday. Took 20 minutes to check out.

The Sav-a-lot by me was hammered Saturday. I haven't figured out my
strategy for this week yet.


Brian Rodenborn