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UFCW Local 648 to San Francisco: Don't shop at Bristol Farms!
Just as I was leaving Bloomingdales this afternoon I couldn't help noticing some strikers on Mission Street holding picket signs. My own experience is that striking is mostly a tedious experience whose most immediate rewards are a sore throat and tired feet. Even in a famous "union town" like San Francisco passerbies will more often than not walk by as if you are invisible. How many people even bother to read a sign or accept a leaflet?
I asked two of the strikers what the strike was about.
I asked two of the strikers what the strike was about.
San Francisco
February 24, 2007
Somewhat surprised that someone would pause to ask why they were holding picket signs, two of the strikers happily explained to me that UFCW Local 648 had been striking against Bristol Farms, an "upscale" grocery located in the basement of the new Westfield Shopping Center... since September 28 of last year!
Local 648 reps Clebert Triggs and Dianne D. made it clear that basic principles of fairness between workers and owners were at stake especially because the grocery had gone back on earlier promises to allow their employees a chance to vote for joining a union.
Triggs said that, since opening, Bristol Farms is operating a grocery store without a bargaining agreement. Until workers get their rights, he and the other strikers hope San Franciscans will support the union workers by going to unionized groceries and not shop at Bristol Farms.
Useful links:
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 648
http://www.ufcw648.org/
UFCW main site:
http://www.ufcw.org/
Bristol Farms
http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html
http://www.bristolfarms.com/locations/sanfrancisco.html
http://www.bristolfarms.com/locations/index.html
No to Bristol Farms:
http://www.ufcw648.org/NoToBristolFarms.htm
Neighboring alternatives to Bristol Farms which Local 648 endorse:
Safeway
See's Candies
Walgreens
Rite Aid
The Jug Shop (for wine and spirits)
February 24, 2007
Somewhat surprised that someone would pause to ask why they were holding picket signs, two of the strikers happily explained to me that UFCW Local 648 had been striking against Bristol Farms, an "upscale" grocery located in the basement of the new Westfield Shopping Center... since September 28 of last year!
Local 648 reps Clebert Triggs and Dianne D. made it clear that basic principles of fairness between workers and owners were at stake especially because the grocery had gone back on earlier promises to allow their employees a chance to vote for joining a union.
Triggs said that, since opening, Bristol Farms is operating a grocery store without a bargaining agreement. Until workers get their rights, he and the other strikers hope San Franciscans will support the union workers by going to unionized groceries and not shop at Bristol Farms.
Useful links:
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 648
http://www.ufcw648.org/
UFCW main site:
http://www.ufcw.org/
Bristol Farms
http://www.bristolfarms.com/home.html
http://www.bristolfarms.com/locations/sanfrancisco.html
http://www.bristolfarms.com/locations/index.html
No to Bristol Farms:
http://www.ufcw648.org/NoToBristolFarms.htm
Neighboring alternatives to Bristol Farms which Local 648 endorse:
Safeway
See's Candies
Walgreens
Rite Aid
The Jug Shop (for wine and spirits)
For more information:
http://www.ufcw648.org/NoToBristolFarms.htm
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Corrected view
Thu, May 10, 2007 11:47PM
Thank you for your comments
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 6:19PM
not a real picket
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 11:55AM
It is not against the boycott to get free samples
Sun, Feb 25, 2007 2:59AM
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