New Video of C&S Picket Posted

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 3:34am
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Steve Dondley, Recording Secretary for the Pioneer Valley AFL-CIO, released a second video of the C&S picket in Hatfield, MA last Friday. The video, with some heavy inspiration from the Clint Eastwood spaghetti western, "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," shows three truckers who had interesting responses to the picket line.

The video shows how a picket is used to try to shame workers into doing the right thing and not cross the line. "There's often a lot of drama and tension on the picket line," Dondley said, "I hope the video captured some of that. I added a little twist of humor to boot which I hope helps some of the strikers who see it to relieve a little stress."

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Hatfield Shaw's Picket at C&S warehouse

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Fri, 03/26/2010 - 12:30pm

Our brothers and sisters at the Shaw's warehouse in Methuen went out on strike on March 7. Shaw’s is refusing to come back to the bargaining table for meaningful negotiations.

Shaw's wants concessions and the right to bring in temp workers to replace workers who leave.  Shaw's, like other grocery stores, has been successful thanks in no small part to the recession which has driven people to eat at home and buy generics. This company is profiteering from our hardships and is greedily demanding more profits at the expense of its workers (members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 791, http://www.ufcw791.org/). More details here.

 

Now Shaw’s has recruited C&S in Hatfield to scab.  C&S Wholesale Grocers of Keene NH is the largest food wholesaler in the US.  With its Methuen Distribution Center struck, Shaw’s is now buying from C&S, while also trying to hire scabs at the MDC.

 

Come bolster the picket line at C&S! 

 

Location: 
C&S warehouse
142 Elm Street, Hatfield, MA
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Between September and June, on every third Wednesday of the month, labor delegates, invited guests and speakers come together to discuss issues and events affecting unions and workers across our region. If you would like to make a presentation at one of our meetings, please call us at 413-732-7970 to tell us what you'd like to talk about. At our meetings you'll find a mix of union leaders, union staff, rank and file members and various community organization representatives.

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