the Sugar Conspiracy

Tuesday, January 27, 2004

AFL-CIO calls for Safeway boycott

Since mid-October, 70,000 grocery workers have courageously kept up the picket lines in Southern California. These brave workers are holding the line for health care and good jobs in the face of stubborn employer greed. The stand they have taken is not just for their own families, but for all families, at a time when too many employers are shredding the standards for decent benefits we worked long and hard to build. They're on strike or have been locked out by their employers, including Safeway-owned Vons, Kroger-owned Ralphs and Albertsons for nearly four months now.

We're asking you to change your everyday routine and not shop at Safeway during the strike. The striking grocery workers are asking you to do this because the company that owns Safeway is stubbornly refusing to negotiate a reasonable contract. We all need to vote with our shopping choices and tell these giant grocery corporations that their actions are unacceptable and we will not support them with our business.

Please don't shop at Safeway and help get the word by forwarding this e-mail to your friends, family and co-workers.

Why is this strike so important? The grocery chains are demanding the workers accept what amounts to a 75 percent cut in health coverage for new workers and a 50 percent cut for current employees. Like too many employers across America, they are trying to boost their profits at the expense of workers and their families. If the grocery chains win, we'll all have a harder time holding on to health care benefits. The workers must win.

What can you do? You can send a fax to Safeway CEO Steve Burd expressing support for the striking workers. You can also donate to a support fund that helps the striking workers with bills, food, health care and other needs. More information can be found here and here.

posted by chris at 10:06 AM
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