Grocery Workers Step Up Campaign for Fair Contract
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)With just a month to go before their contracts with Safeway and Giant expire,
UFCW Local 400 members are expanding their campaign from the streets into the
digital realm. Early in the campaign Local 400 sent mobile billboards throughout
the metro area, spreading the word about their fight for a fair contract. “Our
message is need versus greed,” said UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt.
"These companies are extremely profitable, and there is no excuse for concession
demands.” The new online ads take Safeway to task for paying CEO Steve Burd
$11 million, or more than 500 times the average employee wage. Not only do the
ads highlight this huge inequality, they also urge local customers to make their
support known to store managers. Click here to check out the
Local 400 Activist Contract Team website and stay up-to-date as negotiations
continue.