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ParticipantAs big coupon-clipping comparison shoppers, my wife and I have learned to largely ignor the unionized chains like Von’s, Ralphs, and Albertson’s, and gravitated toward the Trader Joe’s, Fresh & Easy’s, and WalMart. The price differences are huge.
Again, I’d put the unionized stores into the same category as the UAW-dominated automakers compared to the nonunionized foreign-owned US auto plants over recent decades. We all know how that worked out for the shrunken UAW and their shrunken companies, and to the benefit of the non-unionized companies, the states they located in, and the consumer. Union work rules, pay scales, fringe benefits, and seniority rules are a burden on the employer that must be passed on to the consumer (or taxpayer, in the case of public employees).
Accordingly, consumers will vote with their feet and we should see a continuation of the shift toward nonunion stores. Consumer sovereignty still rules, thankfully.ParticipantAs big coupon-clipping comparison shoppers, my wife and I have learned to largely ignor the unionized chains like Von’s, Ralphs, and Albertson’s, and gravitated toward the Trader Joe’s, Fresh & Easy’s, and WalMart. The price differences are huge.
Again, I’d put the unionized stores into the same category as the UAW-dominated automakers compared to the nonunionized foreign-owned US auto plants over recent decades. We all know how that worked out for the shrunken UAW and their shrunken companies, and to the benefit of the non-unionized companies, the states they located in, and the consumer. Union work rules, pay scales, fringe benefits, and seniority rules are a burden on the employer that must be passed on to the consumer (or taxpayer, in the case of public employees).
Accordingly, consumers will vote with their feet and we should see a continuation of the shift toward nonunion stores. Consumer sovereignty still rules, thankfully.ParticipantAs big coupon-clipping comparison shoppers, my wife and I have learned to largely ignor the unionized chains like Von’s, Ralphs, and Albertson’s, and gravitated toward the Trader Joe’s, Fresh & Easy’s, and WalMart. The price differences are huge.
Again, I’d put the unionized stores into the same category as the UAW-dominated automakers compared to the nonunionized foreign-owned US auto plants over recent decades. We all know how that worked out for the shrunken UAW and their shrunken companies, and to the benefit of the non-unionized companies, the states they located in, and the consumer. Union work rules, pay scales, fringe benefits, and seniority rules are a burden on the employer that must be passed on to the consumer (or taxpayer, in the case of public employees).
Accordingly, consumers will vote with their feet and we should see a continuation of the shift toward nonunion stores. Consumer sovereignty still rules, thankfully.ParticipantI just stopped in at the Von’s that paid $19 per hour during the last strike. They are paying $10 to $13 per hour for this one. Wow–deflation has set in!
I told the manager I was talking to I was an economist. They said they would only pay me minimum wage.ParticipantI just stopped in at the Von’s that paid $19 per hour during the last strike. They are paying $10 to $13 per hour for this one. Wow–deflation has set in!
I told the manager I was talking to I was an economist. They said they would only pay me minimum wage.ParticipantI just stopped in at the Von’s that paid $19 per hour during the last strike. They are paying $10 to $13 per hour for this one. Wow–deflation has set in!
I told the manager I was talking to I was an economist. They said they would only pay me minimum wage.ParticipantI just stopped in at the Von’s that paid $19 per hour during the last strike. They are paying $10 to $13 per hour for this one. Wow–deflation has set in!
I told the manager I was talking to I was an economist. They said they would only pay me minimum wage.ParticipantI just stopped in at the Von’s that paid $19 per hour during the last strike. They are paying $10 to $13 per hour for this one. Wow–deflation has set in!
I told the manager I was talking to I was an economist. They said they would only pay me minimum wage.ParticipantI know someone who worked at Von’s during the last strike–made $19 per hour. I’d expect it would be higher now.
Anybody know for sure? It would be easy to stop in and ask.ParticipantI know someone who worked at Von’s during the last strike–made $19 per hour. I’d expect it would be higher now.
Anybody know for sure? It would be easy to stop in and ask.ParticipantI know someone who worked at Von’s during the last strike–made $19 per hour. I’d expect it would be higher now.
Anybody know for sure? It would be easy to stop in and ask.ParticipantI know someone who worked at Von’s during the last strike–made $19 per hour. I’d expect it would be higher now.
Anybody know for sure? It would be easy to stop in and ask.ParticipantI know someone who worked at Von’s during the last strike–made $19 per hour. I’d expect it would be higher now.
Anybody know for sure? It would be easy to stop in and ask.ParticipantI submit that the grocery clerks’ union today is equivalent to the United Auto Workers of five years ago. And the WalMarts, Fresh & Easys, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s are equivalent to the foreign-owned auto factories in the midwest and south. If this analogy is correct, any strike will cripple the union and the unionized chain stores, and benefit the non-union stores.
We all know that the UAW has vastly fewer members now, who make considerably less in overall compensation, and have lost market share to the nonunion states and foreign automakers (who took no bailout money, unlike GM and Chrysler), while consumers benefited.
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