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3. how does the contract 'allow' them to cut wages without a new contract?

Reply to Newsjock (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2012, 12:39 PM

Jun 2012

That's just not a contract.

We got our contract with a modest raise, but it was only a short-term one because the company wanted to stall out this election and our union (UFCW Local 27) thought a short contract was better than none. Our company shifts like 60 % or more of our profits overseas and cries poor when asked to put what we earned back into our stores and workers.

We ALL fear for ourselves; what's happening right now to Save Mart. Stay strong, brothers and sisters!

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Save Mart Supermarkets demote senior clerks, cut pay about $5 an hour [View all] Newsjock Jun 2012 OP

I'm glad to hear they're unionized. senseandsensibility Jun 2012 #1

that's $800 a month--to clerks who already live at the lowest level of "middle class" librechik Jun 2012 #2

how does the contract 'allow' them to cut wages without a new contract? bigtree Jun 2012 #3

They're just being smart asses... EC Jun 2012 #4