May 23, 2013

Where to Shop in and Around South Los Angeles in Case of a Grocery Strike

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Because even if they do accept E.B.T., a liquor store is not a grocery store… On Thursday, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770, the union representing about 62,000 employees of Ralph’s, Vons, Food 4 Less, and Albertson’s in Southern California filed a 72-hour notice of its intention to end its current working arrangements with the chain stores, [...]




Jasmyne A. Cannick: Ralph’s Workers Aren’t the Only Ones Getting Played

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Why Blacks in South L.A. should join the picket line *I don’t work at a grocery store.  I don’t even shop at the stores in question anymore. And even though I might sympathize with the worker’s position, I can’t honestly say I’m in support of them going on strike.  But none this would stop me [...]