What's News This Week: Walmart Kills Traditional Supermarket, Workers Strike Over Lack of Ebola Protection

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Walmart & Whole Foods Are Killing Traditional Supermarket

 

Specialty Markets that promote towards income, taste, exotic and finally, with grocery sites like AmazonFresh, Peapod and others constantly popping up, customers are increasingly turning to the web instead of the supermarket aisle. What does this mean for the traditional supermarket industry?

WHAT'S NEWS THIS WEEK   1. Workers Strike in LaGuardia Over Lack of Protection from Ebola, Diseases   SEIU 32BJ workers used their voice to strike against poor and unsafe working conditions after the first victim of Ebola died in the U.S. this week.   "'Sometimes you ask and they act like they don't know what it is, which is kind of bad,' said Alberto Grant, Jr., a terminal cleaner at JFK Airport. 'You end up cleaning it up with a spray bottle, a mop and you wipe it up with paper towels and pitch it in the garbage, instead of using the proper procedures.'"    Read more at USA Today   Read more at Business Week: Airport Workers Get Close to Bodily Fluids   2. America Works More Nights and Weekend than Anyone Else How many studies do we need to convince something isn't right in America.

3. Union Slams New CEO of Mrs. Green's Natural Market President calls CEO's comments "short-sighted"

4. Member Spotlight on UFCW Local 888 Member Towanda Carter Towanda Carter was recently recognized by UFCW Region 1 for her outstanding service as a union member and for helping her fellow workers, both at her own workplace and elsewhere

5. Costco Sets Expansion Plans for 2015

6. Walmart Cuts Health Benefits for Part-Time Workers, Wants to Become More Sustainable

7. Ikea Workers Gather Thousands of Signatures for Full-Time Jobs

8. Walmart Free NYC Event: Low-Wage-Rage Join us in NYC as we rally with our friends in community groups, labor and religious coalitions to make our voices heard against Low-Wages and poverty conditions the world's largest retailer promotes!

9. It was the Size of Manhattan, but 75 Minutes Later it was Gone, like Gone Gone. This terrifying video recorded in Greenland will amaze, frighten and shock you.

10. It's Fall- Jump on the Pumpkin Flavored Trendy Treats that are UNION-MADE   11. Register to Vote! We at the UFCW are pushing every one to get registered, and find your voting location now!

 

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