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Originally Posted by Byrns
^^^It wasn't the same deal, but not much better.... (Ex Safeway Employee, and I never heard this story while I was out on strike)
I spent my time on the picket line bbqing and studying, so I didn't care. But the lifers suffered.
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I'm surprised you didn't hear the story. From what I heard that huge rally happened at a store in the SW. I knew the gal on the negotiating comittee as she used to work in the store I worked at (Southcentre). There was also an incident at my store where picketers surrounded an old gals car and started to rock it back and forth. Said gal had come to pick up a perscription and was scared half to death after that incident. IIRC it made the news also.
I had a friend who crossed on day one and would toss quarters at the picketers who were taunting him when he left work. He was hoping someone would try to start a fight as he had a black belt in karate.
I was one of the lifers. I thought the strike was an insanely stupid idea as we were very well paid for what we did. I ended up working with a friend of the family while the strike went on and took a little vacation. Quit a year afterwards.