socal supermarket strike

[johnjosh]

I was at subway today and next to it is vons store, well i was suprised and confused at the same time seeing the strikers at the corner of the store and not picketing near the store entrances. I thought the hole point of striking is to encourage customers not to cross the picket line. Anyone else see picketers not picketing but just sitting down/talk to each other?

 

[z0mb13]

umm they've been striking for like what now? 4 months??

they should find another job....

why cant the store owners just drive them out?? restaurants reserve right to refuse service.... are stores deemed to be public places?? or private places??

 

[johnjosh]

ye i think they entered 4th month of striking now

 

[HiTek21]

I wish the strike would just end so I can go back to shopping without people talking trash as I enter the market.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
I wish the strike would just end so I can go back to shopping without people talking trash as I enter the market.

shoppers nowadays just dont even pay attention anymore... they just walk by..

 

[johnjosh]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
I wish the strike would just end so I can go back to shopping without people talking trash as I enter the market.

well at this store they were no were near the entrances to the store so that is what i am confused plus at other stores i seen them not talking trust but just sitting and relaxing as they know that people dont' care what they say anymore

 

[NewSc2]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: HiTek21
I wish the strike would just end so I can go back to shopping without people talking trash as I enter the market.

shoppers nowadays just dont even pay attention anymore... they just walk by..

I haven't crossed picket lines yet. I'd say close to half of the people I know haven't crossed picket lines this whole time. Ralphs used to be my #1 grocery store (always used to do shopping at like 2am over the summer). Now it's just Costco, Trader Joe's, and Stater Bros.

 

[johnjosh]

Originally posted by: NewSc2

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: HiTek21
I wish the strike would just end so I can go back to shopping without people talking trash as I enter the market.

shoppers nowadays just dont even pay attention anymore... they just walk by..

I haven't crossed picket lines yet. I'd say close to half of the people I know haven't crossed picket lines this whole time. Ralphs used to be my #1 grocery store (always used to do shopping at like 2am over the summer). Now it's just Costco, Trader Joe's, and Stater Bros.

ralphs is no longer being picketed

 

[Ranger X]

I've never taken them seriously as I've always crossed the picket line. No one has said anything to me except "Don't shop here" so I'm okay. I heard some stores in Los Angeles strikers actually throw verbal attacks at those that walk into the stores.

 

[johnjosh]

Originally posted by: Ranger X
I've never taken them seriously as I've always crossed the picket line. No one has said anything to me except "Don't shop here" so I'm okay. I heard some stores in Los Angeles strikers actually throw verbal attacks at those that walk into the stores.

happened to me once, i just told them to get some education and keep walking and they shut up

 

[anxi80]

always crossed. and they havent said jack. i see them as no worse of a threat than the other people outside selling stuff or asking for donations.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: anxi80
always crossed. and they havent said jack. i see them as no worse of a threat than the other people outside selling stuff or asking for donations.

They shouldn't say anything. That is the proper way to walk a picket line.

Of course there will always be those that can't follow the program.

 

[anxi80]

Originally posted by: dartworth
They shouldn't say anything. That is the proper way to walk a picket line.

Of course there will always be those that can't follow the program.

your tellin' me... Striker Enters Plea For Assault Charges

Deputy District Attorney Claudine Ruiz told Judge Esteban Hernandez that the victim was harassed by picketers and got into a verbal encounter with some of them as he left the store.

She said the defendants got into a car and followed the victim's vehicle at speeds up to 80 mph, during which time Thompson, from the passenger seat, allegedly leaned outside and hit the victim's car door with a baseball bat.

"Defendant Thompson swung the bat and hit the victim in (his) face and his eye. He was knocked to the ground by that strike," Ruiz said.

Olvera, the driver of the pursuing car, accelerated and boxed the victim's car in near a freeway onramp, Ruiz said.

The victim got out of his car to ask for the defendants' insurance information, and Thompson hit him in the head, near the eye, with a bat, the prosecutor said.

The victim got off the ground only to be hit in the chest with a bat wielded by Olvera, the prosecutor said.

 

[dartworth]

Originally posted by: anxi80

Originally posted by: dartworth
They shouldn't say anything. That is the proper way to walk a picket line.

Of course there will always be those that can't follow the program.

your tellin' me... Striker Enters Plea For Assault Charges

Deputy District Attorney Claudine Ruiz told Judge Esteban Hernandez that the victim was harassed by picketers and got into a verbal encounter with some of them as he left the store.

She said the defendants got into a car and followed the victim's vehicle at speeds up to 80 mph, during which time Thompson, from the passenger seat, allegedly leaned outside and hit the victim's car door with a baseball bat.

"Defendant Thompson swung the bat and hit the victim in (his) face and his eye. He was knocked to the ground by that strike," Ruiz said.

Olvera, the driver of the pursuing car, accelerated and boxed the victim's car in near a freeway onramp, Ruiz said.

The victim got out of his car to ask for the defendants' insurance information, and Thompson hit him in the head, near the eye, with a bat, the prosecutor said.

The victim got off the ground only to be hit in the chest with a bat wielded by Olvera, the prosecutor said.

Such a sad story. Some people really suck.

However, things like this happen when people get desperate. It's a no win situation.