Back about 10 years ago, the workers at Safeway here went on strike... ended up shutting down all the Safeway's in the area....
They initially had some public support.... Because the original issues raised had to do with some of the more skilled workers such as the butchers (and that is a skill) and the shit pay they were getting...
They pretty much lost the support with a commercial they ran showing a line checker (you know, the girl or guy who runs your stuff over the scanner) complaining about how little she got paid this far into here "career".....
It was quickly beat up by the media and most folk with common sense who pointed out that checkers/baggers and stockboy types were not supposed to be "career" employment but rather high school and part time jobbers...
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