Wide Labor Support Helps Grocery Warehouse Workers Hang Tough

Russ Davis
April 16, 2010

In the sixth week of a strike against Shaw’s grocery warehouse, 25 unions have stepped in to adopt non-union grocery stores, leafleting and picketing there to great effect. Photo: Rand Wilson

Grocery warehouse workers in northern Massachusetts are putting up a spirited fight with wide support from the rest of labor as their strike ends its sixth week. Workers and allies are making Shaw’s Supermarkets the poster child for corporate greed in the state. . . .

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