#chain stores

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[ambergrandma]

So I work in a grocery store and my younger coworkers hate me now

Bc we all found out I get paid more than them. I get $11/hour, they get $9/hour. I didn’t know it was different for the others when the manager offered me $11/hour as my salary and I took it. The thing is, though, a lot of my coworkers come from poorer backgrounds than I do, so they have every right to be angry.

I’m 20, most of them are 16-17. I’ve been telling them that they need to take it up with one of the managers (one manager’s angry 24/7, one just straight up ignores everyone, and one really needs to take some Xanax bc she panics at EVERYTHING), but they just brush that advice off and continue to complain amongst each other rather than take the steps to resolve this issue.

Is there some way I can help them? They take their frustrations out on me rather than voicing their anger at management and I’m sick of getting yelled at by high school boys in a redneck area.

[theyrsad]

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Labor Board Reverses Ruling That Helped Workers Fight Chains

Newly under Republican control, the National Labor Relations Board changed the standard for holding a company responsible for a franchisee’s practices.

The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday overturned a key Obama-era precedent that had given workers significant leverage in challenging companies like fast-food and hotel chains over labor practices.

The ruling changes the standard for holding a company responsible for labor law violations that occur at another company, like a contractor or franchisee, with which it has a relationship.

The doctrine also governs whether such a corporation would have to bargain with workers at a franchise if they unionized, or whether only the owners of the franchise would have to do so.

While most labor law experts expected the labor board, which gained a Republican majority only in late September, to overturn the board’s so-called joint-employer decision from 2015, the speed of the change came as a surprise to many.

‘Only a militant, united working class struggle in the streets is going to get us going forward again.’ - Scott Scheffer

[usatoday]

J.C. Penney to close up to 140 stores, offer buyouts

@jcpenney plans to close up to 140 stores and offer buyouts to 6,000 workers as the department-store industry sags in competition with online sellers and nimble niche retailers.

The company said Friday that it would shutter 13% to 14% of its stores, representing about 5% of its annual sales, and two distribution centers.

The cuts come amid mounting challenges for once-stalwart department-store chains such as Macy's and Sears, which are aggressively closing stores and shedding costs as shoppers flock to alternatives.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

New York City: Protest to demand Gristedes supermarket chain accept WIC (Women-Infant-Children benefits)

Saturday, October 28 - 1:00 pm

221 8th Avenue (between West 21 & 22 streets), Manhattan

Manhattan’s West Side is home to one of the largest concentrations of wealth and income inequality in the five boroughs and a wide array of working families. WIC is one of the only benefit programs that are applicable to undocumented neighbors and allow a proxy system.

This program is essential to fight displacement.

I ask all of you to mark your calendars for the following:

When: October 28th @ 1PM Where: 221 8th Avenue (between 21st and 22nd streets in Chelsea)

We must stand up for working families and help keep our neighbors in their communities safe from displacement.

We also ask that you circulate the attached flyers in English and Spanish with your networks.

I hope to see you all there and thanks for your individual work to make our city a better place!

[spenjelly]

Dearly loved and loathed,

I beg, as one who has worked for a chain,,,,,

Individual stores can’t do jack about their menu/what they carry

If you miss an item, don’t like a change to an item, wish they had an item, etc

Take it to corporate

Chain store employees have no control over that and getting upset with them over what is available is like getting mad at a kid because their parents didn’t provide the cake u wanted at a birthday party.

[cultofthepigeon]

craving foods ive only ever been able to get in nyc 😭😭😭😭😭