Let’s Support our workers

For the past two months, over 300 Shaw’s workers have been on strike at Shaw’s warehouse 30 miles away in Methuen. This weekend, the protest came to the MIT Shaw’s on Sidney Street. Picketers in Cambridge handed out flyers in front of the store and asked patrons to boycott Shaw’s until the strike is resolved.

Warehouse workers at the Methuen Distribution Center have been on strike since March 8, after workers rejected a new contract that would have significantly increased their health care costs. They voted 228-8 to go on strike. On April 1, Shaw’s cut off health care coverage for the 300 striking workers.

In order to maintain normal functions, Shaw’s has begun hiring permanent replacement workers. Chong says the decision to hire new workers was difficult but necessary.
This is not fear!
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has also become involved in the issue. In a letter addressed to the CEO of Supervalu Craig Herkert and the President of the UFCW Union Local 791 Russel Regan, he urged the two parties to come to a resolution. Patrick encouraged further communication between the two groups.

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