Because one person is not going to make a difference.”īut, at 3 p.m., the union representatives came back. “I didn’t go out, because I said if we’re not all going, I’m not going. Union representatives from Local 342 walked in and asked members to picket outside. When Mingo returned to work this past Saturday, what seemed like a usual shift of stocking the meat aisle, checking prices, and ensuring everything to be in tip-top shape, turned topsy-turvy. The union decided to get their attention. Eagan alleged that ownership abruptly went dark. However, the union continues to reject those proposals and is making demands that we believe will hurt our stores and customers and, by extension, our employees.” “We have made offers to the union to continue competitive wages and benefits for our employees. Pick Quick Foods, though, disputes Eagan’s claim. She said he was proposing to cut health insurance, pensions, annuities, and access to fair wages. He was trying to “gut” the contract, declared Kelly Eagan, director of Local 342, in a phone interview. While there was the customary back-and-forth, Levine’s terms were unsatisfactory. Levine, and meat department workers started brokering a new contract after failing to reach an agreement years beforehand. Seeds of this past weekend’s drama began last year when the owner of Pick Quick Foods, Benjamin J.
“We are waiting for Local 342 to return to the bargaining table,” they wrote in an emailed statement. union workers are ON STRIKE! The Greenpoint Key Food owner has locked out employees for fighting for healthcare, retirement and fair wages.Ĭall 71 today and tell them you stand with the workers! /taAR3XTfvnĭespite assertions that management refuses to negotiate, a public relations spokesperson from Pick Quick Foods disagrees. Approximately 35 other meat department workers in the company are also barred from returning to work in retaliation for a strike organized on Saturday, stated representatives from United Food and Commercial Workers’ Local 342. She, along with six coworkers, are battling Pick Quick Foods, Inc., a member of Key Food Co-op and owner of seven groceries in Brooklyn and Long Island. It’s hard,” she said in a late-afternoon interview, taking a break from picketing.
“I’m still here supporting my coworkers when I could be out grieving. With little time to mourn, Mingo suddenly found herself locked out of a job she’s had for 20 years. On Monday, Bonnie Mingo, a meat wrapper at Key Food (224 McGuinness Blvd) buried her mother.
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