Residents protest for a corporation.


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The Market Basket grocery chain has been a vital part of my community for many decades. A chain store that is stuck in the past, the owners have old fashioned values and I've admired them for this at a time when big business is very concerned with the bottom line.

Workers enjoyed decade spanning careers at Market Basket, jobs that pay a fair wage because Arthur T. Demoulas cares about the communities his stores thrive in.

Today I read the local paper to see the headline that residents are protesting in the streets. It may seem strange to some readers, but people are protesting for a corporation! The CEO, Mr. Arthur T. Demoulas, is battling a ousting attempt by board members who wish to turn his vision of Market Basket into a different type a store, one that cares very much about quarterly profits and the cost of human labor.

There will be a meeting on Thursday, July 18th to decide Arthur's removal. If you have read this and are thinking, this is bad for the companies 22,000 employees, there is a place you can go to sign a petition at Save Market Basket


Midnight-Gamer wrote:

The Market Basket grocery chain has been a vital part of my community for many decades. A chain store that is stuck in the past, the owners have old fashioned values and I've admired them for this at a time when big business is very concerned with the bottom line.

Workers enjoyed decade spanning careers at Market Basket, jobs that pay a fair wage because Arthur T. Demoulas cares about the communities his stores thrive in.

Today I read the local paper to see the headline that residents are protesting in the streets. It may seem strange to some readers, but people are protesting for a corporation! The CEO, Mr. Arthur T. Demoulas, is battling a ousting attempt by board members who wish to turn his vision of Market Basket into a different type a store, one that cares very much about quarterly profits and the cost of human labor.

There will be a meeting on Thursday, July 18th to decide Arthur's removal. If you have read this and are thinking, this is bad for the companies 22,000 employees, there is a place you can go to sign a petition at Save Market Basket

Market Basket sure is the cheapest grocery store in southern New Hampshire.


Update:

" What happened Monday?

Thousands of Market Basket employees, customers, and supporters rallied for the second time in four days, this time at one of the company’s Tewksbury stores. Monday’s rally drew an estimated 5,000, and saw protest organizers urge company stores to pick up the fight against existing leadership by shutting stores down. Organizers and employees also seemed to endorse a customer boycott, an idea that had been floated by politicians."

Story


I called Monday and yesterday, but it turned out the new bosses had shut off the phones and (it amuses me to imagine) turtled up in corporate HQ.


I've been reading about this in local papers too. Enough to bump thread, but not to say anything meaningful. Well, I guess i could say that the other grocery store employees in the area are noticing a big pickup in business.

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