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workerpower	Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:03 pm
Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 101	You could also pass out bottles of water to customers in the parking lot, and ask them to donate them to their cashier, creating a rather large stockpile of water bottles at every check stand. The managers will have fits. They can't write anyone up because of something a customer does, and heck, someone ma even get an extra 20 minutes of paid worktime. Someone will have to clean up the mess from all those water bottles. If any of the stores have a union rep that will go along, just keep the bottles and grieve every write-up and grieve every time management takes a bottle away. They'll get tired of it pretty quick. It may risk a write-up or two, but for folks that can afford one, cashiers could engage in coordinated coughing fits because of their dry throats.
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SFway	Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:57 am
Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 555	LY...you've been up in the hills way too long, Brother! Fantasizing about me in a fairy suit!! Besides...I look GOOD in a fairy suit. Ask anybody!! Constructive thought: just flashed on the old Police song..."Message In A Bottle"...what about protest letters to the company rolled inside plastic water bottles and mailed to appropriate party/honcho at corporate HQ??? The Health/Safety reponse is bull...but the idea of washing hands aafter every sneeze, etc. as per laws is super!! Run with it!!!
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SharynS	Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:01 am
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2431 Location: the 'puter	Or how about rotating fainting spells on the checkstands? Q: How many managers does it take to bring the cashier a drink of water? A: How big is the customer order? Unfortunately wp, ufcw 1518 has folded. The out of hand standard fare from the rep was; "unfortunately the employer is allowed to have policy and there's nothing we can do". There was a time when 1518 reps would have wiped the floor with this employer's stupidity instead of endorsing it. So be it. What's interesting is that all employers have a wish list or as they like to call it - policy. There's nothing new in employers having long wish lists. That doesn't automatically make items on their list legal tender as employers would have people believe. You can fool some of the people some of the time and it would seem, ufcw most of the time. The fear shouldn't be that an employer has policy but rather that it gets to practice policy, This particular policy has been on their books for years. Only recently has the company decided to brush it off and see if it drives. Why now? How now? There's no difference as far as people pushing envelopes. There always has been and always will be people stepping out of bounds. But for whatever reason, union employers are feeling confident about pushing that line back - re-introducing archaic tactics into the workplace, taking "control" - like there's nothing standing in the way. Kind of ironic eh, the tighter the goofs turn the screws, the worse it gets and the worse it gets the tighter the goofs turn the screws. I think I read somewhere that "rules incite chaos" - that's for us to know and them to find out. _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie
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Elvis	Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:18 am
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 631 Location: Toronto	Tonight's quick observation... I just got back from some late night shopping at Dominion (A&P partner) here in Ontario. Pretty classy joint, although I wasn't impressed with the tomatoes tonight. Fancy Feast cat food was on special though! Anyway, the young girl at the cash had her water bottle there as well. It was empty so I'm assuming that she drank the contents and was going to refill it at some point. As a customer, I DIDN'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE BOTTLE BEING THERE!!!!!!!! Oops, I just cut and pasted the above in a return mail to Hugh! And eeeek, I just hit send! Hmmm... Maybe I shouldn't have yelled? _________________ Henri Ducard: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share. Bruce Wayne: That's why it's so important. It separates us from them.
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SharynS	Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:30 am
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2431 Location: the 'puter	E did you get the email I sent you about the sewer back-up at 946 and shit floating all the way to checkstand 5 last night and again today? Hugh is going to be some upset, I know how he feels about cross contamination and I just thought the news might be best coming from you. Oh and fyi, I posted the letter but I think it must have been too much of a distraction with all the attention it was receiving because it was quickly torn down by someone. _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie
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Laboryes	Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:46 am
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1626	Quote: E did you get the email I sent you about the sewer back-up at 946 and shit floating all the way to checkstand 5 last night and again today? Hugh is going to be some upset Gee! What happened Sig some dehydrated Save On worker have to sneak into the bathroom and take a few slugs of water and then have to flush the bottle down the toilet to get rid of the evidence? _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn
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Elvis	Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:54 am
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 631 Location: Toronto	Nothing received from you guys in weeks. Is Kelsey aware of the email issues? I do get the private message alert, but nothing else. _________________ Henri Ducard: Your compassion is a weakness your enemies will not share. Bruce Wayne: That's why it's so important. It separates us from them.
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Laboryes	Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:56 pm
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1626	siggy wrote: #946 manager - Jim Hillis Store phone: 604.826.9564 (normal hours: tue - sat 8am->) District manager: Hugh Fosolan 604.881.3658 email: hugh_fosolan@owfg.com Overwaitea Food Group head office Langley B.C 604-888-1213 Can anyone get me mailing addresses for the above mentioned? Also any other mailing addresses for Save On Foods stores in BC? The flyer is done and it's time to turn the heat up on this water issue! Any help would be appreciated. _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn
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SharynS	Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:14 pm
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2431 Location: the 'puter	You're da' hammer LY! save-on locations Mission Save-on-Foods 400 - 32555 London Ave V2V 6M7 Phone: 604.826.9564 Fax: 604.826.2748 Hillis, Jim 8134 Broom Mission, BC V2V 5Z5 (604) 820-9012 Head office: Overwaitea Food Group (aka Save-on-foods) Address: 19855-92A Avenue Langley, BC V1M 3B6 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7200 Vancouver, BC V6B 4E4 (all available from online white pages if anyone tosses privacy issues) _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie
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Laboryes	Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:15 pm
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1626	Thanks Siggy! Just what the doctor(trouble makers) ordered. Let the shit disturbing begin OK gang, shit disturbers, activist please print out at least one of these flyers http://groceryworkers.org/saveonfoods-management.pdf/download then pick an address and mail! Make sure you at least give a first name and the area you are mailing from. We have been told that the Save On Foods stores biggest fear is for this issue to go public....well gang let's just let them know how public it is! Hey GR and SFway I can count on you two to take this action and run...right? Let's see if we can fill up some mail boxes with this flyer eh? Don't forget to write down your comments! Let the mailing begin!!! _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn Last edited by Laboryes on Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:06 am; edited 1 time in total
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SharynS	Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:39 pm
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2431 Location: the 'puter	Thanks LY, how much trouble is it to add a "Please Recycle" to the bottom of the page. Although I'm sure the guilty parties will want to frame this one and/or won't be wanting to toss it helter skelter after they receive it - you can never be too careful when it comes to protecting planet earth. And/or when dealing with people who forget to be people first. If it's too much trouble then perhaps folks can pencil it in before making copies or sending - value added fun. _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie
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Laboryes	Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:56 pm
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1626	Well I just dropped two flyers in the mail and won't Jimbob's butthole just clinch when he receives one at his home address! OK! GR what are you waiting for? How many have you mailed off yet? How about you SFway is your printer over heating yet from all the flyers your printing up? Hey how about Pearson? What are you waiting for? You may be retired but your still an activist! Don't make me come to Az to have to whip your ass, get that printer going! One flyer and a stamp can go a long way! Grumpy you're not getting out of this one! Fire up that damn printer and get busy! Come on Elvis I know you should give me a run for my money on this action! Is your printer running yet? Come on gang! Let's make the postal service deliver Save On Food's mail with a fucking dump truck! _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn
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SFway	Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:30 pm
Joined: 26 May 2006 Posts: 555	Runnin' with ya, Bro....along with many of my closest friends..
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Laboryes	Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:08 am
Joined: 29 Jan 2006 Posts: 1626	Quote: Thanks LY, how much trouble is it to add a "Please Recycle" to the bottom of the page. Done! http://groceryworkers.org/saveonfoods-management.pdf/download _________________ "When people refuse to obey, then democracy comes alive." Howard Zinn
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SharynS	Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:27 am
Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 2431 Location: the 'puter	This is too good and I hope it doesn't cost me my 20 yr service award gift. Although I have no control over what others do or think, I'm concerned that mgnt will struggle to reason that out. So be it. But just to be clear, 946 mgnt has offered to install water coolers. I don't think that's at all good enough but many do and accept the compromise. Even if it was good enough - which it isn't - as far as I'm aware the offer is not chain wide as is the ban itself. The other consideration and reason to advance the wonderful leaflet is how far the "inhumane act" of denying retail people free and easy access to life giving water is spreading. I do believe it's epidemic, or if not curtailed, will be epidemic. Give retailers a flippin' inch and they'll take hide. Either way you look at it, a total ban or control there of, it's a direct hit to retail people who get little enough respect as it is. So yeah, if you don't want to be labeled an asshole, then don't be one! _________________ Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself. - Salman Rushdie
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