I had a couple of sick kids all week so I didn’t get a chance to grab some essential groceries all week, now that I have a chance I look online and it seems only the whole foods and rabba are the ones that are open today. Those are the two I usually avoid because of their ridiculous prices, so I was wondering why the cheaper places don’t open, and if it has anything to do with Ontario law.

    • Rodeo
      5·
      1 year ago

      I’m working in a Loblaws store right now and typing this on my coffee break.

      Different locale, so a different agreement, but the idea that unions would negotiate to have holidays off in a retail establishment doesn’t really make sense to me. Holidays are arbitrary, there’s nothing more special about this Monday except the extra pay.

        • Rodeo
          4·
          1 year ago

          I’d like to think I am still young, but I take exception to that because I actually strongly value time over money. The thing is a lot of people don’t and they no longer have the option.

          In BC at least the law is you get the day off, or a day off lieu, or overtime pay. So there is a choice, but if the union negotiates for only time off on holidays, workers no longer have any choice.

          Being in that very same union myself I find it very unlikely that this has come from the workers themselves. The union makes no effort whatsoever to communicate with workers. They have not negotiated for raises to the payscales in over twenty years. UFCW is a corrupt and worthless union. Actually they are worse than worthless because I believe they weaken the stance of all unions.

          And besides all that, Labour Day in particular isn’t really a time of celebration for anyone I’ve ever known; it’s just another long weekend. It’s the last major camping weekend in my area, which doesn’t exactly strike me as a celebration of labour rights.

            • Rodeo
              2·
              1 year ago

              Then why are you at work on a holiday?

              Because I get a different day off in lieu, that’s what I just told you.

              Removing worker choice is kind of the whole point of a union. That is how it gains its strength.

              Wrong, wrong, wrong. A untions strength comes from collective action and bargaining, not the removal of choice. You don’t happen to be an official at UFCW, do you? Because that’s exactly the kind of bullshit I’d expect to hear from those corrupt turds. “You don’t need a choice because I already made it for you!”

              What is the explanation, then?

              I don’t know. But if it’s not all the stores in the local, then it definitely didn’t come from the union, and workers are not allowed to act collectively outside the union. So it must have a been a corporate decision.