Lisa Xu at Jacobin reports on the growing militancy in the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), which mounted successful work action against employers across the State of Minnesota last year.  Five hundred Grocery Workers employed at two Cub Foods stores, two Super Ones and a SuperValu walked out on an Unfair Labor Practice Strike, deserting five stores between December 22nd and 25th.  UFCW Local 663 charged management with interrogation, surveillance, intimidation, and bargaining in bad faith.  Management tried to keep the stores running, but Workers said they turned into disaster zones.  The Strike, which was caused in part by low wages, also made waves in a metro area of thirty thousand.   It “really united Workers at our store,” said Doug Olson, who has worked at Baxter Cub Foods for 17 years. “Men and Women, part-time, full-time, people of all different political beliefs.  It’s really heartening to see the unity we’ve had.”

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Photo Courtesy Of UFCW Local 663’s Facebook Page.