r/WorkersStrikeBack • u/PlenitudeOpulence Humanist • Oct 01 '22
Trader Joe’s union-busting has reached a new low. The company shut down an entire store in New York—the only Trader Joe’s Wine Shop in the country—days before its workers were set to unionize. Customers are appalled by the decision, and the workers are speaking out.
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u/sanchapanza Oct 01 '22
The union square Trader Joe’s? Really?
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u/Lichy_Popo Oct 01 '22
Yep just walked by it yesterday and was reminded. People used to be lined up there some days lmao. I'm upset I never got the chance to use it as I moved back to lower Manhattan just recently.
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Oct 01 '22
From now on, I'm not making purchases from businesses, I am making transactions with employees. If a company treats its employees like crap and obstructs unions, I won't do business with that company.
They would not have a company without those employees. That's who makes EVERYTHING happen.
For instance, they make my patronage happen.
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u/shanagirl33 Oct 01 '22
If we all did that, things might change. For the better.
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Oct 02 '22
Right on!
But it doesn't have to be everyone. We just need enough people to do that. Just enough people putting their foot down. : )
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u/GoGoBitch Oct 01 '22
I’ve been boycotting TJ’s, Chipotle, Amazon, technically also Starbucks (though I would not eat there anyway), since the union busting started, and I will stop when it stops.
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u/Positive_Orange_8412 Oct 01 '22
More reason for this positive orange to despise Trader Joes. This and I'm still kind of pissed they didn't hire me. I guess I didn't have enough of that peppy energy lol. It's so forced and cringe though. I won't shop there UGH
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Oct 01 '22
It sucks for the employees and the customers in the short term, but in the long term companies like Trader Joe's are totally fucked if closing down is their best strategy. Just keep unionizing and the soulless mega corps will go away.
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u/Bob4Not Oct 01 '22
Fine, my local Whole Foods pays better and has better food anyway, in my recent experience. Suck my oranges, TJ.
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u/UnionizeAutoZone Oct 01 '22
Ummm, Whole Foods is Amazon. They make TJs look like a saint by comparison...
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u/PandasInHoodies Oct 01 '22
Giod riddance. I always thought that store had a pretentious air about it anyways.
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