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DESCRIPTION:What: Informational / inspirational event for young retail workers 
 including open mic, live music, DJs, spoken word, guest speakers ( 
 including an organizer from the Whole Foods Madison campaign ), and food. 
 Free of charge.    Where: UFCW Local 648 Hall in San Francisco, 1980 
 Mission St. @ 16th, across Walgreen's ( look for the colorful, newly 
 painted door ).  When: Thurs. 6/15 from 6pm til 10pm.  WHY: Workers under 
 the age of 35 account for about 43% of the labor force in the local grocery 
 industry, and it's time that we unite in order to save our incomes, 
 benefits, and workplace rights. As corporations such as Whole Foods and 
 Trader Joe's increase their market share in the Bay Area, it will be the 
 major, unionized grocery chains - Safeway, Ralph's, Albertson's, Cala / 
 Bell, etc. - which set the pace as far as establishing our working 
 conditions are concerned. But as we've learned from the recent grocery 
 strike in Southern California, executives at the major chains seem to view 
 their employees as little more than annoying expenses to be whittled down. 
 Citing anticipated competition from Walmart and the rising cost of 
 healthcare as justification for their assault on workers, CEOs such as 
 Safeway's Steve Burd have had the hubris to tell us that we should 
 reconcile ourselves to reductions in pay and benefits - even while the 
 major chains continue reap healthy profits, and even while taxpayers and 
 shareholders subsidize the lavish, executive perks granted to Burd and his 
 corporate colleagues.   We exhaust ourselves doing the daily, hands-on work 
 that makes corporate profits possible. We have our families and our own 
 needs to provide for. We are the future of the grocery industry, and we 
 deserve fair treatment in the workplace: BUT WE WILL NOT GET FAIR TREATMENT 
 WITHOUT FIGHTING FOR IT. When the Northern California contract expires on 
 9/11, we want to be in a strong position to resist the assault on our pay 
 and benefits that we can only expect.   Over time, we can build together a 
 sustainable community of worker-activists who will help hold the line for 
 all retail workers in the decades to come.  If you want to perform on 7/15, 
 contact: Armael Malinas 707.333.6358 dailyhope@yahoo.com  If you plan on 
 attending ( we want to get a rough headcount ), contact: Kim Rohrbach 
 415.826.8971 rfworker@yahoo.com  For general info, click on "Youth 
 Organizing" at http://www.bayareacoalition.com  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/08/42013.php
SUMMARY:Organizing event for young retail workers
LOCATION:UFCW Local 648 Hall, 1980 Mission St. @ 16th St., right near the BART 
 station. The hall is opposite Walgreen's on Mission, and can be identified 
 by its colorful, newly painted door. 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/08/42013.php
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