Please contact your State representative and State Senator to express your opposition to H. 179, legislation that would eliminate item pricing in food stores in Massachusetts. Here is a sample letter to use as a guide.
Welcome to our website. We appreciate your interest in UFCW Local 328,
one of the largest local unions in southeastern New England,
representing over 12,000 members.
One of the biggest issues Wal-Mart has been facing the last several years is the myriad of lawsuits across the country over wages, overtime, and breaks. Wal-Mart had been systematically forcing employees to work through breaks, altering time cards, denying overtime pay, and generally cheating workers. It faced more than seventy class action lawsuits from employees. Now Wal-Mart has recently settled 63 of these cases and will pay at least $352 million to the workers they stole from.
The tragic story of Jdimytai Damour, a Wal-Mart worker originally from Jamaica, will stay with you forever.
It has been all over the news. Damour was trampled to death while shielding a pregnant shopper from a Black Friday stampede at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, NY. When we heard the news about Jdimytai, we were utterly shocked.