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Buy American! Visit americansworking.com for information on finding American-made products. Support U.S. workers President String leads workshop and help save jobs! at UFCW Conference ocal 152 President Brian String joined UFCW Local 99 President Jim McLaughlin, UFCW Local 21 President Todd Crosby and Scott Graser of the UFCW International Union in leading a workshop during L the UFCW Retail Food Conference in Las Vegas, May 30-June 1. The workshop dealt with all aspects of negotiations with and its subsidiary companies, including Acme, -Osco and Shaw’s, among others across the country. Participants from all local unions in the UFCW evaluated strategies for UFCW Local 152 Unity bargaining and organizing at “double-breasted” companies where some of Official Publication of the workers are union and some are not. They also discussed wage scales, United Food and Commercial progressions, protecting benefits, scheduling issues and eliminating two-tier Workers Local 152 wage and health standards.

Editor Brian String

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Vol. 12, Issue 2 UFCW Local 152 Unity (ISSN: 1542-720X) is published quarterly by UFCW Local 152, 701 Route 50 Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Periodicals postage paid at Trenton, NJ Save the Date! POSTMASTER: Send address changes to UFCW Local 152 Unity UFCW Local 152’s 11th annual Charity Golf tournament Benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of America, Bryan D. Ross Foundation and other charities. 701 Route 50 Mays Landing, NJ 08330 tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, at the avalon Golf Club 1510 Route 9, North Swainton, N.J. • www.avalongolfclub.net Published by: Registration at 7:30 a.m. • Shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. To obtain a participation form, visit www.ufcwlocal152.org, see your shop steward or contact Crystal Yankasky at (888) 564-6152, ext. 3909. All forms must be submitted with payment no later than July 29. We are limiting the number of foursomes (for faster play) and suggest you forward your registration immediately. Registration will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Local 152 union activism! Rally for Atlantic City workers

Supporting grocery workers in New England

Raising funds for a good cause Grievances filed or resolved: Local 152 Shop Stewards from the Perl- 1st quarter 2016 2016 total mart ShopRites had a fundraiser for the Bryan D. Ross Foundation. Great 56 56 job by all involved! Back pay and benefits TO BE UNION! restored to members: 1st quarter 2016 2016 total $108,250.44 $108,250.44 IT PAYS

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SHOP UNiON! and compliant work force that will Young or old, you can do your part. and if the idea hasn’t yet shown up toac tryci dtoe cutnt swages and and in cbenefits.rease a list• K thateep coversaisles a everythingnd passage fromways clear In extreme conditions, you may do what their bosses say and accept If you’re a young worker, ask the vet- in your area, ask your elected officials It gets even worse. Every hour osupermarketsf trip hazard sto, i ncanneriescluding p toow poultryer cords. have the right to refuse to perform whatever is given to them without erans at your workplace about what why. ofou workr lik losteli hforo oad union of c memberoming plants.• Ke eIfp youexit shave free questions, from obst raskuct iyouron. work in unsafe conditions. complaint. they have learned about union activism. A new generation of students translates to lower payments by your Union• Us Representative.e only properly maintained lad- Together, we can reduce workplace hoTmooe m farnoym w owrkoersk w hoe arletnh’ty If you’re an experienced member, pass should have the opportunity to learn employer to your health benefits fund derProtects to rea cyourh ite wages,ms. Do benefitsnot use sandtools, accidents and increase our likelihood educated about the Labor Movement along some of your proudest moments about the Labor Movement’s role in andand pension in on fund.e piece. cjobha ibyrs, shoppingor boxes aunions sub sfortitu thetes. holidays of coming home from work healthy buy into the lies that this campaign from your decades of service. You shaping our world for the better. When we shop at union stores, we andS aallfe tyeary sh olong.uld b e everyone's con- and in one piece.

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Members and Local 152 staff at General Mills/Progresso

Members and Local 152 staff at Reed and Perrine

Members and Local 152 staff at Meadow Lakes Senior Living Members and Local 152 staff at David Mitchell Hundreds of Local 152 members ratify strong new contracts across diverse industries

(Continued from front page) per hour being applied in the first year. and members will have no co-insurance Local 152 Director of Collective Newly hired employees will not pay to pay. Members received a 4.5 percent Bargaining Mike McWilliams said the contributions to their health care benefits, wage increase and an increase in negotiating committee went “above but if they wish to add dependents, employer contributions to their and beyond” and he gives a special they will have to pay the difference. pension fund. thanks to Joann Adcock, Janie Ross Union Representative Larry Lucente and Doris Price for their help in ratifying said this contract was the easiest one reed and Perrine the agreement. he’s worked on in his career. “It was Members at Reed and Perrine Land- completed in two hours,” he said. scape Supplies ratified a three-year david Mitchell General Mills/Progresso agreement covering nine members. Members at David Mitchell, a pro- The new agreement increases employer tein blend manufacturer, ratified a Members at the General Mills/ contributions to the health and welfare three-year agreement covering 12 Progresso plant ratified a four-year fund by 16 percent. Health and welfare members. The contract guarantees a agreement covering 281 members. The benefits were maintained. Employer 90-cent per hour wage increase over contract guarantees that health and contributions to the pension fund also the term of the contract, with 50 cents welfare benefits will remain the same increase over the term of the contract.

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‘This was the career for me’ Nelson Albano retires after 40 years in labor and politics

elson Albano’s nearly 40-year “When I put my son in the ground, I career in the grocery industry told him his death would not be in ended in March, but he’s still vain,” Albano said. N around taking calls from He teamed up with an assemblyman members and helping when he can. to challenge an incumbent assembly- “It was tough to leave the Executive man in his district. Board, my job and the members,” “I was going up against a guy who Albano said. was elected to seven terms,” Albano Albano’s career began in 1976 said. “It was a huge task, but we won when he joined ShopRite as a cart and made history by having two Dem- pusher and bagger. ocratic assemblymen in our district.” “I was in high school and needed In his first term, he fulfilled the some money to pay for my car and promise he made to Michael by pass- insurance,” Albano recalled. ing a bill that required offenders with After graduating from high school, three DUIs to serve jail time. he completed courses at a technical During his second term, Albano school to become a journeyman was approached by two Local 152 electrician. members who had wives with cancer. “For 18 years, I worked as an “They each asked me for advice on electrician by day and at ShopRite by taking leaves from their jobs,” he said. night,” he said. “I didn’t know what to say to them.” About nine years into working at Albano saw how heavily the the , management offered decision of taking an unpaid leave him a full-time position with health weighed on them. He wondered how and pension benefits. many other workers had to “The offer was so inviting I choose between spending quality time couldn’t turn it down,” Albano said. with a sick family member or risk He rose through the ranks to ‘With some help, we losing their jobs. work in the produce department at “With some help, we were able to ShopRite. Around the same time, were able to pass a pass a bill in 2009 that guaranteed six Albano ramped up his activities for weeks of paid family leave,” Albano the union and became a shop steward bill in 2009 that said. “Now, workers have one thing in the late 1980s. less to worry about when they have a “Becoming a steward is what made guaranteed six weeks loved one who is sick or just gave me realize this was the career for me,” birth.” he said. “Being in a union reminds you of paid family leave’ Albano’s oldest son, Ryan, turned that you have a constant voice at 36 this year and lives in Delaware with work.” his wife and their new baby daughter. his job and a drunk driver ran a red From tragedy to legislature “Michael would have been 34 this light and struck his car,” Albano said. year,” Albano said. “I thought of that Five days before Christmas in 2001, Michael died at the scene. and the fact that I’m 62, and just I fig- Albano received the horrible news that At the time, New Jersey did not im- ured it was time to retire and spend his 19-year-old son was killed in a car pose jail time on repeat DUI offenders. time with my new granddaughter.” accident. The driver who killed Michael had He added: “But I’m still active in “Michael was running an errand for four DUIs on his record. the union, and that will never change.”

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Manufacturing industry update

report condemns conditions Washington Post Wonk Blog post FdA issues new guidelines on in poultry plants, notes union titled, “‘I had to wear Pampers’: The salt for food industry workers are better off cruel reality the people who bring you cheap chicken allegedly endure.” Hoping to raise awareness about An Oxfam report condemning The United Food and Commercial heart disease, the Food and Drug working conditions in the poultry Workers International Union released Administration (FDA) issued new industry singles out unionized plants the following statement in response voluntary guidelines for salt in food. as exceptions where workers’ rights to the story and its subsequent news Health officials from the FDA and are respected. coverage: Centers for Disease Control and “Unions... offer important protec- “The indignity with which poultry Prevention (CDC) cited research tions, inform workers of their rights, workers are being treated in America linking high blood pressure, a cause and ensure they have a voice on the has to stop. Workers need to know of heart disease and stroke, to high job,” the report’s authors wrote. they have a right to organize and that intakes of sodium. “Unionized workers report that they organized workers have more opportu- The guidelines aim to inform feel comfortable leaving or stopping nities to protect themselves from this consumers about the hidden sodium the line when their requests are denied type of abuse. content in many processed foods for too long,” they added. “The headline is salacious, but like cereals, pizzas, soups and The authors also noted: “Roughly a the heart of the matter is unionized sandwiches. third of the poultry workforce is workers can speak freely about Food manufacturers responded unionized, leaving most workers with- dangerous working conditions without negatively to the guidelines, citing a out these crucial protections.” fear of retaliation. This leads to a 2013 Institute of Medicine report The Oxfam report, titled No Relief: healthier and more productive work stating a lack of sufficient evidence Denial of Bathroom Breaks in the environment and a safer product for shows a diet low in sodium has health Poultry Industry, was cited in a consumers.” benefits.

Health care industry update

Medical mistakes account findings are in large part collected include, among others: for 9 percent of U.S. deaths through medical coding systems, • Educating physicians about which are intended as a billing system different cultures to ensure A study in the Journal of Patient for physicians. appropriate care. Safety asserts as many as 250,000 U.S. • Creating partnerships with higher deaths a year are caused by medical Strengthening the behavioral -learning institutions to employ errors. health work force in the health and retain physicians and nurses The findings show medical errors care industry with mental health treatment are the third-leading cause of death backgrounds. behind heart disease and cancer. A report from the American Some of the medical errors cited in Hospital Association indicates the Mental health is not the only aspect the study include faulty laboratory health care industry is making strides in the health care industry’s behavioral results, medication stop orders and to improve patient access to behavioral health push. Substance abuse prevention discrepancies among physicians and health care. is also a priority. nurses during shift changes. The report recommends solutions Toms River, a New Jersey-based Critics of the study say the latest to help a patient who may have mental health institution, employs recovering findings and CDC statistics offer an health issues seek the care of a therapist, drug addicts to serve as “recovery imbalanced look at medical errors in addition to being treated by a specialists” who encourage overdose because they are not distinguished on physician. victims to seek treatment at rehabilitation a death certificate. They also say the Solutions mentioned in the report centers. 8 Spring/Summer 2016 UnitySpringSummer2016FINAL:Layout 1 7/18/16 4:32 PM Page 9

‘I was on many negotiating committees where we fought hard to keep our benefits from being slashed or thrown away altogether. I learned a lot about those benefits and I really appreciate that we have them.’

He was a steward for UFCW Local 56, and when the local merged with Local 1358 to form Local 152, he became in- creasingly active in the new union. In 2009, a member of Local 152’s Executive Board retired and Rapattoni was eager to fill his seat. “I asked President Brian String if I could be considered From left: Local 152 President for the job,” Rapattoni remembered. “He thought I was Brian String, Andre Rapattoni capable and so he recommended me to the position.” Rapattoni said his experiences on the Executive Board taught him about the union’s health benefits. “I was on many negotiating committees where we fought Hanging up his hard to keep our benefits from being slashed or thrown away altogether,” Rapattoni said. “I learned a lot about those benefits and I really appreciate that we have them.” meat cleaver His experiences inspired him to teach younger members about their benefits and the importance of union solidarity in After a 43-year career, Andre Rapattoni protecting them. is ready for new adventures “Some of the younger members don’t come to meetings and don’t voice their opinions,” Rapattoni said. “They are the ndre Rapattoni decided college wasn’t for him future of this union and they should pay more attention.” when he graduated from high school in 1973. He Start of something new wanted to become a meat cutter. But first he had to tell his mom. After 43 years in the grocery industry, Rapattoni officially A called it a career on April 30, 2016. “At first she wasn’t too happy about it,” Rapattoni recalled. “But I went for it — and here I am, 43 years later, “I’m going to miss a lot of things,” he said. “I’m especially able to retire with a pension because of that decision.” going to miss my customers and coworkers. In our town, we Rapattoni credits his union for making it possible. all practically know each other and I think of everyone as “I’ve been able to get married, raise a family and now family.” retire because of the union,” he said. But one thing he won’t miss is working on holidays. “My wife, Linda, reminded me that this Memorial Day Humble beginnings was the first holiday I got to spend with the family,” Rapat- Rapattoni began his career at the High Grade Ballpark toni said. “It took some getting used to that I didn’t have to Hot Dogs plant in 1973. That was where he joined his first work that weekend.” union, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Workmen Rapattoni and his wife look forward to becoming snow- Local 195. birds who live in or for the winter. He’s In the late 1970s, Rapattoni applied for an opening at saving up to buy an RV so he can drive Route 66 next fall. A&P and was hired as a meat cutter. He “Before I can get to all of those adventures, I have to get worked there until 1992, when he became a meat cutter at to my ‘honey do’ list,” Rapattoni said with a laugh. “And then Village ShopRite. I can think about fishing and going on trips.” Spring/Summer 2016 9 UnitySpringSummer2016FINAL:Layout 1 7/18/16 4:32 PM Page 10

AnA GrACE FAnGAYEn MiCHAEL FinniS ALEXiS torrES Stepfather: Ronnie Mangaoang, Mother: Patricia Finnis, Father: Angel Torres, member at member at Perlmart ShopRite member at Village ShopRite

Congratulations to the 2016 Irv R. String Scholarship

KAdEYA BErrY winners dAniELLE CArdonA Mother: Diane Green, Mother: Maryann Cardona, member at Acme Markets member at Acme Markets

Members of the Local 152 Scholarship Committee (from left): Carmine DelVicario, Danette Montes-Palmore, Thomas Hartle, Denise DeMaio, Michael Thompson, John Puesi, Frank Vaccaro, Nelson Albano.

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Mary A. Palladino 01/18/2016 /Pantry Pride in memoriam Anthony Palma 01/28/2016 AMD Thriftway robert Palner 02/13/2016 Stores 05/20/2016 Acme Markets ronald Able Anthony Peretti 02/20/2016 Thriftway 02/25/2016 Acme Markets Mascio Alvera Anthony Peretti 02/20/2016 Vineland Shop n Bag 03/28/2016 Pathmark Stores Frances V. Barber Gail Perrine 05/18/2016 Lawrence Shop n Bag 05/31/2016 Donzie’s (IGA) dorothy J. Bath Geraldine Philip 02/24/2016 Acme Markets 03/15/2016 Holiday Markets ronald B. Bazzano Maize Postell 01/03/2016 GeorgeWollman Wholesale 02/16/2016 Acme Markets Leonore Bell thomas E. reilley 05/01/2016 Holiday Markets 02/28/2016 Holiday Markets William J. Berry John robinson 05/24/2016 A&P Tea Company 04/14/2016 Super Fresh Kathleen Bilardo W. rogers 03/30/2016 A&P Tea Company 03/05/2016 Acme Markets Florence H. Bonanni rocco r. rossi 04/09/2016 Village ShopRite 01/20/2016 A&P Tea Company John J. Bonner Commelina russo 05/22/2016 Acme Markets 05/28/2016 Stop and Shop Supermarket Alexander Borgia John n. Sanders 03/12/2016 Colonial Beef Co. 5/24/2016 Famous Meats Co. Virginia Brent irving Schaffer 05/14/2016 Shorday’s 01/20/2016 Acme Markets Mary Ellen Catalano John L. Schoennagel 02/01/2016 Acme Markets 03/15/2016 Food Fair/Pantry Pride William A. Chila richard G. Seiders 04/04/2016 Food Fair/Pantry Pride 05/18/2016 Pathmark Stores Eleanore Cooper Carolyn J. Shaw 02/19/2016 Acme Markets 03/07/2016 B.S. Pincus Company Josephine Curcio Barbara M. Shiley 05/27/2016 Local 152 . 05/19/2016 Frank’s Shop n bag Bette E davis Coleman Stith, Jr. 01/26/2016 Ball Park Brands . 05/05/2016 Acme Markets Anthony G diegidio Jean r. Swierk 02/11/2016 Market 03/03/2016 Acme Markets rose dinicolantonio dolores A. terracciano 01/05/2016 Liberty Thriftway 01/28/2016 Super Fresh Marguerite duffy Jacob J. tokar 01/22/2016 Pathmark Stores 01/26/2016 Ballpark Brands Margaret durant William E. trauger 02/06/2016 Acme Markets 05/18/2016 Pathmark Stores Harvey M. Egan nicholas C. tuscai 03/25/2016 Roberts Packing Co. 03/06/2016 Freda Corp. Gregory A. Faith Edward J. Urbanski 05/01/2016 Food Fair/Pantry Pride 05/23/2016 Acme Markets Elaine r. Farra Patricia Vliet 04/06/2016 Supermarkets Cherry Hill 02/05/2016 Pathmark Stores John P. Frison Altermease Williams 01/01/2016 Colonial Beef Company 02/19/2016 Acme Markets david F. Fullam Linda Wojciechowski 05/14/2016 Davidson’s 01/19/2016 Murphy’s Markets Loretta Gallagher donna L. Wolanski 01/21/2016 Super Fresh . 05/20/2016 Super Fresh rebecca A Girt donna L. Wolanski 01/21/2016 Super Fresh 01/08/2016 Pickwell (SHS Enterprises) Allen Gottsagen ruth Zdepski 01/30/2016 Acme Markets James Gray 04/26/2016 Butler Foods/Penn. Packing robert H. Haines 04/20/2016 West Deptford Shop n Bag James Hills 02/08/2016 Dietz & Watson Lucia Homel 02/22/2016 Dietz & Watson Merle C. Hoover 02/27/2016 Food Fair Merle C. Hoover 02/27/2016 Stein Henry Company Happy retirement! Frank Hutchinson 03/10/2016 Ball Park Brands (Continued from page 4) James Jackson 01/22/2016 Butler Foods/Penn. Packing Larry Migliaccio Supermarkets of Cherry Hill 04/01/2016 robert L. Johns, Jr. 04/02/2016 Acme Markets Linda S. Miller Super Fresh 01/01/2016 Karl Kalkbrenner 04/07/2016 Dietz & Watson Carol Moore General Supermarkets 04/01/2016 Jonathan W. Kerns 04/02/2016 Berks Packing Co. Sherry L. Moore Acme Markets 02/01/2016 Wilbert King 01/10/2016 Medford, Inc. Willie A. nixon Pathmark Stores 01/01/2016 Francis Koback 01/28/2016 Holiday Markets robert J. oneill Holiday Markets 06/01/2016 Bela Kovacs 01/14/2016 Acme Markets raymond Pasternack, Jr. Acme Markets 04/01/2016 ronald B. Kurtz 01/08/2016 Acme Markets ralph L. Pearce, Jr. ShopRite Supermarket 06/01/2016 Arthur J. Langan 05/21/2016 Food Fair/Pantry Pride Francis Peretti Plaza Thriftway 04/01/2016 Morris J. Laslo 05/22/2016 , Inc. Food Lane Stores Frank E. Pompetti Pathmark Stores 04/01/2016 Helen r. Little 01/08/2016 Super Fresh Patricia A. Porter Pathmark Stores 01/01/2016 Mary C. Lutz 05/31/2016 Davidson’s Foodtown Sharon A. Proietto Holiday Markets 01/01/2016 Sherlock Mann 03/05/2016 Butler Foods/Penn. Packing Andre rapattoni Village ShopRite 05/01/2016 nikolaos Manolas 02/06/2016 Easton ShopRite douglas H. read Zallies Supermarkets 01/01/2016 Walter E. Maslowski 01/07/2016 Pathmark Stores Mayretta L. Schneider Somerset Stores 02/01/2016 Mary Jane Mattern 02/25/2016 Acme Markets Jayne M. Schrantz Super Fresh 04/01/2016 Frances Mcfarland 01/21/2016 Super Fresh Elizabeth J. Schultz Super Fresh 05/01/2016 Eleanor Mckee 01/09/2016 Acme Markets Freddy Segers General Mills/Progresso 04/29/2016 John Mckeone 04/24/2016 Acme Markets Kathleen d. Staub Acme Markets 03/01/2016 Laura Jean Mckissic 04/19/2016 Suburbia Village John Stely General Mills/Progresso 04/28/2016 Eileen M. Mcveigh 06/08/2016 Acme Markets Margaret J. teschko Acme Markets 05/01/2016 Francis J. Meehan 02/25/2016 Pathmark Stores Charlene thurlow Village ShopRite 01/01/2016 Charles r. Menkins, Sr. 01/09/2016 Roberts Packing Company Bette tokar Pathmark Stores 02/01/2016 doris Miller 05/16/2016 Super Fresh Lois A. trauger Acme Markets 03/01/2016 Marie A. Montana 06/01/2016 Pathmark Stores Judith A. Vedutis Acme Markets 01/01/2016 Harry d. Moore 01/03/2016 Acme Markets rosann M. Ward Pathmark Stores 06/01/2016 Miriam J. Moyer 02/06/2016 Super Fresh Bruce d. Whetstone Laneco, Inc. 02/01/2016 Leroy Myles 05/25/2016 George Wollman Wholesale Wilbert Whitaker Pathmark Stores 06/01/2016 robert G. nagele 01/11/2016 Larchmont (IGA) diana L. Wierzbicki Delaware Supermarkets 06/01/2016 irvin E. ney 03/02/2016 Food Fair/Pantry Pride dolores A. Williams Pathmark Stores 03/01/2016 Sr., Martin C. nowicki 03/13/2016 Crystal Lake Shop n Bag Bruce Winokur Pathmark Stores 06/01/2016 Joan J. Paciello 05/12/2016 Acme Markets Linda C. Zacniewski Acme Markets 03/01/2016 James E. Pagano 02/15/2016 Super Fresh Alfred J. Zimmerman Acme Markets 02/01/2016 Spring/Summer 2016 11 UnitySpringSummer2016FINAL:Layout 1 7/18/16 4:32 PM Page 12

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The gathering storm...

The Germans are coming. also poses a danger to the basic liber- Actually, they’ve been here since ties of everyone in the industry. 1976. That’s when the discount Unions and independent media supermarket chain established itself have, over the years, documented in the United States. Today, the non- Lidl’s many violations of laws pro- union company operates 1,400 Aldi tecting grocery workers. stores in the U.S., plus an additional Lidl has used cameras to spy on its 418 Trader Joe’s outlets. workers, maintained dossiers on their Now we can expect additional intimate affairs, tried to fire female German interlopers steaming over the employees who might become preg- Atlantic to our shores. nant and forced workers at distribu- The latest news comes from Lidl, tion sites to work on a “piece rate” Aldi’s chief competitor in Europe, basis. which plans to open 100 stores in the Lidl’s managers have been forced U.S. by 2018. to work excessive hours, without President’s Like Aldi, Lidl employs a no-frills overtime pay, to stock shelves and format that sells private-label foods at perform maintenance duties that Report super-discounted prices. Shoppers should go to regular employees. By Brian String pick their items directly from ship- In 2003, an Italian court sentenced ping cartons stacked on the shelves Lidl for anti-union policies. Lidl has and then bag their own groceries. Lidl been criticized in the United King- also sells name-brand merchandise at dom and Ireland for not allowing Our success will rely on the partici- discounted prices. workers to join unions. pation of members like you. Please do Also like Aldi, Lidl is a non-union UFCW Local 152 and our Interna- your part when we call on you. company — and this is where we tional Union don’t intend to let Lidl Thank you for standing strong — have a big problem. get away with this behavior in the for better wages, better benefits and a Lidl poses more than a threat to communities we serve. In the coming better way of life. union market share, which is crucial months we’ll be unveiling a compre- for negotiating strong contracts with hensive strategy to confront this our members’ union employers. It threat.