Where they bought by a Private Equity Firm or something? That is often what happens after that.

@Lind Morn hell yeah

@Lind Morn Careful, unions may go corporate with that line of reasoning.

If a company treats their workers fairly, the workers don't need a union. But, it's most economical not to, so the union is a shield and sword

same here! I started there in the mid 00's and it was such a different company. Then Dan Bane took over and started cutting benefits and taking away positions. insane. Now its even worse with Bryan Palbaum. I'm glad I left

What did they do to the wine store?

Where do you shop for groceries? Just curious.

@@nancykerrigan H-Mart and western beef. They don’t have the wide variety but they got all the basics and it’s just as cheap. Are used to love Trader Joe’s but I can’t in good conscious support a union buster.

They used to pay very well comparatively. I started in 2007 in Connecticut and was paid $11 an hour when I first got hired and had no experience in grocery at all! Back then minimum wage was I believe 6.55 so that was a huge difference. Plus we had amazing benefits. Over the years I see the culture shift and they got rid of positions and started hiring people at lower and lower wages. They got rid of benefits made it so part time workers didn't get insurance. Cut hours of people who were lifers that were making cap(at the time it was $19.75 an hour for non management) And now the new CEO is having the company sue the national labor relations board calling unions unconstitutional. Some stores still have wonderful management but a lot now have managers that are megalomaniacs who power trip and play favorites and belittle ones they don't like to try and bully them into quitting. Trader Joe's is easily Turing into one of the worst companies to work for in retail but they dress themselves up as a fun friendly neighborhood market. WAL-MART also was once known to be an amazing place to work until the early 2000s then it turned to crap with poor management from the people who run the executives who run the company. Now it is on the fortune 100 list of best companies to work for ONLY because the executives listened to the employees about their concerns, reinstated and made better benefits and pay. It makes a huge difference. Trader Joe's culture has been gutted and it needs to be refreshed before their shiny appearance blows up in their face and its too late. They aren't a mega store like WAL-MART that's almost a necessity for some people so it would be harder to rebuild their image. It all comes down to greedy corporate executives. They are a multi billion dollar privately owned corporation, they can afford to pay fair wages. They did it before with prior CEOs they can do it now.

From A "customer perspective" you are 10000% WRONG and a moron

@@deathlarsen7502 What a brilliant retort (look it up). 🙄

Toxic Hyper Individualism propaganda.

Gop. They are very "every man for themselves" not "let's work together and help each other".

I suggest to watch the film "Matewan" (1987) written and directed by John Sayles.

@@greeleyestateslove it's not the GOP exclusively. Democrats have been extremely anti union since the 60s as well. Don't go blaming one "side" when the reality is that everyone in government is paid off by big business to do their bidding. There ain't a single person in DC working on behalf of real working people. They're all suits, getting paid to represent other suits. Don't let the mainstream media fool you, this is not a DNC v. RNC issue. This is a ruling class v. working class issue, and basically every politician at the national level works for the ruling class.

Always was, but you can thank Reagan for a lot of modern anti-union push

understaffing has become a huge issue and finding any reason to not give raises.

Your comment is transphobic.

@@caseygrengs4058 Your comment is intolerant of the fearful.

AIN'T IT!?

You must not interact with people to think that is a winning strategy.

Good job only hearing what you want to hear from the entire video, joseph.

@@Educatedunhousedperson thanks. Yea I have a very selective memory

Yeah? Because unionized stores actually treats their employees fairly and Walmart has employees on food stamps and purposefully hires people just under full time because that way they won’t earn benefits? Sounds like you don’t have much morals.

@@ludgeisatmcdonalds It's my moral responsibility to motivate others to improve their skill set so they can go work somewhere else if they don't like their current job?

@@derek20la it’s your moral responsibility to not shop there because Walmart exploits their employees to the upteenth degree. You conservatives are so morally bankrupt it’s unbelievable.

@@ludgeisatmcdonalds Exploits them how? Are the employees not free to quit at any time, for any reason, to go find a new job? If Walmart is such a horrible company, you'd think there'd be no employees left. I mean why would any adult want to keep going back to a place they hate, day after day, when they have zero legal obligation to do so? And why should the company change to suit your whims? What have you ever built in your life? You don't like their practices, go open your competing store. Your moral grandstanding is lame. Focus on your own life.

@@derek20la exploits them by keeping them under a living wage. Not giving them hours to go to full time so they don’t have to provide benefits. Terrible work hours and expectations thrown on employees. You don’t really understand how the world works do you? There’s many communities where Walmart has completely destroyed the local economy and small businesses by pricing right under them. Therefore, many people living in those communities have nowhere else to work EXCEPT Walmart. No one WANTS to work at Walmart, they do so so they can barely live and get by. “If you don’t like it get another job” is such a lame excuse. There shouldn’t be this connotation that exploitation is allowed because there are other jobs available. We’re about to enter a recession, what if there aren’t? What if there are no other jobs in the community that they would be eligible for. There is an inherent risk with getting a different job if you’ve been with a company for a time. If you have people that you’re supporting or you have no savings of your own, why would you take that risk? Even if there is a chance at a much better wage, if one thing goes wrong you can be on the street. Starting a business? Do you even understand the upfront costs of this? How can you start a business when you’re barely able to make rent and feed yourself on $7.25 an hour? You people are so ridiculously tone deaf it’s unbelievable. It’s not “suiting your whims” it’s providing employees with fair compensation and benefits. You act like that’s unreasonable, like it’s such a big deal to ask for such when these same corporations provided wages that allowed boomers in the 70s to buy homes and support a family of 3 working at a gas station. You conservative idiots will tout about it being their responsibility right up until you’re in the gutter, then you shout and complain about how unfair life is. You have 0 compassion, 0 empathy for other peoples situations and circumstances. Workers don’t deserve to be exploited and people should feel a moral obligation to support those who don’t monetarily.

If that's your response to pronoun pins, I can't wait until you see dogs that are specifically designated to disabled people to help them survive.

Ever try to get a teenager to work these days?

@@The_Savage_Wombat Personally? No. But I know many of people I grew up didn’t enjoy how places like McDonald’s and Burger King screwed them with hours. The local grocery store at the time was the best job available and everyone was fighting for it when a position opened. People stayed there for years until they grew up ! …. and got a factory job.

No, evidently you don’t understand their plight stay and fight fight for a living wage. I grew up in the 60s and we sure as hell had unions back then and we had a strong large enormous middle class no longer do we have that in our country you’re either struggling or you’re well-off you don’t even need to worry about gas prices, inflation, rents, or mortgages, that’s what we got because unions were targeted and slowly dismantled and now we need them back and workers have the right to fight for that. They have the right to stand up against huge corporations that make profits that have never been seen before while you have an employee that has to work, a full-time job and a part-time job just to make ends meet.

You also have the freedom to unionize that's ALSO a freedom you have (or used to have) in America

@@morgancody6752 yet those employees knew their pay rate when they accepted the job offer. Now whose fault is that?

Agreed - that mentality lets these corporations win. Clearly the government doesn’t care about the workers who keep society running at a fundamental level. Unionization against all corporations are necessary to prevent societal collapse and allow people to live a dignified life.

@@gingerhickerson5792 unions are part of the problem these days, though at one time decades ago they helped encourage limiting hours of work for minors. Again, who accepted the jobs? Every employee knew the situation regarding pay and benefits when they accepted the offer.