by admin | Mar 1, 2011 | March 2011 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Hundreds of students, pensioners, workers and allies visited dozens of Rite Aid stores around Valentine’s Day to talk with store managers about the problems many Rite Aid workers are having with the company. Rite Aid is trying to impose significant health insurance...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Solidarity
Over 250 student activists from dozens of college campuses across the country converged at the Ohio State University in Columbus for their annual conference in early February. The United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) invited ILWU Vice President Ray Familathe to...
by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | February 2011 Dispatcher, Fighting for Good Jobs
Hundreds of Rite Aid workers at the company’s giant Southwestern Distribution Center in Lancaster voted on Friday February 4th to send management a loud and clear message. By a 98% margin, workers rejected a company contract proposal that flopped in the shop because...
by admin | Feb 3, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs
Let’s support the struggle for justice by Rite Aid workers! Rite Aid, the nation’s third-largest retail drug chain, has been struggling financially for years. Yet, despite management’s serious and costly mistakes – which have left the company deeply in debt – Rite Aid...
by admin | Jan 3, 2011 | Fighting for Good Jobs
Over the past several years, Rite Aid executives have made a number of serious missteps that have hurt the company’s business. The nation’s third-largest retail drug store chain has not made a profit in more than three years, causing investors to suffer heavy losses....