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"On April 11, more than 31,000 grocery workers at roughly 240 regional locations walked out under the United Food and Commercial Workers to protest management proposals that would raise employee health-care costs, reduce pension contributions for many part-time workers, eliminate premium holiday pay and freeze raises. Management framed the cuts as necessary to stay competitive even though the parent company reported about $2 billion in profits the prior year. The action became the chain’s longest strike (lasting ten days) and had immediate commercial impact — store visits fell by about 75% the first weekend — underscoring broad shopper solidarity and demonstrating that labor disputes can sharply disrupt operations and public trust." - Jaya Saxena