STRIKE/LOCKOUT UPDATE


(a locked-out Ralph's employee in SB tells it like it is)

I was in downtown SB this morning on official TFM business, and I got a look at a handful of chain supermarkets being picketed by striking and locked-out workers. The stores shared one common thread: They were all virtually empty. Nary a car was to be found in their parking lots. Not in Ralphs, Vons or Albertsons.

Handfuls of picketers lined the sidewalks outside of each store, seeming to gain plenty of support from passing drivers, who frequently honked their horns in solidarity.

I have a feeling that upper management could crack at any moment. Purple monkey dishwasher.