US: A&P union pay deal paves way for recovery
By Sam Webb | 30 November 2011
US union supermarket workers at Pathmark and A&P voted on Tuesday (29 November) to accept a pay cut in a deal to save their bankrupt employer, supermarket giant Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea.
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US union supermarket workers at Pathmark and A&P voted on Tuesday (29 November) to accept a pay cut in a deal to save their bankrupt employer, supermarket giant Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea.
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