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.
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea operates more than 100 stores in New Jersey under the names A&P, Pathmark, Super Fresh and Food Basics, with more than 13,000 workers in the state.
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The union members accepted a wage cut of about 3%.
UFCW local 464A Union president John Niccollai said: “We are all greatly relieved that this year-long agony has finally come to an end and that the conclusion is far better than we expected. We realise there are some members who voted ‘No’ and by doing so, were sending a message that they preferred to see the company go out of business.
“That, of course, would have meant the loss of many thousands of jobs. We find that preference difficult to understand, especially in this weak economy.”
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