Boston Herald backs workers in Market Basket fight.
Ever seen your own smart, fair and decent boss get canned unfairly?
If you put your job on the line, I’m impressed, since I can’t think of anybody else I’ve seen do what nearly 3,000 non-unionized Market Basket employees did Friday. Cashiers and baggers and managers, people who depend on Market Basket paychecks, drove for miles to the company’s Tewksbury headquarters to demand the reinstatement of ousted CEO Arthur. T. Demoulas, fired last month in a seemingly never-ending soap opera of a feud with his rival cousin and shareholder Arthur S. Demoulas. Snip
Customers, too, are in love with what’s become the Filene’s Basement of supermarket chains. Even though there are 37 checkout lines and aisles so wide you could almost land a small plane, Market Basket “is always really crowded unless it’s 7 a.m.,” says Annie McPherson of Revere, at the Chelsea store.
“It’s good quality and always fresh,” says Sharon Secreast, a mother of five, and a foster mom as well. “The cheapest around,” said Sandra Aviles, who drives to Chelsea from Boston. Snip
Market Basket is one of the most successful family owned companies in all of America. It’s raking in billions. It has loyal patrons, loyal workers and a rare, remarkable synergy among those patrons, workers, and the now ousted CEO.
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/columnists/margery_eagan/2014/07/eagan_why_market_basket_needs_arthur_t_back
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..from their underground bunker
