Well, simply put, if you are REALLY worth your wages then there certainly should be open market competition for you as an employee reflective of what you believe you are worth. In my opinion and based on other industries employing people to perform identically, you have been OVERPAID for decades - and finally this trend has witnessed a threat. Personally, I feel that a cashier who works at McDonalds (minimum wage) throughout all other employment of like minded should be EQUIVALENT. Your position should NOT be based on what your INDUSTRY pays on average, but rather based on what your position is worth. This function is has variables sourced in economics, fair market value, competitive market place etc. YOU ARE NOT SKILLED. You are an ENTRY level employee who has been GRACED by an industry that has overpaid for years. Wal-Mart is charging through (good for them, this is STILL a capitalist marketplace last I checked) like Napoleon Bonaparte, and business are digging in for the fight. I have friends that are college educated and extremely intelligent who make less than low skilled partially versed in English employees make. Here is Vons' listed benefits;

The kind of want ad the hopefully soon to be unemployed grocery store workers would respond is (if they can read that is), Misplaced sense of entitlement, low IQ, uneducated person wanted for menial labor, great benefits and high pay.

People I know who support the strike have also proven to be SOCIALISTS. They believe that ALL should be paid more, and minimum wage is a joke. And it is okay with them that a group of people bully a Corporation (which they uniformly regard as the social enemy) in to paying something they don't agree to pay (legally referred to as extortion.) 

It is ridiculous that this requires this much explanation, but again, when I consider WHO it is being explained to (low IQ'd people (dumb for those who don't know what a low IQ is)) the necessity for over explaining becomes apparent.

The employees site the companies success for grounds of higher pay. Why? They aren't investors. They are paid whether the visioneers of this company are right in their investment or wrong. They are paid on time, and can sue if they aren't. You are NOT in a profit sharing position. Stewards on airlines don't get a "cut" of the price of an airline ticket any more than they pull money out their pockets when the airlines lose money. It is HARDLY relevant that they are successful. The ONLY issue here is what your position is worth which is established by your skill level, availability, replace ability, the access to intellectual property, things that are sensitive information and so on.

It is NOT the obligation of ANY corporation to pay you for your presumed cost of living, the needs of your families medical coverage, of the style you have grown accustomed to. THIS IS NOT ALIMONY. This is social Darwinism. The idealist/morons who spearhead this revolt are myopic. The results vary from inflation to victimization of a single Company, and are completely oblivious to the central tenet of our country's economics; agreement. If they don't want to pay you what you are convinced you are worth, QUITE!

The employees of these companies I have known over the years have ranged from those on mind stabilizing drugs, high school dropouts, the illiterate, and even those fresh out of jail given a work opportunity. You are not exactly able minded highly sought after people. You're just a bunch of over paid losers fighting for the last avenue of a decent life that Darwin say's you shouldn't have. Personally, my vote is that they NEVER higher another Union employee ... EVER. I'm glad they locked all of you out. You united, and so did they! Kudos for them!

I hardly believe that any of you would go to bat for me on getting a raise at my job. But for some arbitrary reason you want the whole world to support your plight to remain overpaid - EVEN if it means paying more at other stores and driving a long way to do so. Who are you again? I forgot already.

Final note; The Census Bureau reported that on average a persons income will be affected by $660 per year per IQ deviation from the global average which is 100. I.e., a person with an IQ of 90 should make $6,600 less based on statistics than a person with an IQ of 100. And a person with an IQ of 110 should make $6,600 MORE than a person with an IQ of 100. Please, if you are an advocate of the strike, get your IQ tested. If you are a striker, get your IQ tested. Find out how your salary compares to the Census Bureau's report.