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Union organizer Tom Kappas \r\nwas fired over a couple of bananas<\/strong> that he paid for \r\nhonestly<\/em>.<\/div>\r\n
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There was nothing wrong with \r\nTom Kappas buying a couple of bananas. Wild Oats claimed a discount on \r\nthe bruised fruit was a firing offense, but discounting spoiled \r\nfruit was a standard store practice. By firing Tom, Wild Oats \r\nwas just enforcing their long-standing anti-union policy of shutting \r\ndown any organizing drive.<\/div>\r\n
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<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.rebelgraphics.org\/wildoats.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"The Wild Oats natural food chain claims to be progressive, enlightened, worker- and environment-friendly. The truth is, Wild Oats is anti-union.\r\n","numcomment":2,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/08\/115833.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":115934,"heading":"whole foods too","article":"This happens over and over: a "politically correct" high-end grocery store pays shitty. The food is expensive, so the workers, being somewhat naive and PC themselves, seek work there, partly to get a better deal on the health food.\r\n\r\nAfter a little while, it becomes obvious: it's a job, as usual. Then you start hearing about the decent wages union folks get, or even the relatively decent pay that Trader Joe's gets.\r\n\r\nShit doesn't look quite right. Well. That's what happens. And the people who shop there are hoodwinked, because, well, they're somewhat shallow. They were the same people who stopped shopping at the local hippie food co-op, because it wasn't as shiny as Whole Foods or Wild Oats.\r\n\r\nThey're probably the same people who dis the ethnic green grocery, because they sell veggies right on the sidewalk, and because the food isn't organic. \r\n\r\nHippie heads should get it together.\r\n\r\nDown with Frito Lay, up with fruit.\r\nDown with soda, up with water.\r\nDown with McDonalds, up with mom-and-pop food stands with real cooking.\r\nGrow nuts everywhere.\r\nWhole grains, eat primitive.\r\n\r\nWhat's the point of attaining the perfect body for longevity, if the world around you is getting sick?","author":"more rational","parent_id":115833,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-08-21 03:38:04","modified":"2004-08-21 03:38:04","fileurl":""},{"id":115991,"heading":"grow up","article":"Not everyone wants to eat like a jungle dweller in 19th century Africa. By the way, if you don't like the working conditions at Whole Foods or other such places, then don't work there. Only 8% of American private workers are unionized. 33% of governments workers are union, as are teachers. Government workers and teachers....hmmm...now there's two of the most innovative groups around. BWAHAHAHA! ","author":"eb","parent_id":115833,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-08-22 17:52:54","modified":"2004-08-22 17:52:54","fileurl":""}]}