Rhubarb in the produce aisle
There's a rally of some sort planned for tomorrow afternoon at rush hour at the New Seasons store on Division Street. It's to protest the firing of some guy last week, apparently over his alleged consumption of brown rice and tofu without paying for it.
Here's the website of the protesters. It sounds more than vaguely union-y. The fired guy, it says, "was arbitarilly terminated due to his involvement in promoting a democratic voice within the company."
Is this really about a fired worker? Or is it really about making Eileen Brady look bad in the Portland mayoral race?
Anyway, that corner is almost always congested, and that parking lot is an accident lot. It could be slow going there tomorrow afternoon.
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Comments (8)
Sounds like Mr Smith has heard about Donald Segretti.
Posted by David E Gilmore | February 13, 2012 1:26 PM
Well, back in 2002 Ryan organized a vote at Nature's for unionizing with the Industrial Workers of the World. The workers turned the I.W.W. down. (Leon Trotsky was unavailable for comment.)
Posted by Random | February 13, 2012 1:33 PM
You didn't see the Hosted by Willamette Week" in the mice type?
Posted by Steve | February 13, 2012 3:27 PM
Near as I can tell, it's time to re-fire Ryan.
It may seem overly-judgmental, but I've dealt with too many 32-year-old kids who know all there is to know, don't want to do any work, and feel entitled to an award just for showing up.
Posted by Max | February 13, 2012 3:36 PM
My experience at New Seasons is that most of the people who work there are pretty cool, but some of the employees have a surly/unfriendly attitude that I don't see, ever, at Trader Joe's or Zupan's. Also, it's almost like a Portlandia episode when you forget your re-usable shopping bag..."yes I would like a bag since I have 10 items, why would you bother asking me?" We aren't all privy to the details on this one, but it's my impression that they attempted to employ progressive discipline with this guy, and offered mediation both of which aren't required in an "at-will employment" state.
Posted by Usual Kevin | February 13, 2012 5:44 PM
The folks in the Raleigh Hills NS are invariably great. On the other hand, there aren't a lot of bike paths and there's no streetcar, so that may work to improve the mood.
Posted by Max | February 13, 2012 7:16 PM
Usual Kevin -- I've been a NS shopper for years and have never been asked if I wanted a bag. In fact they always cheerfully double-bag me at my request since I can't lift much and need to make sure a bag doesn't break. The other day the clerk weighed my bags -- her idea -- to make sure none were too heavy for me.
As to this "protest," yeah, sounds suspiciously like a move to embarrass Ms. Brady.
Posted by Perplexed | February 14, 2012 7:40 AM
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Posted by Dutch | February 14, 2012 7:48 AM