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Grocery chain Trader Joe’s is joining Elon Musk’s SpaceX in arguing that the US labor board, which is prosecuting cases against both companies, is unconstitutional.

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[-] stoly@lemmy.world 132 points 2 years ago

I'm disappointed. I really thought that TJs was more like Costco. You look at the employees and they are always smiling, just like Costco. Guess not all things are equal.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 80 points 2 years ago

The founder died, shit has changed drastically in the last 5 years or so

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Gotcha. Too bad.

[-] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
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[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago

Trader Joe's is overpriced Aldi. Their employees are told to smile, just like everywhere else you go that employees are always smiling. Nobody's that happy at work, and that shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody at this point.

Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi

[-] doc@kbin.social 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Different brother. There's Aldi Sud and Aldi Nord (I think that's right), who have common family history but are now separate companies. One operates the US chain called Aldi and the other owns TJ's.

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[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 18 points 2 years ago

Trader Joe's is owned by the OTHER Aldi, which is related historically but entirely separate from the Aldi stores in the US.

Interestingly the US is the only country to have both companies other than Germany itself, and even there one is in one half of the country and the other in the other.

[-] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Different aldis.

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

The frozen stuff is WAY better at TJs; my local Aldi has mostly stuff that’s cheap because it’s about to expire

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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Joe literally ate the motherfuckers who don't smile.

[-] cmbabul@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Costco aint much better and are very anti union, the warehouse workers get treated better than their counterparts at Walmart but the company doesn’t give a fuck about its workers, just its image of being ‘one of the good ones’. Their response to workers in Virginia forming a union is pretty telling, they also don’t give out a annual cost of living raise even for “exceptional workers”, its maxes out at 3%

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[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 89 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I know I'm in the minority likely, but Trader Joes is shit it isn't because it can't survive unionization. Just because your chips are organic doesn't make buying it from overly outgoing cashiers any healthier. Prepackaged junk food is prepackaged junk food and they sell a ton of it. Frozen dinners are still sodium bombs even though they don't have "preservatives". That said, fuck these two anti-union shitstains of companies.

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 61 points 2 years ago

They can survive it. Every company can survive it. They just don't want to give up their dictatorship.

[-] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I shop at union grocery stores. The boutique chains see this as a something to exploit instead of a feature. Many union chains are local too, most boutique ones are national.

[-] stoly@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Come on, the quality of food at Trader Joe's is FAR better than the brands you find at a Safeway.

[-] lone_faerie 17 points 2 years ago

Most of the food at Trader Joe's is just white label with fancy packaging. It's the same food you find at a Safeway.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

There are a few specific items that Trader Joe's is notable for... but ditto for Safeway, Hannaford's, Food Lion, Star, Superstore, and SaveOn - I think two decades ago Trader Joe's was a trailblazer in high quality offerings but they've slowly compromised for profits and competitors have realized that high quality offerings are valued by consumers - not just price.

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[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years ago

I don't understand the trader Joe's love. It's a grocery store with a poor selection of fruits, vegetables, and fresh meats. They have a decent wine and beer selection. It's basically half frozen stuff, it's maybe higher quality than other places, but it's just frozen shit.

[-] Can_you_change_your_username@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was so disappointed the first time I went to Trader Joe's. It had been so hyped up and people made it sound like a mini Jungle Jim's. Then it opened and it was just a more expensive Aldi.

Edited to remove a mistyped word.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

It was better back in the early 2000s, in my opinion for two main reasons. First, the prices and quality were better. Second, and biggest of all, they carried a wide variety of products that had a limited presence in many American supermarkets, namely vegan/vegetarian meals, organic crap, and eclectic snacks. Most major grocers have caught up with demand and now they don't stand out all that much.

[-] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

The hype is definitely not worth it.

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[-] e-five@kbin.run 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The anti-unionization stuff makes me sad. They're really the only ones around here who carry vegetarian/vegan options. If I go to the chain store next door the prices are quite a bit more expensive, and all they have is a small corner of the refrigerated section of vegetarian options of questionable expiration.

[-] Can_you_change_your_username@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The no preservatives label needs better regulation. Every food that has it is loaded with either salt or sugar. The reason that they are loaded with salt and/or sugar is because salt and sugar are two of the oldest and most used preservatives. And that's my soapbox, thanks for listening.

[-] SoleInvictus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The other one that pisses me off is no added nitrates (except for all the nitrates in the additives we added). Just be honest, companies. It's really not hard to not be total shitbags.

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[-] RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

What the F, TJ? Want to make a loyal customer of 15+ years quit? This is how you do it. We’re a union family, we vote with our dollars too.

[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 12 points 2 years ago

Presumably union families have more dollars to vote with as well.

[-] hobovision@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Where are you gonna shop that's better? Kroger? Safeway? Walmart? Whole foods? It's fucked up.

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago

No more Trader Joe’s for me.

[-] awake01@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago

The end of our patronage of TJs.

[-] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 33 points 2 years ago
[-] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

Well played

[-] assassinatedbyCIA@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago

I guess labour has no choice but to go back to the old style of negotiating. Aka. Rocking up at the bosses house on mass and ‘asking nicely’ for a raise.

[-] drdabbles@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Don't forget bidding them "a very good day" if they see them in the streets.

Wow so that kinda fuckin sucks. Guess I’m down to market basket.

[-] Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Is this the Michael Scott defense? Instead of yelling “I declare bankruptcy” they yell “I declare this unconstitutional”?

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[-] nul9o9@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We can go back to mob violence if they don't like our mutually agreed upon legal framework???

[-] Poggervania@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

“The working class having a board that helps them is unconstitutional” for those who need a direct translation

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

Being in agreement with Elon Musk is a clear sign you're an idiot.

[-] BaldProphet@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Hmm. I couldn't read the full article because of a paywall, but from what I understand, the constitutionality of the NLRB was upheld by the Supreme Court in NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. 301 U.S. 1 (1937). I'm not sure there is any foundation to contemporary claims that the NLRB is unconstitutional.

[-] WhereGrapesMayRule@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

As with overturning Roe v. Wade, the legal foundation will be "our conservative cult says so".

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

"ThE NLRb isn'T in the cONSTITutIoN!!1!" - The Supreme Court, probably

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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Im about to declare corporations unconstitutional. Their heads are so big their thoughts need launch vectors to get to their lobbyists.

[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Never spent a dollar there. Won’t start now, thanks

[-] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

It used to be a good store, but I guess the owner died and they've gone anti-union. I have not been in one for a few years and won't ever now (unless they change their tune).

[-] e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 7 points 2 years ago

These companies trying to do away with civilized negotiations, you'd think they want to go back to the bad old days when Labor got the bosses to come to the bargaining table by blowing shit up.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 years ago

I didn't realize 2024 was the year I was going to stop shopping at TJ's.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

If people don't have the right to decide what their labor is worth, then they are no better than slaves.

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