By Michael Sainato Source: The Guardian The universal adoption of electronic shelf labels in grocery stores across the US could cost tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in lost wages while further driving up grocery costs, according to a report released on Tuesday. An analysis by the [...]
Source: UFCW Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, including 800,000 workers in the grocery industry, released a statement in response to a new report from the AFL-CIO Tech Institute that finds the widespread adoption of electronic shelf [...]
Source: UFCW Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, UFCW Local Unions across New Jersey, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), and RWDSU Local 108 are celebrating the passage of the Fair Price Protection Act (A4085/S3612) through the New Jersey State Legislature, which would ban surveillance pricing and [...]
By Jim Dudlicek Source: Progressive Grocer Barely a month after launching a national campaign to ban grocers from using electronic shelf labels (ESLs), the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union denounced Walmart’s plans to roll out ESLs chainwide and called on lawmakers to enact legislation prohibiting the technology. [...]