trader joe's just fired me for sending this letter to the ceo, saying i don't share the company values. i guess advocating for a safer workplace isn't a company value?
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Trader Joe’s Store 130
@traderjoes130
An anonymous group of employees from the Capitol Hill Trader Joe’s in Seattle, WA working against anti-Blackness in the wake of abrupt store closure
linktr.ee/traderjoes130Joined June 2020
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Check on the workers where you buy your groceries. Email and call corporate. Ask to speak to managers in person. Customers can fight fights that workers can’t. Be a pain. Vote with your money.
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While this news feels like a hopeful breath of fresh air for those still working at 130, it changes nothing about the harm done to the 15 people who were fired or forced out and countless others who have been denied raises since Don showed up
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Fox, the manager responsible for firing of a Native trans crew member last year, will also be transferring this week.
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Store 130 learned yesterday that Captain Don will be exiting the building for good at the end of the month. Catch him upholding white supremacy at the Shoreline store.
#traderjoes #capitolhilltraderjoes #store130
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We’re open! If you live in the neighborhood, we’d love to have your support of our demands in person. Let management know with a letter or postcard. We’ve provided a template for printing or you can write your own! #capitolhilltraderjoes #covid19
#essentialworkers
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Asian Americans have put proximity to whiteness over solidarity with Black people. My latest with on confronting anti-Blackness among Asian Americans—and how it's touched my own story within my Korean & Black family. Editing by .
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👁️ WATCH our new video, ✏️ SIGN our petition: buff.ly/2NFTTA6
& should do more than pay lip service to the #BlackLivesMatter movement and stop retaliating against workers who are organizing to support civil rights.
#WFMSaysNotoBLM
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Black and Indigenous Queer Lives, Dreams, Imaginations, Families, Stories, are Sacred and Essential to humanity past, present and future #happypride #capitolhillseattle #capitolhilltraderjoes
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⬇️ Check this thread for our written demands ⬇️ and support us by emailing corporate with your thoughts. Email address and templates can be found at savetjs130.com
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Loved all the support for the Press Conference last week! If you missed it, you can still find the video on FB/IG [ instagram.com/tv/CB3hxIdpKSc ] #traderjoes #savestore130 #covid19 #essentialworkers #capitolhillseattle
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Seattle Trader Joe’s employees are pushing for a statement and policy changes in support of Black Lives Matter. Whole Foods employees say they've been punished for wearing Black Lives Matter masks.
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Crew Members gathered outside of the Trader Joe's on Capitol Hill to list their demands after the store abruptly closed.
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Capitol Hill Trader Joe's crew members call the decision to reopen their store a "huge win," but that doors simply reopening is "not enough." Workers feel the chain has not done enough to address systemic problems affecting Black and QTPOC crew members.
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The have now physically presented their demands to management, concluding their press conference.
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Thanks for tuning in! Visit savetjs130.com to read the demands and learn how you can support our workers!
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Aretha Basu from CM Mosqueda’s office calls on Trader Joes to end their contract with privatized security if they truly value black lives.
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Bana calls on Tj’s corporate to “stand up for black lives and honor black labor, without whom you would be nothing”
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Bana, an organizer from Decriminalize Seattle shares their demands around the current campaign to defund SPD
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Workers from Westlake Whole Foods stand in solidarity with TJ’s workers and ask for support on their own demands that include being able to wear BLM masks, back pay for workers, and an end to private security at their store
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5. Consistent disciplinary policies- transparent and equitable grievance practices for workers
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4. Invest in and support store 130- better channels of communication, ASL interpreters at the store, and more in store training
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3. Redefine safety- Company must value people over property, end private security at the store and work with mental health agencies instead
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2. No retaliation- all employees who want to return to work should be able and not be in fear of termination, write ups, or transfer denial
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1. Black lives matter- corporate must make tangible actions including hiring practices, management training, and investing in black communities
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Store 130 employees are demanding the store to take action and have outlined the following demands:
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“When the neighborhood you serve chanted ‘black lives matter,’ you closed your ears.”
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Erin speaks on their experiences being “singled out by management” and facing unequal treatment at store 130
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Crew members Peter and Rose begin the conference reminding us that we are on stolen land and calling on TJs corporate to to do better for their employees.
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Going live now! Check out our press conference on our IG and Facebook or follow along here.
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BIG UPDATE: We’ll be doing a press conference at 10:30PST today! Check out the IG/FB live or stay here for a live tweet #essentialworkers #traderjoes #savestore130 #capitolhillseattle #capitolhilltraderjoes #covid19
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The Whole Foods in South Lake Union is kicking out employees for wearing BLM facemasks. facebook.com/trent.wu/posts
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We stand with #slu #wholefoods workers. stop sending the employees that have kept your store open during a pandemic home for wearing black masks in support of the movement for Black lives. Support them. Support the movement.
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