Union: Close supermarkets on Christmas
Photo credit: NEWSDAY/June Lee | Shoppers come out from Pathmark in Dix Hills, NY in this file photo. (Aug. 22, 2005)
A Long Island union representing supermarket workers plans to hand out fliers Wednesday protesting A&P's decision to open some of its Pathmark, Waldbaum's and A&P stores on Christmas.
The Westbury-based United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 sent a letter to The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., which owns the three chains, arguing that its members recently agreed to "painful" contract...
