Shoppers planning to visit Macy’s Union Square flagship store in San Francisco for last-minute gifts on Christmas weekend were met with a picket line, as the store’s union went on strike for the two days before the holiday.
Better pay, increased staffing level and affordable health care are what the United Food and Commercial Workers Union was asking for, according to a local NBC report. The store had only given its employees a $1 per hour raise in three years, and did not budge on other substantive issues, the union claims.
The union argues that what the chain has offered is not commensurate with the added stress faced throughout the pandemic.
