Park Slope Food Coop: New Book and Digital Archive Offer Glimpses into Coop’s 50-Year History. “The digitized Linewaiters’ Gazette archive is now accessible through the Center’s digital collections portal, where readers can access PDFs of past Gazette issues.”
FOOD COOP, the #documentary about the #ParkSlopeFoodCoop, is available for streaming now through the end of Tuesday! Get your tickets to watch the film and join our live discussion here:
Very good article on the #ParkSlopeFoodCoop. Skirts the union issue, but not unfairly.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/the-grocery-store-where-produce-meets-politics
Park Slope Food Coop employees accuse management of meddling in union efforts
https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/42/35/dtg-food-coop-union-2019-08-30-bk.html #coop #unions #Brooklyn #psfc #ParkSlopeFoodCoop #parkslope
The New York Post has gleefully seized on the #union drive at #ParkSlopeFoodCoop in Brooklyn, NY as proof that the "Soviet Style" organization is a joke. My question is how can we support the workers? Nothing on the RWDSU website that I could find...
Why not demand, along with union recognition, the creation of a second category of stakeholder -- worker members?
https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/park-slope-food-coop-employees-move-unionize
For anyone in NYC who's interested in expanding on/improving the model of the Park Slope Food Coop, here's a link to their survey regarding a potential second location.