The lawsuit alleges that a combined grocery giant would make collective bargaining more difficult.
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Why the Kroger-Albertsons Merger Will Harm Labor
The companies’ choice of an anti-union third party for its divestitures reveals why labor needs a seat at the table in merger remedies.
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Why Virginia Costco Workers Organized With the Teamsters
The company has a reputation as a good employer, some of that due to a legacy union membership. Workers had to stand up to prevent backsliding.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Cooperative That Could
How S Group became Finland’s most dominant retailer
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The No Spin-Off Zone
The Kroger-Albertsons merger shows us why regulators need to permanently divest the concept of, well, divesting.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Proposed Kroger-Albertsons Merger Would Create a Grocery Giant
FTC chair Lina Khan will almost certainly sue to block this consolidation. Despite a monopoly-friendly judiciary, she has a strong chance of success.
Posted inWorking in America
Why Most Kroger Workers Are Food Insecure
And what the company can do about it
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Rollups: All Monopolies Are Local
How one supermarket chain, Stop & Shop, abuses property transfers to frustrate competition
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Private Equity Pillage: Grocery Stores and Workers At Risk
The private equity business model is to strip assets from companies that they acquire. The latest victims: retail grocery chains
