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Houston's first sit-in was held March 4, 1960 at the Weingarten's grocery store lunch counter located at 4110 Almeda Road in Houston, Texas. [1] This sit-in was a nonviolent, direct action protest led by more than a dozen Texas Southern University students. The sit-in was organized to protest Houston's legal segregation laws.
The atmosphere of the Market Basket protests was described as being like an "outdoor rock festival," "tailgating party," and "campaign rally." [26] [30] [31] At a rally at the Tewksbury store, protesters threw beach balls in the air as loud music played from large speakers set up around the parking lot. [26]
For over four months, 70,000 union workers throughout Southern California stood outside of stores, and along streets to picket and protest the corporations. Workers of Vons struck, and as a mutual consequence, Ralphs and Albertsons workers were locked out. Many workers camped out in front of stores.
More than 110,000 people have signed a petition pressing the Government to overhaul the grocery supply code of practice to better protect farmers. ‘Scarecrows’ protest outside Parliament ahead ...
Koreatown grocery store workers protest Hannam Chain CEO Kieu Oanh Ha at the hansang, an annual Korean business convention and showcase.
The coronavirus pandemic and changing consumer habits threaten to put an end to a decades-old practice of allowing elderly people in Mexico to earn extra income as grocery store baggers. Baggers ...
The Family Red Apple boycott, also known as the "Red Apple boycott", "Church Avenue boycott" or "Flatbush boycott", [1] was the starting point of an eighteen-month [2] series of boycotts targeting Korean-owned stores that The New York Times described as "racist and wrong."
In 1917, Greek immigrants Athanasios ("Arthur") and Efrosini Demoulas opened DeMoulas Market, a grocery store in the Acre neighborhood of Lowell, Massachusetts, that specialized in fresh lamb. In 1938, the store, which operated largely on credit due to the Great Depression, was being threatened with foreclosure. The Demoulases' youngest son ...