After a lockout, public protest, and federally-mediated cooling off period, meat department workers at seven Key Food locations across Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island have a new contract. “We […]
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Public Rally for Locked-Out Key Food Workers Happens on 5/19
UPDATE: The rally has been rescheduled for Sunday, May 19th, from noon- 1 p.m. at the Greenpoint Key Food. Approximately 40 Key Food meat department workers at seven local stores, […]
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Key Food Lock Out Enters Second Week as Workers Rally in Park Slope
“What?” yelled Kelly Eagan, director for Local 342, a union representing meat department workers in Brooklyn and Long Island. “Contract!” replied the chorus of locked-out workers. “When?” “Now!” Butchers, meat […]
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Key Food Meat Department Locked Out Due to Contract Dispute
On Monday, Bonnie Mingo, a meat wrapper at Key Food (224 McGuinness Blvd) buried her mother. On Saturday, she was on strike. With little time to mourn, Mingo suddenly found […]
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Save Money and Fight Food Waste With End-of-Day Deals on Food
If you’ve ever worked in a cafe, you’ve likely seen first-hand the large amount of food that gets dumped straight into the garbage at the end of the day. If […]
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Beef & Guinness Stew for St. Patrick’s Day
My mother is born-and-raised solid country stock from County Westmeath, Ireland. She remembers St. Patrick’s Day celebrations as chiefly religious, with the country going to mass with freshly-picked clovers pinned […]
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In conversation with painter David Ellis
On the nippy day in January that I meet David Ellis outside of his Calyer & Diamond Street studio, men are unloading boxes into the ground level space of the […]