{"id":17036,"date":"2013-10-30T08:08:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T12:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?p=17036"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:11:12","slug":"member-spotlight-matilde-reyes-bestway-worker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/member-spotlight-matilde-reyes-bestway-worker\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Spotlight: Matilde Reyes, Bestway Worker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"image\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Metilde-Reyes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Metilde-Reyes-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Metilde Reyes\" class=\"wp-image-17037\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Workers at Bestway, a Latino supermarket in the Falls Church, Va. suburb of Washington, D.C. came together in September to form a union at their work. However, their company ignored their requests to bargain and instead engaged in systematic illegal retaliation against union supporters by cutting hours, changing schedules,&nbsp; holding one-on-one interrogation meetings and threatening to call immigration on the workers. But workers at Bestway stayed strong and held together and staged a work stoppage to protest the company\u2019s illegal conduct. The company responded by firing 31 workers in attempt to silence the workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The workers continued to hold strong against the company threats and intimidation. They staged a daily picket line outside the store to educate customers on the unfair treatment and violations of labor law.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After seeing a noticeable decrease in business, Bestway reached an agreement with workers to reinstate all terminated workers, recognize UFCW Local 400 as their union, provide back pay to terminated workers, and begin contract negotiations with workers this week. Metilde Reyes is one of those workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Metilde Reyes is a mother of three that has worked at Bestway for 13 years. The company calls her a \u201csupervisor,\u201d but she gets no extra pay or better treatment from her position. She works to make sure the cashiers work together to check customers out and to void merchandise when necessary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Bestway illegally fired her coworkers for standing up, they offered her extra money and more hours to train their replacements, instead, she joined her coworkers in protesting in front of her store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI do love my job\u201d said Metilede, \u201cbut I love my people more. I had to come out and support them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Together, Bestway workers like Metilde are negotiating for better wages, benefits and working conditions. But that\u2019s just the beginning of their journey \u2013 they\u2019re now working to show workers at other Bestway stores what\u2019s possible when workers come together.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI can\u2019t wait for the day when workers at all Bestway Supermercados get the same rights that we now have at our store,\u201d said Metilde.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers at Bestway, a Latino supermarket in the Falls Church, Va. suburb of Washington, D.C. came together in September to form a union at their work. 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