Protest at Bestway

Recently there was a protest going on at Bestway, a grocery store in Falls Church. They were angry because they were fired when they tried to ask for better working conditions, to not be paid under minimum wage, not be overworked, and to be allowed to form a union. When the owner of the store found out that the employees were forming a union he did not like it and he wanted them to sign a paper saying they weren’t going to do that, but when they didn’t 32 workers were fired. When they showed up for the next day they were locked out and weren’t allowed to come in, and then they got the help from the UFCW. The UFCW was there protesting with them for two weeks until the government opened because they couldn’t do anything legally with the government being shut down. They protested to let it be known to not shop at Bestway so the owner would change his ways and so that every can know what happened at Bestway. They stood there from ten in the morning until eight at night protesting. They were standing there in the rain, cold, and sunny weather not leaving until they got their jobs back or until they believe justice was done. After two weeks of protesting the owner amazingly recognizes them forming a union and allows them to come back to work all 32 workers. They of course had to come to an agreement with many other things which the UFCW helped them with too.  It was a very happy day for all of them because many of them have been working there for years and that was their only income. By this happening it made all the other bestway’s unionize and make it better for the workers.

                     By: Yancy Garcia