Talk:Real Canadian Superstore

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Some information on their union busting techniques would be beneficial.--Fmaack 14:10, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

haha yeah right. You are automatically enrolled in the Union when you become an employee.

In fact, Loblaws is known to close down stores where there are employees with many decades experience who make upwards of $12-15/hr and then open a new RCSS and offer them the same position they previously held for $7-8/hr. They take their plays right out of the Wal-Mart play book.--Fmaack 02:36, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm wrong (I can't immediately find a source), but my understanding is that this was specifically agreed to in Loblaw's last deal with the UFCW in order to compete with Wal-Mart, and employees who don't want the reduced rate are free to transfer to another non-Superstore location. — stickguy (:^›)— || talk || 14:09, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

• I am not currently an employee of Loblaws but I did hear that when a local Your Independent Grocer store (which are owned by Loblaws) was closed that full-time staff who had worked there for many years were offered a job at the new Real Canadian Superstore at a starting wage of $7 or $8. It would actually be quite impossible for all those employees to find jobs at other Loblaws stores as they are now being phased out and replaced with RCS stores. Another store in Kanata was just closed and replaced with an RCS store. I have friends and family who work for both Loblaws and RCSS and I'm hearing that there is talk of a province-wide strike for both stores so contract negotations can't be going *too* well.--Fmaack 06:22, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

It's quite bad in the west here, though different. I'm an employee at Superstore down west. Similar things are happening here, though stores aren't closing. One Superstore will offer employees more money than another superstore, usually about 5 minutes away. As such, I am making less money after 3 years at my store than someone just starting off the street at the new stores. Similar thing, and it's wrong. I personally don't like the way the management is leading this company, and i have my reasons, but i won't share them on here. --Anithira 09:32, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

Dominick's division in Chicago, IL had a division called Omni Superstore that looked remarkably similar to the design, signage, and layout of the Real Canadian Superstore. This divison was eliminated when Safeway bought out Dominick's in 1997.