Giant Workers Say "A Deal is a Deal"

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Giant supermarket workers last week were in the Netherlands drumming up awareness of Giant parent company Ahold's broken promises to workers here in the US. The workers, who are active in the iHold Campaign -- the coalition of Netherlands-based Ahold company workers in the United States and Europe -- visited the suburbs of Amsterdam, working alongside Dutch union ally, FNV Bondgenoten. They informed customers of Dutch grocer Albert Heijn -- also owned by Ahold -- about how Ahold is not allowing U.S. workers in the Giant-Carlisle division the rights to join an association of their choice without being intimidated. FNV Bondgenoten treasurer Willem Noordman (at right) joined the workers, asking customers to tell Ahold "Afspraak is Afspraak" or " A Deal is a Deal." Click here to add your voice; though the website is in predominately in Dutch you can share your words of support in English. You can also “like” the iHold campaign on Facebook where you can check out more photos from last week’s event! - photo by Kayla Mock