Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters Begin Northeast ‘Stable to Table’ Tour to Raise Awareness for the ALDI Corporation’s Poor Business Practices
EDISON, N.J., March 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- From March 5 -- April 24, the Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters (NRCC) will conduct the Anti-ALDI Stable to Table Roadshow throughout the Northeast to raise public awareness for the poor business practices of the ALDI Corporation.
In towns throughout the Northeast, ALDI has hired a number of contractors to develop and redevelop its stores. These contractors hire carpentry subcontractors who pay their construction workers LESS THAN area standard wages. Very few of these contractors also supply health insurance or retirement plans to their employees.
The Anti-ALDI Stable to Table Roadshow will take place in the following areas on the following dates:
- Central New Jersey – March 5th & 6th
- Southern New Jersey – March 8th & 9th
- New Castle, Delaware – March 12th & 13th
- Baltimore/Glen Burnie, MD – March 15th & 16th
- Philadelphia, PA – March 19th & 20th
- Lehigh Valley, PA – March 22nd & 23rd
- Northern New Jersey – March 26th & 27th
- Long Island, NY – March 29th & 30th
- Hudson Valley, NY – April 2nd & 3rd
- Albany, NY – April 5th & 6th
- Central New York – Binghamton/Syracuse, NY – April 9th – 20
- Buffalo, NY – April 23 & 24
“This is an issue that every American should care about as all Americans suffer when middle-class workers are underpaid, exploited and don’t have the health and retirement benefits for when an emergency happens,” said Robert Satriano, NRCC’s Director of Organizing. “We are asking the public to call ALDI and tell them that their business practices don’t match up with their social standards in production which state that ALDI’s partners should pay wages mandated by industry standards.”
In addition to educating Northeast communities about ALDI’s poor business practices, the Anti-ALDI Roadshow will also provide individuals with detail on recent ALDI food quality control and recalls:
- In 2013, the Guardian reported that ALDI’s admitted that some of their ground meat products contained between 30% and 100% horsemeat. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/09/aldi-100-percent-horsemeat-beef-products
- In 2017, the Associated Press reported that ALDI is selling salmon, snow crab and other seafood processed in China by North Korean slave labor. https://www.apnews.com/8b493b7df6e147e98d19f3abb5ca090a
- In 2017, Food Safety News reported that ALDI recalled its house brand of Fit & Active ground turkey after metal shavings were found in it. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/10/aldi-publix-weis-ground-turkey-recalled-after-metal-bits-found/#.WpcAn-Re7nt
- In 2018, according to the Guardian, ALDI removed thousands of packs of frozen mixed vegetables in England from its shelves after a customer said she found half a rat inside a bag. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/feb/05/aldi-customer-finds-half-a-rat-in-packet-of-frozen-vegetables
- In 2018, Philadelphia Action News reported that customers of the ALDI in Pottsgrove, PA may have had their identities and bank accounts stolen when police discovered card skimming devices. http://6abc.com/card-skimmers-found-at-2-local-aldi-supermarkets/3018213/
Visit northeastcarpenters.org/aldi to learn more. Get involved in the conversation by tweeting at @AldiUSA using #stabletotable or by calling ALDI’s Corporate Social Responsibility Department Phone at 630-879-8100.
About the NRCC
The Northeast Regional Council of Carpenters (NRCC) represents nearly 40,000 hardworking men and women in Delaware and New Jersey and portions of Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. NRCC is one of the largest trade unions on the East Coast. The NRCC equips professional men and women carpenters with the skills, training and quality workmanship that are demanded in today's construction industry. For more information on NRCC, please visit our website: northeastcarpenters.org & like us on social Facebook: facebook.com/NortheastRegionalCouncilofCarpenters; Twitter: @nrccarpenters; Instagram: @northeastcarpenters; LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/northeastcarpenters; and Snapchat: @nrccarpenters
Contact: Tony Bianchini
Phone: 609-402-1730
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