More than 500 supermarket employees' jobs in Atlantic,
Cape May and southern Ocean counties are safe, the president of a Mays
Landing-based food workers union told the Press of Atlantic City.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. plans to lay off
more than 8,500 workers in New Jersey, including 509 at four locations in those
three South Jersey counties, as part of its plan to shutter hundreds of stores
following its bankruptcy filing earlier this summer.
Acme is waiting on approval from the Federal Trade
Commission to buy 76 of A&P's shuttered stores, including SuperFresh
locations in Ocean City, North Wildwood and Manahawkin, and a Pathmark in
Ventnor.
If the acquisition goes through Acme plans to keep many
of the workers on the job, Brian String, presidnet of the United Food and
Commercial Workers International Union Local 152 told the Press of AC.
“Acme will take
over these and we believe it will be a seamless transition. All our members
will continue to work,” he said Monday. Acme spokeswoman Danielle D’Elia said
Acme plans to hire substantially all of the A&P employees from stores it
acquires.
A&P, which previously sought buyers for just some of
its locations, changed course last week. It now wants buyers for all of its
remaining stores.
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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