News Footage: 1978 Food Strike

Year Published: 1970

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: Food Strike (1978): 1970s cop with sunglasses, mullet and uniform partially unbuttoned with a walkie talkie on top of Lucky Stores Corporate Headquarters building, zoom out to building with picketer outside. Line of protesters, including man with baby, marching outside front of building. Posters: "why can't my husband work?" "Lucky's lies many broken promises". Police officer on top of building again, with man with large polka-dotted tie. Striker marching with his two small children. Empty parking lot. EXT Safeway store: 3 protesters with reporter. Sign reads "Teamsters Local 315 On Strike". Safeway logo sign. CU strikers on the picket line. Parked empty Safeway trailers in depot. LS a few picketers. CU “On Strike” sign on car. Shot of On Strike sign in foreground, Safeway truck on background. Picketers walking around tiredly in front of Safeway truck. Six picketers standing outside Safeway Stores Division Office building. EXT Safeway office building, shot of sign. MCU striker with cowboy hat, mustache, and sideburns holding On Strike Teamsters sign. Security guards stand at opening of depot watching. One security guard takes photos. Safeway Richmond pickets: sign for Safeway Distribution Center, Private Road with picketers standing around, Safeway truck goes by. EXT Ralph's store. Ralph's sign. Picketers with signs outside as family loads their groceries. Poster in window "Because of the probability of a work stoppage in the near future, Ralph's is now accepting applications for temporary employment". Picket sign "Ralph's (Sanctioned) On Strike Teamsters Local 287". Two picketers walking outside grocery store along line of shopping carts. Ralph's cargo truck. Men in red aprons unloading back of truck with dollies. Picketers at Ralph's depot as truck unloaded. Safeway truck driving away from loading dock. EXT Safeway store. CU flyer encouraging shoppers to cross picket lines "Shop where the pickets are!" on behalf of Alpha Beta, Safeway, Lucky, Ralph's, members of the Northern California Food Employers Council. Sign in window of automatic door "Welcome! Labor Dispute!", door slides open and closed as shoppers enter. Picketers cross street. EXT Alpha store. A couple of picketers outside. EXT Lucky store. A few protesters crossing street outside distribution center Alpha. Poster: " Alpha Beta wants more for less". Picketers standing around, chatting. Anti-Alpha placards on the lawn. EXT Alpha Beta store. Lucky store: Two young women in white grocery store counter uniforms smile out window at camera. EXT Lucky store, man with picket sign "Locked out. Lucky stores unfair to Teamsters Local No. 490". EXT Alpha Beta with large banner announcing opening hours. Picket sign against Lucky leaning against fence with Local 70 "On Strike" crossed out, and "Locked Out" handwritten. EXT Ralph's. Safeway truck driving on street around parking lot. EXT Lucky Discount Center. Zoom into picketer's "Locked Out" sign. Sign in window "due to a possible labor dispute Lucky Stores Inc. is now accepting applications for temporary help...". CU of letter informing employees of lockout and that their union has called a strike. CU protester with sign "Huelga", talking to off screen reporter. Shoppers walking out of store with groceries. Young woman with green dress (who looks like she should be working in an office) loading a truck. Alpha Beta truck pushes its way through picket line with police officer's assistance. Sign for Safeway Distribution Center in parking lot. Strikers standing in parking lot. Strikers standing on street corner. Picketer with sign in front of Lucky corporate headquarters that reads “Lucky murders for money”. Crowd of protesters, posters reading “Let Us Work, No More Killings!” Security guard watches crowd from roof. Protesters' forearms with black arm bands. Striker men standing together drinking coffee. Shots of Safeway trucks. Spray painted road divider “Scab Alley”. EXT Safeway, parking lot. Car with pickets signs attached to hood “Union Members will Not Cross a Picket Line”. A few strikers outside grocery store. EXT Alpha Beta, strikers and shoppers outside. Two cops with a man in handcuffs, cops take man away in patrol car. Shirtless male teamsters outside Alpha Beta office building. CU Milpitas police officer with riot helmet on talking on walkie talkie. Picketer with sign “Alan Hamel is on our side”. CU nail on the ground. EXT Alpha Beta store, two skateboarders whizz by. Sign in window seeking temporary help. Picketers blocking traffic, standing in front of Alpha Beta truck. Cops arresting shirtless protester with cowboy hat. Another striker tries to argue with the cop. Shirtless striker handcuffed and taken away. Police wave traffic through protesters, picketers retake the road and block truck. Traffic moves through slowly with police help. Police cars driving away. Food Strike: EXT Safeway. Male striker walking in front of grocery store. Shot of broken window. Shot of front glass doors of store, one boarded up with wood plank. Strikers in front of store, placard reads “Teamsters Local 315 On Strike Safeway”. Picket signs posted in parking lot: “Support your local union - Do not cross this picket line”. EXT Safeway, shoppers exiting. Strikers blocking Safeway trucks as they exit depot. Two older ladies standing at check-out smiling, pan to long lineup of grocery shoppers, reporter talks to woman in line. CU cash register. Female cashier ringing in groceries. Rows of pickle jars on shelf. Jugs of milk. Bags of bread. Male grocery clerk in apron stacking bread. Shot of Oakland Tribune newspaper box with newspaper headline “Grocery clerks return to work”. CU newspaper ad for Alpha Beta “Experienced Truck Drivers Wanted! Applications are now being accepted for temporary help due to the current labor dispute”. EXT Gemco store. A few men walk in through automatic doors, sign above door reads “Welcome to Gemco San Leandro Membership Discount Store”, camera tilts up to reveal broken pane (looks like someone threw something through the window) above door. Black female security guard stands at store entrance as shoppers go inside. Two security guards in one-piece uniforms and boots that make them look like military or SWAT stand at front of store. MCU's of both guards, one a black man with reflective aviator sunglasses, the other a young black woman with a baseball cap who looks confidently into camera. Female shopper exits, looks at camera and at security guard.