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by thecount122195 2535 days ago
Not the first time New Englanders have boycotted a supermarket chain either. When Market Basket ousted their president and voted to give the shareholders dividends rather than reinvesting in the company[1]. Though these workers wern't on strike they were protesting what they felt like was the first step of the company getting gutted and sold.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_Basket_protests