Introduction

A case study is a puzzle that has to be solved. The first thing to remember about writing a case study is that the case should have a problem for the readers to solve. The case should have enough information in it that readers can understand what the problem is and, after thinking about it and analyzing the information; the readers should be able to come up with a proposed solution. Writing an interesting case study is a bit like writing a detective story. You want to keep your readers very interested in the situation.

In this case study we try discuss about Southern California Supermarket Strike. The Southern California Supermarket Strike of 2003-2004 was a strike among supermarket workers in Southern California. The walkout lasted for twenty weeks.

In this case study, we try to discuss common issues related to the strike of Southern California Supermarket's staff. We are discussing various alternatives and solutions related with it.

To prepare this case study we follow Goggle, Wikipedia and various article related with this situation.

Overview

Grocery clerks in Southern California are fairly well paid when compared to other grocery workers in the US. Their health benefits are not as good as the benefits of, say, most K12 teachers, but better than most other wage workers -- also true of their pensions. This gave the grocery workers what they themselves see as a middle-class income, whether that is in fact the case or not. Wages of $17.50 per hour, or $35,000 per year, were not uncommon. The grocery workers are, for the most part, well trained and hard working, liked by customers, and until the strike they worked regular hours and could make plans with family, etc. -- unlike many grocery workers elsewhere who work odd shifts that change frequently.

The southern California grocery strike involving 70,000