Poland’s Save-A-Lot draws dueling pickets

POLAND — Dueling pickets showed up Friday at Henry Nemenz’ Save-A-Lot store in Poland.

Three Poland residents demonstrated against union pickets who have been outside the U.S. Route 224 store this week.

Local 880 of the United Food and Commercial Workers has been posting informational pickets outside some of Nemenz’ area stores since he opened a non-union store in Hubbard where a union store used to be.

Connie Coloutes, 78, said she organized the protest against the union pickets in Poland after seeing them outside the store recently.

“They are interfering with our rights by intimidating people from going into the store,” said Coloutes, a former township trustee.

Four union pickets were stationed Friday along the road. The residents’ signs asked for drivers to honk in support of Nemenz, and some did.

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