Market Basket employees clap and cheer while watching a televised speech by restored Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, at a supermarket location, in Chelsea, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Workers at the Market Basket supermarket chain just successfully undertook a high-risk job action with potentially historic repercussions. But this was more than just a fight for leadership control. It was also a story about boomers standing up for workplace values.

The series of events, which resulted in the sale of the company’s 71 Massachusetts and New Hampshire grocery stores, offers hope that boomers may reclaim their generational legacy and bring it into the workplace.

What Went Down at Market Basket

The back story: Two months ago, Market Basket’s Board of Directors fired company president, Arthur T. DeMoulas, the latest scene in a decades-long drama between warring factions of the wealthy DeMoulas family, Market Basket’s owners. […]