The parties met today and exchanged a few counter proposals, although nothing was agreed to. The Company maintains their position to increase hours during a holiday week by moving overtime from 32 hours to 40 hours. This is a concession and more money for the Company! No way, the workers are the ones that need the gains. The parties will not meet again till Jan 14th, because Kroger is concerned about the ULP strike vote taking place in Colorado and their contract expiring Jan 8, 2022. (Click here to see the proposals exchanged today)
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The parties met today with no progress to report. Your committee once again stressed the dangers and concerns of working in a drug and crime epidemic. The Company remains resistant to addressing safety concerns with live trained personnel. They want cameras and locking gates and understand the dangers facing employees and customers walking into these stores but don’t like spending money to address these dangers The parties are set to meet again on Jan 13,2021. (Click here to see the proposals exchanged today)
The parties met for both retail and meat negotiations on successive days. The Union presented the employees’ demands and stressing that with the financial success of Kroger, and their hard work during the Pandemic all of their proposals are acceptable. The Company proposal contains worker concessions resulting in more work and less pay, and split shifts to use for their scheduling problems. Kroger is seeking to expand Baggers and Vendors while also reducing overtime. In addition, a strong anti-worker proposal to delete and deteriorate your contract in future years by deleting the Union Security and dues check off language is beyond dangerous.
In an effort to disguise some of this dangerous language, Smith's has "summarized" both the meat and retail proposals here. We have taken the liberty of highlighting in orange boxes the reality. Smith's "Summary" of Retail Proposal - Dec 7th Smith's "Summary" of Meat Proposal - Dec 8th |
Greg FrazierUFCW1564 President |