I can speak firsthand that this is the case for Kroger in Illinois. Their unions fight to cap wages below living wage levels, pick some of the most expensive insurance on the market, and work with Kroger corporate to eat away your hourly rate with sliding payscales based on incredibly arbitrary criteria (overnight premium, but it only counts for 4 hours of a graveyard shift as an example that happened to me).
They are actually worse than not having a union, because then they could make more than $23 an hour in Chicago.
Oh, did I mention the union contract specifically prohibits strikes and any form of worker retaliation?
I have sadly heard this about many unions from the workers at Kroger and the Metro in Houston, TX particularly.
I can speak firsthand that this is the case for Kroger in Illinois. Their unions fight to cap wages below living wage levels, pick some of the most expensive insurance on the market, and work with Kroger corporate to eat away your hourly rate with sliding payscales based on incredibly arbitrary criteria (overnight premium, but it only counts for 4 hours of a graveyard shift as an example that happened to me).
They are actually worse than not having a union, because then they could make more than $23 an hour in Chicago.
Oh, did I mention the union contract specifically prohibits strikes and any form of worker retaliation?
Awful company.
That sounds ripe for a walk-out. Eveyone just GTFO and lets them shut down. All those perishables going to rot. Not much a job to leave either.
I think that’s called a wildcat strike.
Do it!
I assume that to be employed by Kroger you have to be in the union? Sounds like everything that can go wrong is going wrong.
Everyone except management.
It’s beyond fucked.