We are pleased to announce that UFCW Local 400 and Kroger have negotiated changes in your union contract to provide new incentives for associates working overnight under the Roanoke union contract – including night crew.
An hourly premium of $1.00 will be paid in addition to the base rate of pay for associates working overnight (including night crew) as well as full-time employees in the Meat Department working overnight. The new premiums took effect December 16, 2018 and extend through the life of the union contract.
The precise contract language is as follows:
Article 14.21 shall be changed to read, “A night premium of $1.00 per hour shall be paid for night work performed between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., including grocery night stock clerks. This is separate from and in addition to the employee’s straight time hourly rate. When a clerk is scheduled to work fifty percent (50%) or more of the scheduled work shift between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., the employee will receive the night premium for the entire shift.”
Article 14.22 shall be changed to read, “In the Meat Department, a night premium of one dollar ($1.00) per hour shall be paid for work performed by full-time employees between 9:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on a night shift, such shift not to begin before 9:30 p.m. (except that a night shift may be started at 9:00 p.m. or after on Sunday and holiday nights and the time and one-half (1- 1/2) will not apply). When a night shift employee is scheduled to work fifty percent (50%) or more of his scheduled work shift between 9:30 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., he will receive the night shift premium for his entire shift.
The established night premium will be in effect until the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement which expires on June 6, 2020.