FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 16, 2016 CONTACT Jonathan Williams, UFCW Local 400, jwilliams@local400.org WHAT: On Wednesday, May 18, at a meeting in Salem, union members who work at 41 Kroger stores in the region will vote on whether to accept or reject a...
This week, Rodney McMullen, the CEO of Kroger, was rewarded a 17 percent pay raise by the company’s board of directors. His total compensation jumped from $9.2 million to a staggering $11.2 million. Assuming he works an average number of hours per year, which the...
The possibility of a strike authorization vote on Wednesday has drawn media attention and increased the pressure on Kroger to return to the bargaining table. Earlier this week, shortly after several TV stations aired interviews with members of the union bargaining...
Kroger Bargaining Update #7 Since midnight on Sunday, May 8, we have been working without a contract. Today, the company formally agreed to extend the current contract through Saturday, June 4. This means that all of the protections and benefits guaranteed in our...
On Tuesday, Kroger employees and Local 400 staff talked to customers at several stores in the Roanoke region about the company’s awful proposal to offer only slight raises to employees over the next four years, provide no paid sick days, and cut off healthcare for...
