Union & Non-Union Kroger Stores

Date: Sep 24, 2012

Union & Non-Union Kroger Stores

AnonymousCutter · Guru

Even if you're in a right to work state you should still have a union. I haven't heard of a Kroger store never having a union. I'm sure you have a union steward, but they probably aren't active.

Date: Sep 24, 2012

Active or not, where would this information be located?

Date: Sep 24, 2012

I take it by the information in your post that you work and live in Georgia. I am not sure about your area, but here in West Virginia all Krogers have a Union Shop. Talk to your department head or just ask a fellow employee if your store is Union or not. Don't be afraid to ask a member of management. That is part of their job to answer any questions about store operations. Good Luck.

Date: Sep 25, 2012

There in indeed a couple store that is not union. My store happens to be one of them.

Date: Sep 25, 2012

My state is a right to work state.

During "training", a union rep got to talk to us and pressure us to join even before the trainer said anything.

They laughed about it.

SayWhat · Guru

I never talked to anyone about joining the union. I got my first paycheck and union initiation fees were taken out. There was no choice. It just was.

styles · Guru

SayWhat???? lol

that probably means you're not in a 'right to work' state, and being hired is contingent upon joining the union

Date: Sep 26, 2012

What is a right to work state? We all have the right to work AFAIK

SayWhat · Guru

styles wrote:
SayWhat???? lol

that probably means you're not in a 'right to work' state, and being hired is contingent upon joining the union

I live/work in Ohio, and you are correct, we are not a right to work state.

SayWhat · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
What is a right to work state? We all have the right to work AFAIK

Straight from Wikipedia:

A "right-to-work" law is a statute in the United States of America that prohibits union security agreements, or agreements between labor unions and employers that govern the extent to which an established union can require employees' membership, payment of union dues, or fees as a condition of employment, either before or after hiring. Right-to-work laws exist in twenty-three U.S. states, mostly in the southern and western United States. Such laws are allowed under the 1947 federal TaftHartley Act.

Proponents of right-to-work laws point to the Constitutional right to freedom of association, as well as the common-law principle of private ownership of property. They argue that workers should be free to join unions and to refrain, and thus sometimes refer to non-right-to-work states as "forced unionism" states

Date: Mar 8, 2019

Right to Work is a euphemism for not having union rights. If they said they were taking away the right to unionize, it would sound bad. So the euphemism makes it sounds like you are getting a right instead of losing a right.

Date: Mar 8, 2019

Anonymous wrote:
Right to Work is a euphemism for not having union rights. If they said they were taking away the right to unionize, it would sound bad. So the euphemism makes it sounds like you are getting a right instead of losing a right.

Not exactly right! Just about ANY subject can be "slanted" by using certain language to appear either BAD or GOOD.............. To make something look better or worse than it really is. For example, take somebody who is STUBBORN, or HARD-NOSED. If you put a good light on their character, you might say "PERSEVERANT" or "DETERMINED".

Both political parties know this, and this is why stories that cater to the right or left (conservative or liberal) use language that re-enforces stereotypes, and "plays up" their perspectives.

SO-- In the case of the "RIGHT TO WORK STATES", the plain and simple truth is that the "right to work" law GUARANTEES anyone in that state that they DO have the RIGHT TO WORK, WITHOUT BEING HARASSED BY A CROOKED, MONEY-HUNGRY UNION WHO WILL DO NOTHING TO STAND UP FOR THEM WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH!!!

Yes, I am a conservative and I am spinning my words to uphold my "take" on the situation. But I truly and honestly believe I am closer to the truth than the strong pro-union-backers , who know that in any state that's NOT a right to work state, you can be systematically harassed and forced to join the union whether you want to or not..........or else you have to leave and find another job. That is not the true American way..........from the founding of the country, founded on liberty and freedom.