if Kroger doesn't budge on the insurance issue.... we're going to strike. plain and simple.

That's "how it's going".

Insurance issue? How many years has it been since they've allowed a pay raise...We've got 10+ year overnight stockers here who make $3 more an hour than our overnight assistants. The pay has gone down in 20 years...

I'd agree if our old-timers actually did more than they do. But when a plucky, arrogant 3-year associate is stocking 150 cases per hour and conditioning more neatly than the rest of the night crew, whereas so-called "journeyman" stockers are getting paid $15-$16 per hour for less able performance because they have to, uh, spend 2 hours editing the order on their two aisles, I'm gonna be a bit cynical.

In my opinion, someone who undertakes greater responsibilities than the general entry level worker should be paid more, regardless of how long said 10+ year employee has been there. The assistant is still the one saddled with 90% of the responsibilities of the grocery manager, and yet he's still making less money than an old-timer who was grandfathered into a better contract? Makes no sense to me.

Then again, I'm weird in that I want to be paid for every case stocked, not the number of hours I've worked, so different-minded people will have to take that into consideration.

phoenixblade wrote:

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I'd agree if our old-timers actually did more than they do. But when a plucky, arrogant 3-year associate is stocking 150 cases per hour and conditioning more neatly than the rest of the night crew, whereas so-called "journeyman" stockers are getting paid $15-$16 per hour for less able performance because they have to, uh, spend 2 hours editing the order on their two aisles, I'm gonna be a bit cynical.

In my opinion, someone who undertakes greater responsibilities than the general entry level worker should be paid more, regardless of how long said 10+ year employee has been there. The assistant is still the one saddled with 90% of the responsibilities of the grocery manager, and yet he's still making less money than an old-timer who was grandfathered into a better contract? Makes no sense to me.

Then again, I'm weird in that I want to be paid for every case stocked, not the number of hours I've worked, so different-minded people will have to take that into consideration.

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 My philosophy exactly~