union took more than taxes

kroghetto · Member

union took more than taxes

Date: Nov 3, 2013

Why did you work only 12 hours? In my contract, we are guaranteed 18 hours, unless you request several days then that is waived.

If you called out or requested, why don't YOU care that you have rent to pay?

Regardless, I don't know whats going on in your life but yeah, if they are scheduling you less than 18 hours I'd ask whats up with that.

Date: Nov 3, 2013

When I used to work at Kroger in the ATL division, it was 12 hours minimum. It varies per contract.

kroghetto · Member

what contract? who do i ask? i did not request off. they keep hiring more people even though i asked for more hours.

Date: Nov 3, 2013

In my local we can get hardship pay from the union if we get under 200 hours per month.

One of the guys in my department was complaining his hours got cut. He said to let him know if I didn't want a shift, he'd take it. A week later I offered him one and he said "No that would be 5 days in a row, too much stress man". lolz

4hourrush · Guru

Anonymous wrote:
Why did you work only 12 hours? In my contract, we are guaranteed 18 hours, unless you request several days then that is waived.

If you called out or requested, why don't YOU care that you have rent to pay?

Don't blame him, 12 is the minimum not 18.

But... you can actually be given less or none at all if there isn't any "hours left to give".

Date: Nov 4, 2013

File for underemployment.

Stranger · Senior Member

Not all stores have minimums.

My contract had neither a minimum number of hours, or this hardship pay.

Indeed, we had people working 4 hours a week through no fault of their own.

Pizza1029 · Guru

kroghetto wrote:
do they not care that I have rent to pay?

Call your steward and ask, if you like making people laugh.

Date: Nov 4, 2013

Learn everything you can, open your availability as much as possible, and know/exersize your scheduling language.

AnonymousCutter · Guru

Something doesnt seem right. Are you a new hire? If so it sounds like youre paying initation dues.

kroghetto · Member

one guy got 9 hours and I didn't see any "requested off" on his hours on the schedule. I have no other job at the moment and I only asked that I was off by 9pm on Monday, other than that my availability was wide open.

I am newer so the union is taking the 7.75 in addition to the 10 dollars for however long they do that. I was just saying.. Did they REALLY need to take that whole 10 dollars out of a 90 dollar check? Couldn't they have waited until I had a larger check or only took 5 dollars?

It really makes no sense. They hired this guy after me that I have to say IMO is not as good/hard working/competent of a worker as me. They had me "training" to do the Nature's Market as that's part of our department. The milks need restocked every night. It's kind of a pain in the ass/cluster**** to get all the milks stocked at the end of the night and it's not something you want to just let anybody do. I was doing really good at it and then suddenly next week they took me off of it and gave it to the newer guy. No one had even bothered to explain how it works to him, so I found myself "training" him on it for when he had to do it and I wouldn't be there those nights. I can only imagine what a mess it will be. Makes no sense at all to me to keep hiring people when you have a good person that wants more hours.... and when I say "more hours" I understand I can't get full time yet... I'm saying even 25 hours a week would be nice.