I cover a labor relations news beat for the Bloomberg BNA publications Daily Labor Report and Labor Relations Week and am seeking a copy of the proposed agreement between Kroger and UFCW Local 1996 that union members rejected March 20-21, 2014. I want to compare the proposed contract with previous contracts ratified in the past 10 years.
I cover a labor relations news beat for the Bloomberg BNA publications Daily Labor Report and Labor Relations Week and am seeking a copy of the proposed agreement between Kroger and UFCW Local 1996 that union members rejected March 20-21, 2014. I want to compare the proposed contract with previous contracts ratified in the past 10 years.
Instead of sending you a PDF, I'll just copy/paste it.
By decree of King Barnabus Kroger, all full time employees shall be exiled at once by means of Key Retailing, wage caps, and a terrible healthcare plan. Part timers are welcomed with open arms as long as they remain content with 16 hours a week at minimum wage. For further details, please ask your local wizard.
I cover a labor relations news beat for the Bloomberg BNA publications Daily Labor Report and Labor Relations Week and am seeking a copy of the proposed agreement between Kroger and UFCW Local 1996 that union members rejected March 20-21, 2014. I want to compare the proposed contract with previous contracts ratified in the past 10 years.
While I appreciate and am intrigued by what Bloomberg BNA publishes, I'm afraid that we won't be of much help here. The union is pretty secretive about negotiating (and negotiated) contracts, especially ones that have failed and fallen face first in front of the union executives.
Even a minimum wage worker who works in the same store can't get a copy of the contract if he's not a member of the union, or at the very least be given a tough time for it.
You would be MUCH, MUCH better off asking an employee up front.
I am based in the Washington, D.C., area and, therefore, am having trouble asking an employee for a copy. But if anyone wants to email me a PDF of the proposed contract that was rejected, please send it to: rsmith@bna.com. Thanks. Rhonda Smith