8,000 Indiana Kroger Workers Vote Down Contract a Second Time
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 700, representing 8,000 Kroger retail workers in Indiana, voted earlier this month to reject a tentative agreement for a second time. The vote opens a path for the union to potentially strike the grocery giant.
Kroger’s most recent contract offer included a wage increase of just $0.90 over three years for starting pay, along with a $200 Kroger gift card that members called “insulting.” (Essential Workers for Democracy)
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700 members across Indiana voted on July 10 and 11 to reject a tentative agreement (TA) covering eight thousand Kroger retail workers. This is the second contract Kroger workers have rejected, after 74 percent voted down the first offer in May. Local 700 has not announced the vote percentage on the second tentative agreement.
Kroger’s offer included a wage increase of just $0.90 over three years for starting pay, along with a $200 Kroger gift card that members called “insulting.”
“That $200 gift card felt like a huge joke,” said Andrea Reynolds, a twenty-seven-year Kroger worker in Kokomo. “I couldn’t tell you how many contracts I’ve been through, and that is the lowest ratification ‘bonus’ we’ve ever had.”
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