Posts Categorized: Negotiations

About 50 members of UFCW Local 152 who work at B & B Poultry in Norma, N.J., recently ratified a new contract that strengthens wages and benefits. These hard-working men and women work in production at the poultry farm, which is a family-owned and operated facility that was established in 1945.

The four-year contract includes an immediate general base rate increase of at least $1.75 per hour. Furthermore, members can look forward to regular, substantial increases yearly for the contract’s term, totaling about $5.25 per hour.  The contract also includes additional paid time off and Christmas Eve as a paid holiday.

In addition, a new schedule was introduced which now ends the work day sooner while not taking work time away from our members. This new operational schedule will give our members an opportunity to have a more harmonized work-life balance.

Members of UFCW Local 75 who work at 104 Kroger stores in Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio, and northern Kentucky strengthened their wages by modifying their contract on April 16.    

The original contract was ratified in May of 2021. However, due to members’ concerns about inflation, UFCW Local 75 took action to address cost of living adjustments by modifying the contract before the agreement expires in three years.

The contract modifications include:

•           An additional $.50 for a total of $1.45 for all top-rated clerks hired between Feb. 17, 1982 and Feb. 17, 2002.

•           An additional $.50 for a total of $.90 for all other top-rated clerks.

•           An additional $.50 for a total of $1.00 for all department heads.

•           An increase in starting rates in the Food Clerk classification to $13.20.

“With a 95 percent approval rating by the membership, the additional $.50 was well deserved and warranted to defend against the high inflation trends,” said UFCW Local 75 President Kevin Garvey. “We have three years left in the agreement, and I am not opposed to going back to Kroger to do it again.”