Union Wins $1,000 in Back Pay for Virginia Kroger Member

Union Wins $1,000 in Back Pay for Virginia Kroger Member

Talk about adding insult to injury. For Local 400 member Angela Chiles, who works at Kroger #501 in North Chesterfield, VA, it was bad enough when she tripped on a piece of plastic in her store’s receiving area and severely injured her knee. Repairing the knee...
Kroger Member Wins Back Pay, Gets Job Back After Year-Long Suspension

Kroger Member Wins Back Pay, Gets Job Back After Year-Long Suspension

For Local 400 member Claudia McCann, it was a year that seemingly had no end—until an arbitration won her job back and $34,485 in back pay. It all started with words. Claudia and a co-worker got into an argument—behind closed doors, not on the floor of Kroger #532 in...
Union Wins $31,855 in Back Pay for Kroger Meat Cutter in Appomattox

Union Wins $31,855 in Back Pay for Kroger Meat Cutter in Appomattox

For Local 400 member and Kroger meat cutter Clarence “Pete” Dickerson, justice was a long time coming. But when it arrived, it was sweet—to the tune of $31,855. Pete’s ordeal started more than eight years ago, when he transferred from his Kroger store in Richmond to...
Member Wins Grievance, Receives Back Pay

Member Wins Grievance, Receives Back Pay

For 29 years, Mary Stephens had worked at the Parkersburg Care Center (now owned by Genesis Healthcare, Inc.) in Parkersburg, W.Va., the first 15 years in dietary and the last 14 years in laundry. By all accounts, she was a model employee and Local 400 member. Two...