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Your UFCW Local 700 Bargaining Committee is reviewing, analyzing, and costing additional contract proposals. We will meet again with the company on June 5 and June 6 to continue negotiations for a new Indianapolis Kroger contract.

We’ve made progress on contract language and expect most of our discussion on these new dates to focus on health care and wages. We are working for guaranteed pay increases over the life of the contract; protecting affordable, quality health care; and securing your retirement benefits for the future.

The Indianapolis Kroger contract is extended until June 15, 2019. Your contract stays the same during the extension, including your pay and all work rules.

Should you have any questions or desire further information, please contact your Union Representative.

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Your UFCW Local 700 Bargaining Committee met with representatives from the Kroger Co. yesterday, May 6, and today, May 7. We’ve made good progress on items related to contract language, and are working to resolve some outstanding issues.

The Company presented its health care proposal today, which we are reviewing and costing. Our focus in negotiations is guaranteed pay increases over the life of the contract; protecting affordable, quality health care; and securing your retirement benefits for the future. A careful analysis of today’s proposal is important because the health care coverage negotiated as part of the Indianapolis Kroger contract will also apply to Kroger workers in Ft. Wayne and South Bend. We will respond to their proposal when we reconvene.

We hope to receive the Company’s wage proposal when we meet again on Wednesday, May 8, and Thursday, May 9.

The contract between UFCW Local 700 and Kroger Indianapolis expires on May 12, 2019.

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Your UFCW Local 700 Bargaining Committee met today with representatives from the Kroger Co. We exchanged contract language proposals today; the two sides met separately to consider the proposals, and there were counter-offers on a number of items.

We remain focused on negotiating guaranteed wage increases over the life of the contract; protecting affordable, quality health care; and securing your retirement benefits for the future. The health care coverage negotiated as part of the Indianapolis Kroger contract will also apply to Kroger workers in Ft. Wayne and South Bend. Meat pensions are bargained separately in Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, and South Bend; clerk pensions are covered by the nationally bargained UFCW Consolidated Pension Fund.

Our next meeting is scheduled for May 6; the contract between UFCW Local 700 and Kroger Indianapolis expires on May 12, 2019.

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Your UFCW Local 700 Bargaining Committee met today with representatives from the Kroger Co., and outlined our bargaining goals. We are focused on negotiating guaranteed wage increases over the life of the contract; protecting affordable, quality health care; and securing your retirement benefits for the future. The health care coverage negotiated as part of the Indianapolis Kroger contract will also apply to Kroger workers in Ft. Wayne and South Bend. Meat pensions are bargained separately in Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, and South Bend; clerk pensions are covered by the nationally bargained UFCW Consolidated Pension Fund.

The company gave our bargaining committee an overview of its business including market share. Due to the Easter holiday, our next meeting is scheduled for April 23.

The contract between UFCW Local 700 and Kroger Indianapolis expires on May 12, 2019. The agreement covers more than 10,000 workers in over 70 stores in the Indianapolis area.

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Should you have any questions or want further information, please contact your Union Representative.

Your UFCW Local 700 Union Bargaining Committee is preparing for negotiations for a new agreement with Indianapolis Kroger. On April 8, members of the Bargaining Committee will attend a training presented by our union and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), a government agency that often assists in contract negotiations and mediation.

Negotiations for the Indianapolis Kroger contract are scheduled to begin on April 11.We are committed to reaching an agreement that raises wages, increases opportunity, protects affordable, quality health care benefits, and keeps members safe at work.

The contract between UFCW Local 700 and Kroger Indianapolis expires on May 12, 2019. The agreement covers more than 10,000 workers in over 70 stores in the Indianapolis area.

If you’d like to receive updates throughout negotiations, please email bkelly@ufcw700.orgwith subject Indy Kroger.

Should you have any questions or desire further information, please contact your Union Representative.

UFCW Local 700 is pleased to announce that our Union Bargaining Committee and representatives from Chartwells reached a tentative agreement for a new contract. The current contract between UFCW Local 700 and Chartwells expires May 3, 2019.

CONTRACT VOTE

Thursday, April 4, 2019
Heritage Catering Room
11am – 2pm and 4pm – 6pm

Your Union Bargaining Committee recommends
a YES VOTE to APPROVE the proposed contract.
(Only Union Members may vote on the contract.)

We stuck together and won workplace improvements that help Chartwells workers and your families to have a better life:

Fairness and Security at Work

• Protecting your job and hours by defining bargaining unit work
• Advance notification for scheduling
• Additional grievance resolution procedure
• New respect and dignity clause
• Additional steward in the evenings to better enforce the contract
• Stronger overtime language
• Work shoe allowance

Benefits to Build a Better Future

• Guaranteed wage increases
• New health care protection langage in case of a change in federal law
• Time and ½ pay for working on holidays
• Additional day of bereavement leave for immediate family members
• Increased vacation accrual for workers with 5 or more years of service

Should you have any questions or desire further information, please contact your Union Representative, Juan Garcia at 317-752-3809 or Scott Barnett at 574-276-6526.

The contract between UFCW Local 700 and Kroger Indianapolis expires on May 12, 2019. The agreement covers more than 10,000 workers in over 100 stores in the Indianapolis area.

Your UFCW Local 700 Union Bargaining Committee will be comprised of Union leaders and representatives, and 15 members who work in Indianapolis Kroger stores, as well as UFCW International staff. Thanks for the many contract proposals we received from members. We are committed to reaching an agreement that raises wages, increases opportunity, protects affordable, quality health care benefits, and keeps members safe at work.

During bargaining, we will be negotiating wages, language, and the meat pension, plus health care coverage for Kroger workers in Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, and South Bend.

We have scheduled a number of dates in April and May leading up to the contract expiration.

If you’d like to receive updates throughout negotiations, please email with subject Indy Kroger or check us out on Facebook or Twitter.

Should you have any questions or want further information, please contact your Union Representative.

The contract between UFCW Local 700 and Chartwells expires May 3, 2019. We are committed to reaching an agreement that raises pay, increases opportunity, and keeps members safe at work.

In our first contract, we stuck together and were able to win workplace improvements that help Chartwells workers and your families to have a better life. For the second contract, we’ve made a lot of good progress on language and non-economic items in the past two days of negotiations.

We are scheduled to meet again the first week of March, when we will address issues like pay rates and health care benefits. Your Union Bargaining Committee is working hard to reach a strong agreement during our next meetings.

If you’d like to receive bargaining updates, please email bkelly@ufcw700.org with subject Chartwells Update, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@UFCW700).

Should you have any questions or desire further information, please contact your Union Representative, Juan Garcia at 317-752-3809.