King Soopers Strike - Denver & Colorado Springs

[MrPrena]

Yup, it is a stepping stone. For kids just entering the workforce. Most grocery jobs are entry level jobs requiring ZERO experience. They are jobs designed to give experience and the pay reflects that. Which is why they are jobs well suited for teenagers.

Nobody is going from grocery checker straight to evp of customer relations...there are MANY steps in-between and grocery worker is real close to the bottom. Pay isn't so good at the bottom. You gotta work your way up, not strike your way up.

I can only speak for people I know north king soopers here and few parker ones. Mid age people use those market for stepping stone to open their own butcher/dairy/deli/bakery.
My wife knows 2 who worked at safeway/king bakery and open their own. Probably a difficult achievement but can be very successful with good marketing.

That being said, there are always dummy in every level of job including KS.

https://kdvr.com/news/local/union-sa...t-members/amp/

[hollohas]

I can only speak for people I know north king soopers here and few parker ones. Mid age people use those market for stepping stone to open their own butcher/dairy/deli/bakery.
My wife knows 2 who worked at safeway/king bakery and open their own. Probably a difficult achievement but can be very successful with good marketing.

Sounds to me like those folks worked their asses off to better their situation instead of striking/strongarming their way into a better situation.

[MrPrena]

I don't know union workers have to be on a picket line or must go on a strike, but non-union stores seems to be still busy.

[fitterjohn]

I don't know union workers have to be on a picket line or must go on a strike, but non-union stores seems to be still busy.

They don?t have to be on a picket line, but if you are on a picket line you normally get paid xxx.xx from the strike fund to picket and if you just respect the picket line and don?t cross it you get a lesser amount, both are still less than you get paid to go to work. Unions and strikes are a very interesting thing. I have been union 15 years and grew up in a union family, and last year I was able to take a 12 day class from the former head of the us federal mediation service. He actually headed up the negotiations on the rebuild of the Panama Canal Learned a lot and very interesting to see both sides

[arbol]

I'm just imagining the faces of the people that I know from shopping there. I guess they will understand that I don't care, just like they don't care.

What this says for society in general, that it is the battle of the I don't care, versus, you don't care...

[MrPrena]

BTW. One we go to is non-union KS store, and that place is even busier now.

[eddiememphis]

Judge limits number of picketers at King Soopers stores

https://kdvr.com/news/local/king-soo...ike-picketers/

The store at Quincy and Buckley has had no one out front picketing. They stay on the sidewalks along the roads. I was wondering if the owner/manager of the property prohibits it. They also have a big dude standing in the doorway. Not sure what that's about.

[hollohas]

Soopers by me has some wannabe, cargo pants tucked into black combat boots, muscle standing inside the front door too.

That's a step-up from the 300lb, 4'-11" chick 'guarding' the door last week.

[Delfuego]

These people are free to create and join unions in this county. They are also free to collectively bargain and strike. What are you people so mad about? Let them strike, It's their decision. it's not about you. Kroger profits are higher than ever (+$800m per quarter)(Gross was 30.9b for 2021). They can afford to pay their employees.

Let us not forget conservative presidential Jesus (Reagan) was a union leader longer than he was president. If you need a history lesson about labor and unions in the USA, just drive down I25 to Ludlow Colorado.

[MarkCO]

These people are free to create and join unions in this county. They are also free to collectively bargain and strike. What are you people so mad about? Let them strike, It's their decision. it's not about you. Kroger profits are higher than ever (+$800m per quarter)(Gross was 30.9b for 2021). They can afford to pay their employees.

Let us not forget conservative presidential Jesus (Reagan) was a union leader longer than he was president. If you need a history lesson about labor and unions in the USA, just drive down I25 to Ludlow Colorado.

On the first point, totally agree. And I am free to shop where I want. Wife went to the KS near us. She said it was the best, most relaxing shopping trip she had taken in years. Parked near the front, got her items, self-check-out. Only saw one manager roaming about and one security guard.

Just my opinion, but Unions had a place in America at one point. Maybe in certain parts of the US and with those employers who have a monopoly on a town especially, unions might still be a benefit. But in large part, especially in a metro area like the Denver Metro, I just don't see any benefit to them overall. Times are a lot different today that when Reagan ran a Union.