Find your voice — join the Virginia Kroger Union.
Across Virginia, Kroger workers have been joining the Kroger Union to raise the bar at our stores in the Richmond and Tidewater regions. These workers are joining hundreds of thousands of Kroger workers across the country who are working to earn the benefits and respect they deserve.
After negotiating with the company, Kroger workers across Virginia recently ratified a newfirst contract that guarantees them raises and other key job protections. These are your coworkers from right down the road, and you deserve to secure the same improvements to working conditions that they’ve won through joining the Kroger union! Fill out the form below to learn more about how you can build power at your Kroger store with a union backing you up.
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Our coworkers at unionized stores In Virginia just won a strong new union contract that they negotiated with Kroger to improve their wages, benefits, and other working conditions across the board.
As our union coworkers across the Commonwealth begin building toward their next union contract, this is our chance: not to just get the same benefits that our union coworkers have won, but to win even more by starting a union at our stores too! All Kroger workers in Virginia deserve a union protecting their jobs, and now is our time to join hundreds of other Kroger workers movement of Kroger workers who have recently come on board to secure a better future at the company.
Hear from Kroger Union Workers Across the Country
What is the power of a union contract?
With any union contract, we set up policies that we use to protect each other from favoritism and unfair treatment from management. With the job security a contract provides us, we can clock in and work without fear — and that’s just the start. We can also negotiate over benefits like what our coworkers in Richmond and the Tidewater region just recently won, including:
- Raises of up to $2.90/hr over the life of the contract
- $1.46 /hr for part-timers
- $2.31 / hr for full-timers
- Improved Vacation Policies
- Stronger Job Protections
- Better Seniority Language
- And many other policies that improve working conditions across the board!
Why does joining the Kroger Union matter?
The way our coworkers were able to negotiate their union contracts was by coming together and making it clear that they all believe in the work they do and deserved more for it. As Kroger workers here in the Tidewater region, we have the right to fight for these same raises and benefits.
If you want to secure a better future at your non-union Kroger store with, we’re here to help: fill out the form below and we’ll reach out to you to help you become part of our fight for a better Kroger Tidewater!
Campaign Wins
Kroger Workers Across Virginia Ratify a New Union Contract
August 9, 2024 — This summer, Kroger workers across virginia ratified a new union contract that gives them better wages, stronger job protections, and many other new policies that help improve their working conditions across the board.
Learn more about this new contract over at UFCW400.org.
Kroger Workers Across Virginia Ratify a New Union Contract
March 14, 2024 — “Following votes taken in stores this week, UFCW Local 400 members working at Kroger under the West Virginia contract voted 596–265 (69%) to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement.”
This victory set a new standard of what Kroger workers in the South can win when they come together to stand up for themselves.
Kroger Workers in Smithfield, VA Unionize and Win Big with First Contract
December 13, 2022 — Kroger workers in Smithfield, Virginia, voted yes to start their union with UFCW Local 400. Shortly after winning their union election, they were able to negotiate for wage increases and are happy to announce that every employee at the store received an immediate raise or bonus. The average increase for full-timers was $2.31/hour (more than $4,800/year) and part-timers gained $1.46/hour on average (more than $1,500/year).
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