Work place injuries in a Retail Food Industry are common and range from a small cut requiring a Band-Aid to something very serious requiring hospitalization and even surgery.

We have seen an increase number of companies requiring our members to schedule and take all earned vacations. Evan though it is a good idea to take all the vacation that you have

Your company maintains sweep logs to protect themselves from slip and fall lawsuits. This is the primary reason, but they also want to have a clean and safe store for their

The holiday season is approaching and we generally get an increased amount of questions about holidays covered under the Food Contract. There are two distinct groups of

As the holiday season approaches, our office normally receives numerous calls about holiday pay and overtime on a holiday week. Holidays differ depending on when you were

When hours for Food Clerks become tight due to budget restraints, management tends to rely more and more on General Merchandise (G.M.) clerks crossing over to the Food

One of the most stressful times in our lives can be when we experience a critical illness, injury or death in our immediate family. When members call their Representative or this office

Every company that we represent has numerous company policies that employees are expected to have read and are required to follow. These policies are handed out at various times from management along with a sign-off page that will go into your personnel file. These policies may vary from department and some, such as time and […]

The contract language in our Master Food Agreement with Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons (Article 6J) along with the Staters Brothers and Gelsons (Article 6K) Agreements allow for the use of a Clerks Helper or Combo Clerk work in a higher classification. What is a Combo Clerk? A Combo Clerk is a Clerk’s Helper that works […]

Every company that we represent has numerous company policies that employees are expected to have read and are required to follow. These policies are handed out at various times from management along with a sign-off page that will go into your personnel file. These policies may vary from department and some such as time and […]