Every company has numerous company policies that members 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 among departments and some, such as time and attendance, may apply […]

When hours for Food Clerks become tight, management tends to rely more and more on General Merchandise (G.M.) Clerks crossing over to the Food Clerk classification to get the job done. Historically pay issues were easily spotted and corrected by members at store level by simply bringing it to the attention of the Store Director. […]

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

Loss prevention, corporate security, human resource investigations, shrink investigations, cash control investigations and any other investigation of this nature should raise an immediate red flag. Your job may be in jeopardy and you should proceed with caution. Do not, I repeat, do not attempt to go through this type of interview alone. Many of our […]

Summer is quickly approaching and members are beginning to plan and schedule vacations. It is important to follow some basic advice to ensure that your time off is granted, especially before making reservations and purchasing tickets for travel. It never fails, that many of our members’ vacations are cancelled or rescheduled and family plans are […]

If you are using a maintenance form at work to record your time punches, you are putting your job in jeopardy. For those members that are not familiar with the term maintenance form, it is a hand written form used to record time punches instead of using the time clock. Some of our other union […]