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I thank this union for being a part of our grocery store chain. They have saved the employer from taking advantage of me several times. I wish I knew about my union rights and winegarten rights sooner than later. There are several times where the union should have stood up for an employee's rights on the spot but they never do unless they get it in writing or have enough complaints about it. There are other times where you try to complain against a coworker who should have been fired six months ago but are still there ten years later. Pulling the same b. S. and lazy attitude towards the job. They can not stand up for you on the spot as an incident occurs but they can certainly be there for you when you challenge the ethicalness of that incident. I do not like how this union is taking advantage of the new hires and screwing them over on every contract. Who wants to work a holiday without holiday pay and for only a whooping $1.00 an hour extra for the first year? Who wants to spend 8+ years at a solid 40 hour a week work week trying to earn journeyman pay while spending more than half your career at minimum wage? Who wants to work a job where your new hires earn the same as your journeyman people? Due to minimum wage being so high? Who wants to work a job that doesn't guarantee 40 hours a week or heck even 25 hours a week? Who wants to work a job where it's impossible to get terrible coworkers fired for doing a half assed job for their entire career? Who wants to work at a company that staffs the bare minimum and have a line of angry customers because the company is only willing to staff one cashier at a regular lane? Who wants to spend half their life being belittled, scolded, brought down and punished for trying to do a good job? Who wants to work a pay check job their entire life with no signs of promotional opportunities?