![]() For UFCW Local 400 member Claudia McCann, it was a year that seemingly had no end. It all started with words. Claudia and a co-worker got into an argument and she was suspended. Despite more than 20 years at Kroger and a spotless record, the suspension dragged on and on with no end in sight. Local 400 filed a grievance, pursued her case aggressively, and eventually took it to an arbitrator who found that the first-time offense was not deserving of suspension and ordered Kroger to give Claudia her job back and pay her nearly $35,000 in back pay. “It really shows that our union really does fight for us,” Claudia said. “It goes right to the core of what we need.” Read more here. Comments are closed.
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