“Spitfire” steward stands up for her members

Courtney Meadows jumped into the fight headfirst last year when she was asked to join UFCW 400’s Contract Action Team, and hasn’t looked back since. “I won’t hesitate to tell a manager to stop being a jerk and start treating us with respect,” said Meadows, a WV Kroger worker. “And if [members] have a problem, I’m going to fight like hell to fix it.” In the midst of the contract battle with Kroger, Meadows “earned her stripes” and became a shop steward, and soon after was asked to join an intensive organizing drive in right-to-work Virginia. “This was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” Meadows explained. “And I’d go back and do it again in a heartbeat.”
photo of Courtney Meadows speaking to WVVA news during a #BetterKroger rally in October 2017

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