KINGS UPDATE – RETENTION BONUS – UNUSED VACATION PAY Your Union is pleased to report success concerning the payment of the Retention Bonus now projected for inclusion in this week’s pay period.  As you will recall, the Retention Bonus is $200.00 for full-time members and $100.00 for part-time members on the payroll as of May 31, 2021. Your Union continues to fight fiercely for the payout of unused vacation time.  Although we informed Kings Members to use their vacation before the sale of the Company, there were some members who were unable to do so.   In our negotiations...
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 KINGS UPDATE – RAISES, RETRO PAY AND UNUSED VACATION President Niccollai reported that your Union has been vigorously pursuing the issues captioned above on behalf of our Kings Membership.  It is our understanding that our Brothers and Sisters received their raises and retro pay with the checks issued for this week’s pay period.  (SUCCESS!) The Company has also been informed by the Union that the $200.00 full-time and $100.00 part-time retention bonuses were not included in the retro payout.  We have been assured that the Company will address those...
ACME MEMBERS RECEIVED RAISES AND RETRO -- KINGS IS NEXT! President Niccollai reported today that after weeks of contentious negotiations with ACME, we were successful in getting the Company to honor their projection that raises and retro money would be paid out by the middle of July. We now move on to Kings Supermarkets and the Company projection that the raises and retro will be paid out by the end of this month.  I am in constant communication with the top Company Executives of Kings seeking reassurances that we will achieve that result and, as of this morning, they reconfirmed...
STATE OF NEW YORK CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL WORKER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM President Niccollai reported that our International Union notified us today that Governor Cuomo has enacted a $25 million Childcare Scholarship Program for Essential Workers, which includes our members working in the Food Industry in New York. The process to apply for this program is online and rather than attempting to cover all aspects of the program, we will provide the link and interested New York members can proceed directly. Those wishing to participate in the Child Care Scholarship Program should log on to the following...