Employees at an 'employee-owned' grocery store in South Salt Lake have voted to join the Teamsters union — a rarity in Utah, a 'right-to-work' state where about 4% of workers are members of a union.
Workers at South Salt Lake’s WinCo Foods say their joining the Teamsters will be good for shoppers, too.
A WinCo store manager directed The Salt Lake Tribune’s request to comment to the corporate office; a corporate spokesperson did not respond. The South Salt Lake location, at 2193 S. Main, is one of nine WinCo locations in Utah, spanning the I-15 corridor from Logan to Orem. The company, based in Boise, Idaho, has stores in 10 states, all west of the Mississippi.“I’m happy for them, unions are the only way employees can negotiate on even ground with their employers,” one user commented. “But ... I am shocked that store employs 100 people because there are never more than 3 checkout stands open at a time.
According to WinCo’s employee ownership policy, employees start earning stock in the company after they work at least 500 hours in their first six months, and keep earning stock for every year they work at least 1,000 hours. Earnings come in the form of annual contributions, worth 20% of an employee’s annual earnings, to an Employee Stock Ownership Plan . Employees gain full access to their account and its funds after six years..
That means there’s a difference in Utah and other states between someone who’s a union member and someone represented by a union.
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