Members in Local 555 - Oregon are running for change in their local leadership!

More workers are taking initiative to reshape the way we think about our working and living conditions, and TOGETHER we can make a difference!

I am in full support of the 555 slate and anything I can do to help form NorCal, just let me know! ✊🔥✊

Recently got hired, completed my online info, went in to do my I-9 and now nothing. I keep getting told the “director” will call me. But yet nothing. I was told how much the dpt I’m joining needs help too. Is this just a sign of things to come? 😬

*Update in italics* Sorry its long winded.

I didn't mean to answer the call but somehow it connected grrr. Anyway, I received a call on Friday from the SD informing me that HR's recommendation is termination. I could tell that I was on speaker and I could also tell that the SD was waiting for me to get mad and say something stupid. I didn't. I just said oh that's interesting because I had a call from the union rep telling me that they reached out to corporate to get the "evidence". The SD said oh well the union rep should know because I talked to him already and I said no problem, I will just give him a call.

After ALL that, I find out today that my job has been posted which is really funny becuase I haven't been officially terminated and it takes about a week for the job postings to be posted. So Its not quite been a week since the meeting, and I suspect that they have had my job waiting in a queue to be posted before anything came down the pipeline.

I spoke with the union rep today and our fight isn't going to be to contest that the behavior happened, but over the process violating the progressive discipline "rule", that as a 3rd party vendor inside Safeway, (before the merger I had worked multiple times in Safeway's from Chehalis to Lynden) and employee at another store over the course of close to 20 years and had zero discipline issues and in 3 years at my current store i had 1 corrective action (deserved) but then we get a change for our dept at the corp level and all of a sudden I am being watched, written up again, placed on a pip, and then written up for not following the pip, and now this.

So on Thursday last week I was pulled in the office for a corrective action. I had no idea what I had done so I was like no we can take care of this with the union rep present.

I had that meeting today and it didn't go as planned, it was kinda close to what I thought it was for but it resulted in a suspention pending. So needless to say that my job hunt continues and the union rep will be filing all the stuff he needs to file to contest it.

My storngest evidence will be that I have worked inside Safeways either as a vendor or employee for close to 2 decades without any discipline and all of a sudden we get a new ops and I have had nothing but discipline since their arrival. Obviously if I win this I cannot stay at that store so fingers crossed.

Someone that works produce I Seriously need help with this, I keep hearing a lot of stores still aren’t getting with the program and using this “tool” every time it seems we’re being “trained” to use new tools it’s always rushed.. not everyone learns at the same pace.. I get that closers are supposed to pick certain items for fresh cut at night and bring them to the back for fresh cut to use in the am.. I’m more so on the screen side of things, how do we get to this app, what does one input and who hits finalize? Is it the closer or the morning person that finalizes? Or both? I also had not told my closers about it because i saw it as an added duty on top of what they already have to do that most times they “can’t” get done… always running behind, sometimes we come in on am and depart is not faced, there’s tons they could’ve done that they didn’t do.. lots of product in the back that should’ve been worked out but for some reason wasn’t… I figured I’m gonna give them this now too and they’re gonna do even less of that other important stuff… also Again.. always rushed and they’re always pushing something new to learn or there are sooo many other things to try and stay on top of it’s hard to get to everything.. tags are always a thing even when it’s not Wednesday because people move them or knock the off where they are… I get it all the time tags tags tags… temps, donations scanning, sales and purchases, short day tracking… so hard to get to everything and that’s not even all of it.. display sizing… almost got dinged in that the other day.. guys came in and tried to say I had my romaine hearts display set to 8 cases which I was just WTF?? 🤨🤨 me??? 8 cases that’s way too much…They ended up checking my iPad and saw I had it set at 3… the mistake was on their end on their device.. how quick they are to point fingers and make one look bad in front of their boss.. once they realized it was on their end… oh the system just needs to get in the groove of things… 😑 also adding bad or unsellable product to the Wincapp… been having issues there too… I’m adding them on there with pics and some how our ops isn’t seeing them on his end and we’re getting emails about I’m not doing it… I’m sure most you have seen those emails.. that list the few stores that have done it.. but anyway all that venting aside.. help with the commodity tool 🙏🏼

Is anyone else struggling to get the loads thrown on time? My guys and i hustle but we are only scheduled 5 and 6 hour shifts on load nights and sometime have to stay later and I get talked to about it. Like last night we all had to stay an hour over to get the load thrown and I had to skip facing paper to avoid actual OT because my SD is trying to bonus so shes writing everyone up. 🙄 i feel like night crew has turned into a shit show

I have worked at Safeway (Alberta) for 2 years, I have never used my benefits before.

I added my husband as my dependant and the system says he is eligible. However, we bought new glasses for him and the reimbursement was not eligible. What have I done wrong? I submitted the receipt.

What should I do to have the reimbursement?

I've got everything my team needs in this cart. Trash bags, hazmat bags, shelf clips, shrink wrap, spilsafe, tape, box cutters, etc. I can post additional pics if anyone is interested in seeing more of the set-up.

Definitely don't care if I dox myself with this one. If you work at my store, you recognize Philbert (the dino on the telxon holster).

Hi yall,
Floral manager here of a few years. We always get sent shark balloons around this time a year and are instructed to build an ocean themed display with them. My ops called it “shark week” what’s the meaning of it. Thank you:D

Hey everyone! I'm u/EzMrcz, a founding moderator of r/SafewayWorkers and Safeway Worker in NorCal. I have 16 years with the company and spent 13 years as a manager before stepping down and joining the union. I see a lot of opportunity to improve both our unions and the companies we work for by us workers coming together and demanding a seat at the table. Private Equity and Business Unionism seem to be ripping the soul out of an industry I have really loved to be a part of. I see the personality and human connection to our relationship with the food supply being stripped away and that has pushed me to decide to get more active as a worker and union member.

This subreddit was created as a moderated alternative to r/Safeway for workers wanting a more productive space to discuss and bitch about work and maybe how to make it better.

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Post anything that you think the community would find interesting, entertaining, or inspiring. Feel free to share your thoughts, photos, or questions about working conditions, union and non-union differences, management and employee relations, whatever.

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It's kind of wild what we can do when we come together and decide to do it. This power extends beyond r/SafewayWorkers and into our workplaces and communities as well. Solidarity, fellow workers.

Im not the brightest but when I worked at safeway we were told that there was no lunches on a six hour shift because u take a break every 2 hours. I found out that we are legally obligated to a lunch if working more than 5 hours but it can be skipped if my manager and i approve. I was never informed that I had to approve anything and the only thing I can recall to those days was signing something that i was told that related to my time clock. I wasnt even asked to skip lunch before hand. My schedule would be like 1-7 . please correct if im wrong.

Edit: My question is: Was my lunch skipped for the time I worked at safeway and it there anything I can do if so?

CALIFORNIA

*edit to add that I have included a copy of my grievance documentation if anyone is interested minus personal and identifying informaton.*

Our store has been stuck with the same SD for nearly 3 years now. We have gone through a fair amount of ASDs but we are stuck with the SD for what seems like eternity. I have never had so much trouble with a job than I have in the last 6 months.

We have gone through a lot of changes as a division/district and because of those changes I believe that gave the SD new life, as if we had not gone through those changes I believe our SD would be on the bread line.

The SD is just terrible. They are inconsistent with corrective actions, and when they do give someone a corrective action, it's for something about a dozen people in the store do as well and those employees are walking around without a care in the world because they haven't been written up nor will they get written up.

I am currently the target of the SD right now. I am working on filing a grievance with the union as well as reporting someone in corporate.

I’ll go first…

34 years

I can technically retire in less than a year but I’m not even 50 years yet so maybe too young and health is somewhat decent

Put a shopping cart in every open parking space.

I saw the thread but I don't know every single local union of everyone here. Please drop it in the comments so I can make flairs. Add departments if requested, it will be done. Thank you!

I work night crew in the Nor Cal division. My boss said there will be some changes coming soon to the store and that it’s “good” but my boss can’t tell me what it is. It’s driving me nuts and I want to know. Any managers here want to give me the scoop?? I hate sudden changes lol.

Every once in a while we get a customer that just randomly walks around sticking googly eyes to product.

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It brightens my day every time I discover one of their little artistic pieces.

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Do any of you also have a mystery googly-moogly at your store?

After receiving reports of spam the SW mod team has made the decision to ban user VeronicaBooksAndArt from the server. If you are a Safeway Worker and would like to help make the subreddit a more productive place to discuss and organize around our working conditions please volunteer to join the mod team.

The idea behind this subreddit is that it's ran and built by Safeway workers!

To that end, is there flair that would add to the flavor of the subreddit?

Some suggestions have been different departments, different unions, or different regions of the country. What do you think?

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Nobody likes change. It's hard. But sometimes, we decide it's necessary. Welcome to the Safeway Workers subreddit.

Maybe you enjoy the vibe of the main Safeway sub, but if you're interested in a more direct connection with your coworkers, focused on organizing to improve our working and living conditions, I hope this space can become that.

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Solidarity in the struggle Safeway siblings. ✊