We negotiated a wage increase from minimum wage to 16.00 flat for new hires. On 2/20. The contract states they have 45 days to enact the new wage change and also ammend any retro pay required to be paid.
I've been plenty patient, and I know for a fact it does not take 45+ days to adjust payroll for an entire district of employees. It just doesn't. We were just told today by the steward it will be two more weeks until the raise is in effect, and another 30 days until the retro pay is calculated. This is unacceptable, and not what the agreed contract states. I have bills to pay and the only reasons I stayed in this job is for one, because it was literally the only thing here besides McDonald's, and two, because negotiations were under way when I hired on and I knew I wouldn't be stuck at minimum wage.
So basically the store is breaking their contract right out of the gate.
Until they get this situation resolved I have told my managers that I will only be offering 'minimum pace for minimum wage' until the situation is resolved, and I have found several coworkers willing to do the same. We have proven our worth and have proven how hard we can work in our departments. There is already a noticeable change in productivity. I know my worth and I refuse to keep playing these games. We won't be fired or reprimanded because fuck Albertsons/Safeway, the union has our back. Sort of. The liason was not happy to hear it hasn't been taken care of yet.
I'm telling everyone else at work the 'bad news' and just enjoying watching them hate our shit-poor managment team even more.