And I couldn't be happier. The contract was terrible. I work for a grocery store chain that's across 5 midwest states. They were only offering a 50 cent raise, $1 for Sundays, despite other locations from the same company around the area having a higher starting wage. I'd only make $11-11.50 despite being directly under management (I supervise up to 12 cashiers at a time, manage breaks, and solve any customer issues that don't need to be escalated to a manager. Currently make $10) If you had 10 hours of a working day in your availability, they could schedule you those 10 hours instead of picking 8 of those hours without your permission. They were raising how many years you had to be there for the third week of vacation from 5 years to 10 years. Cutting benefits, raising the age to get a pension, just every part of it was beneficial to the company, and screwed over anyone full time in the company. I deserve better, and my coworkers deserve better.
The third vote will be in October, and we will be able to vote to strike. If I am still at that company, that is what I will be doing. I'm hoping to escape retail but am struggling to find what I should be doing. Oh well, one thing at a time. Thanks for listening to my frustrated rambles. First-time poster, long time lurker 🙂