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Kroger to Slash Hourly Workers to Avoid Obamacare Penalties
Flopping Aces ^
| 11/4/2012
| Doug Ross
Posted on 11/12/2012 12:05:46 PM PST by tobyhill
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To: Buckeye McFrog
Yep. Part time workers are better candidates for food stamps for life. What better way to destroy a families ability to be self sufficient and make sure both parents have to work than to pass a law that favors part-time vs. full time work?
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:10:13 PM PST
by
Idaho_Cowboy
(Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
To: Vendome
Unless they can strike with pay I don’t see too many employees falling on the sword for unions.
To: tobyhill
To those who chose to NOT vote for Mitt... how do you feel NOW idiot:-)
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:13:22 PM PST
by
geo40xyz
(BE PREPARED: Geo The Engineer so smart, he doesn't need a TelePrompter to speak. Unlike the AH:-))
To: tobyhill
HOORAY Kroger and HOORAY Durden Restaurants! Prepare. Persevere.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:13:43 PM PST
by
PGalt
To: randita
Thanks very much and the locales explain why I’ve never heard of the chain.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:16:03 PM PST
by
onyx
(FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
To: Secret Agent Man
This is all to change the concept of full-time to less than 40 hours a week, to be like Europe.
You may be on to something. Get them all to voluntarily cut hours. Then double the minimum wage and tell them they're on the hook for Obamacare anyhow.
To: tobyhill
This is TOOO funny. At least, at the Krogers closest to me, I would venture to say that 60% of the employees are “minorities” who probably voted for the messiah. ‘Couldn’t happen to a better bunch. There ARE consequences.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:16:25 PM PST
by
freeangel
( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
To: GoodDay
“Im predicting about 15% unemployment in one year”
Not so sure about that, if those currently unemployed are willing to work part time, there should be a ton of those jobs available real soon. NOW I think U6 which takes into consideration under employment that will be >= 20%
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:18:20 PM PST
by
DAC21
To: jurroppi1
Perfect! That is
exactly the sort of feedback I'm looking for!
I want honest numbers.
(That was also a line where the hidden column lacked a hard date)
Fixed for next post. Thanks!
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:20:17 PM PST
by
null and void
(America - Abducted by Aliens...)
To: Varsity Flight
Yep.
They will announce a deal to fix the “fiscal cliff”. Obama will be praised for “fixin the economy”.
The deal will prove how unserious they are at actually doing anything about the spendaholism. The markets and economy will crash.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:21:29 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: tobyhill
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:30:15 PM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: tobyhill
Most Kroger employees are Obama supporters. Did you take a poll of their three hundred thousand employees?
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:30:35 PM PST
by
newzjunkey
(Obama thanks Pontius Pilate Freepers for giving him four more years!)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Nope. Watch for all but 1lane at checkout to be automated. Stocking farmed out to contract companies. Employers will get very creative in finding ways to skirt this law.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:31:01 PM PST
by
Kozak
(The Republic is dead. I do not owe what we have any loyalty, wealth or sympathy.)
To: tobyhill
They’re UFCW union, right? Too bad.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:37:21 PM PST
by
showme_the_Glory
(ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
To: Rebelbase; null and void; tobyhill; My Favorite Headache
If you guys are interested in keeping tabs on layoffs etc. since Maobama's election, perhaps you can coordinate.
MyFavoriteHeadache (Doug) has posted many stories on the subject.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:39:01 PM PST
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: AAABEST
Yes. He inspired the list, I’m also using dailyjobcuts.com as a source.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:40:58 PM PST
by
null and void
(America - Abducted by Aliens...)
To: Buckeye McFrog
Third option, it will accelerate automation. IIRC Kroger is unionized, F&CW?
Replace the people with self-serve scanners.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:44:42 PM PST
by
SargeK
To: lodi90
I understood that Darden runs more than just Red Lobster. I was using brevity for comedic effect. Their national headquarters are in my backyard (Orlando).
And while I don’t make it a point to wish ill on people, it’s only fitting that they’re one of big groups coming out with announcements like this.
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:45:32 PM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
To: sarge83
I find nothing wrong with private sector unions in companies that are not monopolies or in the too big to fail category.
The problem is with public unions who are in a monopoly situation and with unions that are in companies that are too big to fail because then they can blackmail the public for almost anything they want.
But private sector unions not in a monopoly and not too big to fail have a vested interest in having the company succeed and not fail. Bankruptcy is the ultimate check on union power here.
So I do not like the bashing of the Kroger unions here.
To: tobyhill
Kerp in mind that Kroger isn’t just “Kroger”. There are about 25 chains that fall under tbe Kroger umbrella. For my area their supermarkets are King Soopers and City Market. You can scroll through the Kroger family of stores at the bottom of this link: http://www.kroger.com/corporate_brands/Pages/default.aspx
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posted on
11/12/2012 1:48:39 PM PST
by
FreedomForce
(Living in the Age of American Soft Despotism)
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