More than 4,000 affected by Kroger's tentative pact with union

Kroger Co. has reached a tentative contract agreement with the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 75 in Monroe, the company said.

The tentative agreement covers more than 4,000 Kroger employees who work in 30 stores in the Dayton area.

UFCW 75 leaders will present the agreement to members during a meeting set for Aug 12, the company said. Details of the pact were not released Thursday July 30.

Phone and e-mail messages were left for Lennie Wyatt, president of UFCW Local 75, seeking comment.

“Both Local 75 and Kroger came together and worked hard to reach an agreement that provides quality jobs, increased wages, a stable pension fund, and affordable, quality health care for associates and their families,” Geoff Covert, president of Kroger’s Cincinnati/Dayton division, said in a statement from Kroger.

Kroger has more than 326,000 employees in 2,475 stores in 31 states.

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