Tom Erickson, Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division, joined Josh Graves, Warehouse Division Representative and Vice President of Teamsters Local 104, and Russell Medigovich, Local 104 business agent, to meet with hundreds of warehouse workers at Windigo Logistics in Arizona.
Windigo Logistics is a major third-party logistics (3PL) provider for Kroger. Multiple Windigo Teamsters contracts are set to expire in the coming year across Arizona and Colorado. Kroger, under CEO Greg Foran, has come under fire in a recent Teamsters lawsuit alleging the company worked with major carriers to prevent drivers at Kroger’s former 3PL Quickway from being hired by other carriers after the company shut down. The suit claims Kroger and its contractors entered into a “no-hire” agreement that illegally prevented qualified union drivers from getting jobs in an attempt to suppress wages and weaken union standards.
“Kroger is carrying out a corporate scheme to undermine Teamsters jobs across the country,” Erickson said. “Under Greg Foran — a former Walmart executive — the company is trying to rig the system, cut out experienced union workers, and drive down standards with low road nonunion carriers. The Teamsters are going to hold Kroger accountable and protect the thousands of workers we represent at this company and its third-party partners. If Kroger thinks it can create a race to the bottom, they’re in for a rude awakening.”