At least 600 workers in Commerce and Riverside say the company has made no guarantee they will keep their union pay or jobs at the new 2.4 million-square-foot warehouse.
— say the company has made no guarantee they will keep their jobs at the new 2.4 million-square-foot distribution center, which is expected to boost Chedraui’s Southern California distribution/warehouse capacity by 50%.
The Commerce employees currently make $30 to $32 an hour, while Riverside workers earn $2 an hour less. But their take-home pay is closer to $25 an hour when out-of-pocket expenses for their health plan are figured in, union officials said. The workers held a rally last week to demand that the company guarantee their jobs at “just wages and with a union contract.”
“When Chedraui came in two years ago, management started changing,” said Bobby Perez, who works at the Commerce facility. “They said, ‘Don’t worry — we’ll take care of you. You don’t have to vote union.”“We made this company,” the 52-year-old Whittier resident said. “We’re a well-oiled machine and we know how to work. We’re willing to work 10 to 12 hours a day, seven days a week if that’s what it takes. We’re just sticking up for our rights and benefits.
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