After months of difficult bargaining on both local and national issues, it became clear KP management was doing everything they could to stall the process and try to wear down our members. Management tried to divide us in hopes of extracting concessions. They did everything from threatening to send workers home for wearing union shirts to spreading misinformation about the bargaining and strike processes.

Instead of backing down, we rose up and authorized a strike. We stood together at every location and showed KP we are willing to fight for what’s right. And we won! You’ve seen highlights of our Tentative Agreement, but we wanted to share more details about the issues most important to our members.

Wage Justice for the Inland Empire

Fighting for wage justice was a top priority, and we pushed hard with the backing of all of the unions in the Alliance. For months, KP refused to acknowledge the issue of wage injustice, but we kept up the fight until management was forced to begin addressing the issue. Even then, KP only wanted to throw lump sums at it instead of making permanent changes, so we ramped up our efforts. Our union pushed hard in countless bargaining sessions and you raised your voices at rallies, at work and on social media. And we won.

• Effective, July 1, 2022, KP will allocate an amount equivalent to 1.25% of payroll for the purpose of permanently adjusting wage scales in job classifications that have historically been paid significantly less than L.A. wages.
• July 1, 2023, KP will allocate another 1.25% of payroll for the same purpose.
• Together with KP, we will study all of the wage scales with LA wages to determine which classifications have the largest inequities. The Union and KP will work together to allocate monies from the dedicated pools to permanently raise the wage scales in those identified classifications.

These improvements demonstrate significant and permanent progress in our ongoing fight for Wage Equity.

The racial justice bargaining subcommittee also agreed on implementing processes and programs to address racial trauma/fatigue, and funding citizenship assistance.

Across the Board Raises – Alliance wide

KP started bargaining insisting that 1% wage increases were appropriate and that all future KP employees should make even less on an unfair two-tier wage structure. We fought back against proposed concessions and a lower wage scale to demand Alliance wide wage increases, and eventually won improvements totaling 10% raises over the term of the...

The Union Hall will be closed for the holidays. We wish all of our members and their families a joyous and safe holiday season.

The Union Hall will be closed for the holidays. We wish all of our members and their families a joyous and safe holiday season.

Membership meetings will be held today at the Union Hall. 3rd shift's meeting will start at 7:30 am, the 1st shift meeting will start at 3:30 pm and the 2nd shift meeting will start at 11:30 pm. Please plan to attend. You are the Union!

The rotate shift memebrship meeting will be held tonight. It will start at 11:30 pm. Please plan to attend. You are the Union!