On 10 face federal cocaine charges

Posted on May 20 at 1:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Hats off all agencies involved in this investigation!! Great to see our tax dollars doing some good. Keep it up!!

On Effort to decertify union is driving a wedge into Janesville-based business

Posted on May 13 at 10:09 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Sorry I must correct myself, from what I have read there is no 401k only the ESOP and its the local 1473 not local 1444. Sorry for the errors.

On Effort to decertify union is driving a wedge into Janesville-based business

Posted on May 13 at 9:58 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

There was a time and a place for unions. Back in the day when people were forced to work hours on end with no breaks, benefits, overtime and respect. Those days are gone. Woodmans needs to be able to operate there business efficently as possible to stay competitive in a very tough industry like the grocery business. There was a time that unions offered may benefits those days are gone.
1. Health insurance, Woodmans supplies the health insurance for there employees. The local 1444's health insurance plan became insolvent a few years. The union wanted to charge Woodmans over $4.00 per man hour worked to cover the cost of there insolvency. Woodmans went out and get insurance for there employees.

2. Retirement, Woodmans offers an employee stock option plan that allows employees to build up large sums of company stock to be cashed in at the time of retirement. As far as I know there is no ESOP for the union. Woodmans also offers a 401k.

3. Wages, when contracts are negotiated Woodmans only negotiates what it can afford. Like any other business raises should be based upon merit and hard work not a contract.

As you can see the only thing that the union does at Woodmans is collect its dues and gives nothing back to its members. Its time for the members to keep there money in there pockets. Allow Woodmans to run its business in the manner that they have all these years. They have been a good corporte citizen as well as put food on the table of there employees. They pay wages that no other grocery store does anymore. They do so by skimping on the frills that others chains offer, not by a union contract.