Most are unionized but not all. Kroger’s union is also just not very good. I never met a union rep that wasn’t friends with management. They do very little to actually represent workers. Also, Kroger has such a high turnover rate that newer employees will usually vote to approve any contract that gives them a raise, no matter how small.

These contracts last for a few years, so as other retailers raise wages to compete with each other, Kroger workers are stuck in their old contract until it expires. If anything, Kroger’s union results in lower wages for the workers compared to other grocery retailers.

UFCW is further weakened by “right-to-work” laws that give union benefits to non-union employees. In my experience, many of the people who opt out of union membership are brainwashed by conservatism and are anti-union. They are also often the people who stay at Kroger the longest.

In addition, Kroger has dozens of “districts”, each with their own contract. These contracts are all negotiated at different times so that if there is a strike, Kroger can send managers from other districts and hire scabs until the strike is over. This prevents strikes from ever really hurting Kroger’s bottom line.

So, to answer your question, Kroger is technically unionized but it’s union is pretty ineffective. Kroger basically operates the same as Walmart or Meijer but with a handful of union policies that they have to follow or they might get fined for a union violation.

With that being said, I am still very pro union. The above is just based on my own experience, having worked there for too many years.

Why do you think Olympic athletes aren’t allowed to smoke weed. This is proof that cannabis is a performance enhancing drug.

The Redbox Crisis

Now I’m glad that I made disposable email addresses for most of my accounts a couple of months ago. With all the data breaches, it seems that email aliases are essential. I use SimpleLogin.

For the sake of simplicity, I also bought a domain to use for all those email addresses

Like Facebook, Reddit will probably just become a cesspool of conservative morons. I’m fine with them staying on Reddit. I don’t think it’s gonna “collapse” anytime soon.

Too humane. How about a hamster wheel with electrified nipple clamps attached to the roof. Whenever they slow down, they get electrocuted. Whenever they move too much, their nipples get tugged on.

They don’t have to make a profit if their intent is to be a propaganda machine. If they serve their purpose then wealthy people will continue donating their money to the cause

I heard that the zoo is advertised as “dogs that look like other animals.” With that being said, most zoos are horrible

This would be perfect in a mental health facility.

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Are you really a victim if you are willfully ignorant? Tim Pool loves to brag about how uneducated he is

How so? She did the “both sides” thing during her speech, and did nothing to actually condemn Israel’s actions. She called out Hamas for the October 7 attack. It’s as if Democrats think that Palestinians are just genociding themselves. Her position on Israel-Palestine seems to be to condemn Hamas and create the most lethal military of all time.

Dude somehow looks like a more evil version of Matt Walsh.

I don’t know. You’ll have to ask the conservatives who were boycotting Chick-Fil-A for being “woke.”

Holy fucking shit, I wish mainstream outlets would take notes. Any time Trump talks about crime or immigration or really anything, all you have to do is bring up facts. Quit fucking meeting Republicans in the middle with their lying and bigotry.

I don’t know about federated, but there is SearXNG, which is FOSS. There are plenty of public instances or you can run your own instance.

If you are willing to pay money ($5-10 USD) then I recommend Kagi. In my opinion Kagi is worth the money, as it it provides much better results and has a lot more features. Like SearXNG, it is also ad-free.

Like what? Is there one that functions well and isn’t owned by a megacorporation or billionaire? I haven’t been able to find one.

I tried Tidal and the app is absolute dogshit.

I wouldn’t recommend Brave for 3 main reasons:

1. Chromium-based

2. Funded by venture capitalists

3. Supported by crypto and ads

Unfortunately, Firefox and its forks are really the only alternative to Chrome.

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