The total number of laid-off employees is lower than 190, according to the grocer, partly due to attrition.

“Since we are giving the eligible teammates time to make the decision as to whether or not to accept a different position within the company, we do not have a final number at this time,” said Schnucks spokesman Paul Simon.

Schnuck Markets CEO Todd Schnuck on Monday sent a letter to employees that said all eligible employees affected by the layoff were offered jobs within the company “as well as retention and severance options beyond union contract requirements.” The letter also said that 100 Local 688 members continue to work for Schnucks at the Bridgeton facility.

Mike Goebel, secretary-treasurer of Local 655, called Schnuck’s letter misleading because the jobs of 100 members of his union still working at the Bridgeton facility are guaranteed under a collective bargaining agreement.

The union jobs offered to the laid-off employees paid far less than their former jobs, Goebel said.

“The job offers that they made were for $10 an hour and 25 hours a week on average for people who had been making between $14 to $21 an hour, and more than 60 of the employees had been full time,” Goebel said.