Grocery Store Bargain Update: Historic Progress on Safety... No Progress on Wages
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After three months of negotiations, we were able to reach one agreement today around our safety proposals. This is the first time we have ever had safety language in our contract and addresses a major issue that we face in the stores every day. Our union member bargaining team has shown that when the employer is willing to have a reasonable dialogue, we can make progress…
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Grocery Store Bargain member survey concerns and priorities
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Here is a view of how Grocery Store Members have guided the prioritization of our bargaining process and proposals by record-setting participation in the pre-bargaining survey.
Read MoreGrocery Store Bargain: June Contract Action Team Meetings
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June, 2019 Grocery Store Bargain Contract Action Team Meetings are organized by Rep., Members are welcome to attend any CAT meeting. To RSVP or if you have questions contact your Union Representative.
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Grocery Store Bargain Action: Taking it to the Streets
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In an effort to reach out to the public about our efforts to achieve a fair contract, grocery store workers and community partners began a round of store leaflets and neighborhood canvases this week. The response has been wonderful and people are loving our “We Love Our Grocery Store Workers” shopping bags…
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Grocery Store Bargain Update: Bargaining Team Makes Our Wage Proposal
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Today we came historically close to reaching agreement on safety and workforce development. We then turned our full attention to wages. We know we want to protect our health care, ensure our pensions are safe, and get real wage increases. Grocery store workers have been falling behind for too long.
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New Leadership elected at UFCW 21
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An experienced leadership team. Our top leadership team of the union has over 80 years of combined experience with our union. Under their leadership, we have won and enforced some of the strongest contracts in the nation, partnered in community and with elected officials to improve lives for our members and others in our state. Our next challenge is to fully develop a new generation of leadership at each and every workplace. And we are well on our way – with now over 1,500 trained workplace leaders and on target to hit our goal of 2,000 by the end of the year. A strong union is about having racial, economic, and social justice, and we need thousands of workplace leaders to make that happen.
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