By Darin Rehnelt, Union Representative Hello everyone, our local union UFCW local 663 was a co-sponsor of the Worthington International Festival on July 9th and 10th in Worthington MN. We have been participating in this event for the last 20 years, helping to set...
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Minnesota Union Grocery Workers Boost Pay, Safety Protections in New Contracts As COVID Risks Continue for Essential Workers on Frontlines of Pandemic
Minnesota Union for Over 13,200 Frontline Food and Retail Workers Announce Major Worker Victories in Contracts for Grocery Workers Statewide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 8, 2021 CONTACT: Jessica Hayssen (651) 261-8559, jessicah@ufcw663.org BROOKLYN CENTER, MN – Today, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 663,...
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Twin Cities Grocery Workers Win More Wages and Benefits in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 Continues to Lead Midwest’s Unionized Grocery Industry to secure better futures for thousands of working families Thousands of essential grocery workers of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 663 (UFCW Local 663) throughout the western Twin...
Members at Lunds Manufacturing ratified a new two year agreement on March 30, 2021 that includes: New pay scale for all employees Increases in pay and raises each year of the contract for all members Hazard Pay Bonus Attendance incentives Increase in safety footwear...
Help advocate for better workplace safety by participating in a short, text message-based study! Your union, the United Food and Commercial Workers, believes essential workers must remain a priority when it comes to improving workplace safety, accessing life-saving vaccinations, and receiving critical resources that...
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UFCW Local 663 Member Exclusive: Free College Information Session on May 20
As a union member of UFCW Local 663, you have access to the free college benefit for a 2 year degree, and now, you can obtain a 4 year Bachelor’s Degree. All for free! Register for an information session on Thursday, May 20 at...
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President Matthew Utecht re-elected to Lead United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663
Utecht’s bold leadership will continue to build better lives for union workers throughout the Midwest BROOKLYN CENTER–Matthew Utecht, President of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663, was re-elected by overwhelming acclamation at the monthly union membership meeting last night on May 3, 2021....
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Statement from UFCW Local 663 President Matt Utecht on Victory for Pork Processing Workers
April 1, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Español abajo Brooklyn Center, MN–Statement from UFCW Local 663 President Matt Utecht following the announcement by UFCW of a major victory for workers in America’s pork industry, with a federal district court in Minneapolis ruling that the U.S....
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UFCW: Tribunal Federal descarta la peligrosa regla de velocidad en las líneas de cerdo del Departamento de Agricultura (USDA) de Trump una gran victoria para los trabajadores esenciales de empacadoras de carne
Read English version here PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA: 31 de marzo del 2021 El esfuerzo conjunto de UFCW y Public Citizen (Ciudadano Publico) fortalece las protecciones para 30,000 trabajadores sindicales porcinos en primera línea de la pandemia COVID-19 en todo el país WASHINGTON, DC –...