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UFCW and JBS Announce Increased Pay and Enhanced Protective Equipment for Meatpacking Workers on Frontlines of Coronavirus Pandemic

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 19, 2020 UFCW and JBS Announce Increased Pay and Enhanced Protective Equipment for Meatpacking Workers on Frontlines of Coronavirus Pandemic America’s Largest Food and Retail Union Applauds Action by JBS, Largest U.S. Beef and Pork Processor, to Strengthen Worker Support...

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UFCW Local 663 Calls on JBS Worthington Facility to Slow Production to Keep Workers Safe

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 17, 2020 Contact: Jessica Hayssen, 651-261-8559 jessicah@ufcw663.org Local Union Representing Front Line Workers Say COVID-19 Spreading Rapidly Inside Food Processing Plants, More Social Distance Needed BROOKLYN CENTER MN – Today, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 President Matt...

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UFCW Local 663 Applauds Minnesota Gov. Walz for Action to Protect Grocery and Food Employees on Front Lines of Coronavirus

March 28, 2020March 29, 2020

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 27, 2020 Union Praises Governor for Recognizing Grocery and Food Employees as Tier 1 Critical Workers, Expanding Access to Childcare BROOKLYN CENTER, MN – Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663, which represents more than 13,200 workers in grocery, retail,...

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Daily Update from President Utecht

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020

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March 24, 2020Dear Member, I am continuing to work hard on your behalf to demand that you are as safe as you can be at work. This includes our hardworking frontline grocery store members, retail members,nursing home members, meat packing and food processing members...

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Daily Update from President Utecht

March 23, 2020March 24, 2020

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March 23, 2020 Dear Member, Today I sent a letter to all of our union retail grocery employers strongly encouraging them to allow all of our union members to have the option to wear protective gloves during your shift at work if you so...

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Daily Update from President Utecht

March 21, 2020March 24, 2020

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March 21, 2020 Dear Member:Ancillary Benefits Expanded and Open Enrollment Period To Begin for members in Part-Time positions As Chairman of the Board of Trustees for our MRMC Union Health & Welfare Plan, I am proud to announce that our Ancillary Benefits Package has...

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Update from President Utecht

March 20, 2020March 21, 2020

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March 20, 2020 Dear Member,This morning, Governor Walz called me on the phone to discuss his executive order to classify grocery store workers as Tier 2 critical first responders this week. I thanked him for his leadership, and for being the calming voice and...

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Daily Union Update

March 20, 2020March 20, 2020

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March 19, 2020 This afternoon, the Star Tribune ran a story about many of our grocery store employers who gave an increase in pay to all union hourly employees by $2 an hour. This is a well-deserved pay premium for the hard work thousands...

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Daily Union Update from President Utecht

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

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Our members in grocery stores are at the front line of this pandemic. I want to take a moment to thank you for the important and critical work that you do. You are holding it down for yourselves, your families, and let’s face it,...

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Grocery Store Workers Should BE Critical First Responders

March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

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From President Utecht I have been working with Governor Walz’s office to have grocery store workers reclassified as Tier 1 “critical first responders.” Because Minnesota is under a peacetime emergency, this would make our members in retail grocery the same as hospital workers, police,...

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UFCW and JBS Announce Increased Pay and Enhanced Protective Equipment for Meatpacking Workers on Frontlines of Coronavirus Pandemic

UFCW Local 663 Calls on JBS Worthington Facility to Slow Production to Keep Workers Safe

UFCW Local 663 Applauds Minnesota Gov. Walz for Action to Protect Grocery and Food Employees on Front Lines of Coronavirus

Daily Update from President Utecht

Daily Update from President Utecht

Daily Update from President Utecht

Update from President Utecht

Daily Union Update

Daily Union Update from President Utecht

Grocery Store Workers Should BE Critical First Responders

Vertical Endeavors Workers Win First Union Contract

Cashier at L&B Wins Full Year of Backpay

Workers File Class Action suit against Hormel Foods

Workers at UNFI and Haug’s Cub Foods Win Contract with Better Wages and Benefits

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