Members Win Line Speed Safety Improvements Amid Federal Deregulation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2025 Worthington–This week, union members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 at JBS Worthington voted to ratify a new union contract, winning key improvements in safety, attendance...
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Workers at Minneapolis’s Largest Grocery Chain Reject Contract Proposal: Strike Could Be Imminent
For Immediate Release May 13, 2025 Minneapolis, MN– Local UFCW 663 Workers at UNFI/Cub Foods, the largest grocery store owner in Minneapolis with 33 stores and nearly 3,000 workers, as well as workers at Haug’s and Knowlan’s Festival, voted to reject contract offers from...
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JBS Meatpacking Workers Call for Improved Health & Safety at Worthington Plant
For Immediate Release April 18, 2025 Worthington, MN–United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 meatpacking workers called on JBS Foods in Worthington to improve health and safety at their Worthington plant. Meatpacking is one of the most dangerous jobs in the country, and injuries...
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Protecting Workers from Victim, Witness, and Domestic Abuse thru Contract Language
UFCW Local 663 bargaining committee members fought for language in their contracts that would protect workers from victim, witness, and domestic abuse. Here’s the language they fought for and won. Feel free to share and use when creating your proposals to protect each other...
UFCW Local 663 bargaining committee members fought for language in their contracts that would protect transgender rights while on the job. Here’s the language they fought for and won. Feel free to share and use when creating your proposals to protect each other at...
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Minnesota bookstore workers ratify first union contract at Minnesota Half Price Books Stores
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 3, 2024 Workers sparked nationwide unionization efforts, win wages and job protections MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Workers from four Twin Cities Half Price Books locations ratified their first union contracts on Friday, May 31, 2024. Workers unionized with the United...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 10, 2024 Workers win increased wages and create pathways to better part time jobs Brainerd Lakes, MN –United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 union members at Quisberg’s and Miner’s grocery foods stores overwhelmingly ratified their union contract last week....
This April, we won a huge victory against Jerry’s! When Local 663 members in part time positions came forward and expressed they were not being offered the minimum hours that are stated in their union contract, UFCW Local 663 filed a grievance. The grievance...