First-of-Its-Kind Class Action Targets Hormel for Alleged Earned Sick and Safe Time Violations FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2025 Austin, MN – Today, workers at Hormel Foods announced that they have filed a class action lawsuit alleging that Hormel violated earned sick and safe...
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Workers at UNFI and Haug’s Cub Foods Win Contract with Better Wages and Benefits
For Immediate Release June 30th, 2025 Nearly 3,000 Grocery Workers Secure a Fair Contract After Threatening to Strike Minneapolis, MN – United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 union members at UNFI Cub Foods and Haug’s Cub Foods grocery stores ratified their union...
Job Title: Union Representative Status: Full-time Immediate Supervisor: Meatpacking Director Location: Southwestern Minnesota Date: Updated 6/20/2025 Salary range: $67,000-$77,500 JOB SUMMARY PURPOSE: The Union Representative is responsible for serving the membership of UFCW Local 663 through organizing members, enforcing and negotiating the collective bargaining...
UFCW Local 663 honors the life and work of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman of the Minnesota Legislature. Hortman’s life was one of service. She cut through the noise to get to the heart of issues and got the work done. Speaker Emerita Hortman championed...
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...
From January 27th to March 3rd, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 ran an online survey for customers of Cub Foods. United Natural Foods Incorporated (NYSE: UNFI) owns Cub Foods. The intent of this survey was to see what customers would change...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2024 Minneapolis, MN – Today, the President and Executive Board of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 which represents 17,000 essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, and retail in Minnesota released the following statement. “We come...