{"id":1331,"date":"2018-10-24T15:20:59","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:31:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T20:31:17","slug":"seeing-with-our-hearts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/24\/seeing-with-our-hearts\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing with Our Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Local 663 members\u2019 customer service skills shine. All you have to do is walk into Kowalski\u2019s in Uptown and see our members at work to catch a glimpse of the pride they bring.<\/p>\n<p>Kate Libby is a part-time cashier who works at Kowalski\u2019s in Uptown. She tells me, \u201cI like the customers, they\u2019re nice people. I like my co-workers too.\u201d For over four years now, Kate has been serving customers with a smile.<\/p>\n<h4>Working Together<\/h4>\n<p>Kate often works the same shift with her co-worker, Nhia Kong. They\u2019ve been working together since Nhia began last October. Nhia works part-time and bags groceries. In fact, Nhia is the first blind person that Kowalski\u2019s Uptown has hired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe help each other out when I\u2019m here, it\u2019s been that way since the beginning,\u201d says Nhia. The favorite parts of his job include \u201cTalking with people and packing grocery bags.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kim Cizl, one of our union stewards who works at the Uptown location, says Nhia is so skilled at his job that \u201cThere\u2019s been a couple of times when Nhia has corrected me on bagging. \u2019No, on the right, no on the left!\u2019\u201d Kim adds, \u201cHe really sees with his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared in the June 2018 edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/publications\/June18FactFinderNL\/index.html\">Local 663 Fact Finder.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Local 663 members\u2019 customer service skills shine. 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