February 2022 - UFCW 663

Member Stories News

Retail booksellers join our Union!

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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By Jess Alexander, Union Representative/Organizer UFCW Local 663 has a new industry in our union family: retail bookstores! Workers at four Half Price Books stores in Minnesota unionized with the United Food and Commercial Workers this winter. On December 16 booksellers at the Coon...

Contracts

Members at International Paper in Austin ratify contract

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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By Rich Morgan, SE Director of Packing I hope everyone had a good holiday season. On December 15th, 2021, UFCW Local 663 members at International Paper in Austin, Minnesota passed a 2-year extension to the Master Agreement by 98 percent. With this vote the...

Benefits Member Stories

Meet new union rep, Paul Swanson

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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My name is Paul Swanson, I have been a member of our union since 1989. I started my career at Rainbow Foods as a part time stocker in the grocery department growing my career into a position as a Center Store Manager with Lunds...

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Meet new SW MN union rep, Lisa Thoma

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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My name is Lisa Thoma. I am from Worthington MN and I have worked at JBS since 1991. I have been a Union Steward for 28 years. I became the plant walking steward in 2010. My roles included helping members with their concerns in...

Benefits Contracts

Brainerd Members Ratify New Agreement

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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By Paul Crandall, Secretary/Treasurer Congratulations to the UFCW Local 663 members working in the Brainerd Lakes Area on ratifying a new two-year contract. Members working for Miners SuperOne Foods in Baxter and Crosby, as well as the Quisberg’s Cub Foods stores in Baxter, Brainerd,...

Contracts

2-Year Agreement Reached with Benedictine Living Community – New Brighton/Innsbruck

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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By Doug Rigert, Union Representative On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, collective bargaining negotiations began between UFCW Local 663 and Benedictine Living Community – New Brighton/Innsbruck. Over two days, representatives from both sides met to discuss issues and exchange proposals that each felt were needed...

Benefits Member Stories

Union Difference: Ancillary benefits open enrollment for majority of retail grocery union members

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

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By Scott Larson, Union Representative Live the Union Difference with Ancillary benefits that improve your life Ancillary benefits were bargained into the UFCW 663 contracts for all non-benefited members. Open enrollment is January and February 2022. Benefits include: Dental, Vision, Life, Doctor on Demand,...

Benefits Contracts

Welcome New Members of Retail Grocery!

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

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By Amber Allen, Union Representative Welcome all new members of UFCW Local 663! If you are in grocery retail industry, chances are you’ve seen and met with one of the union representatives the first few weeks on the job. You’ve chosen a job and...

Month: February 2022

Retail booksellers join our Union!

Members at International Paper in Austin ratify contract

Meet new union rep, Paul Swanson

Meet new SW MN union rep, Lisa Thoma

Brainerd Members Ratify New Agreement

2-Year Agreement Reached with Benedictine Living Community – New Brighton/Innsbruck

Union Difference: Ancillary benefits open enrollment for majority of retail grocery union members

Welcome New Members of Retail Grocery!

UFCW Local 663 Endorses Tim Walz for Kamala Harris’s Vice President Pick

UFCW Local 663 Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President

Minnesota bookstore workers ratify first union contract at Minnesota Half Price Books Stores

Members Energized to Win at First Power Summit on April 9

Minnesota’s Essential Meatpacking Union Calls On Employers To Establish Child Well-Being Fund

2024 Educational Grant Winners

Protecting Workers from Victim, Witness, and Domestic Abuse thru Contract Language

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