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...
Author: UFCW Local 663
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,...
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,...
I want to keep you updated on how your union is working on your behalf to advocate for you to stay safe at work. Rest assured, myself and Secretary-Treasurer Paul Crandall, and our entire staff of UFCW Local 663 are working all day to...
Monday, March 16, 2020From Matt Utecht, President, UFCW Local 663 I want to continue to give you updates as we work through these unprecedented times with the COVID-19 outbreak. Last Friday I sent an email out to our union membership and the message is...
Friday, March 13, 2020 Subject line: Message from President Utecht, UFCW Local 663 Dear Member, As the pandemic of COVID-19 brings different challenges each day, I want to keep you updated on how we are working together as a union to advocate for safe...
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TEAM adds Value to you Union Membership UFCW Local 663 union members are union family. We care about each other while we are on the job and off. Sometimes we can hit rough patches and need some extra help figuring things out. And like...
Mike Cunningham is one of our hardworking Local 663 members of 23 years. He is currently a meat cutter at one of our union shops, Pequot Lakes Supervalu in Pequot Lakes, MN. Mike is a man of many talents. In addition to being a...