By Matt Utecht, President Español I am proud to announce that the merger between UFCW Local 663 and UFCW Local 9 became official on Monday, November 1, 2021. Union members from United Food and Commercial Workers Locals 663 and 9 voted to build a...
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Homestead at Anoka Nurses & Service and Maintenance members see significant gains in new contracts
Homestead at Anoka members ratified both the Nurses Contract which covers RNs and LPNs and the Service and Maintenance Contract which covers CNAs, HHAs, Dietary, Housekeeping, Life Enrichment, Cooks and Maintenance Departments. The three-year agreements have substantial hourly wage increases in each year of...
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Minnesota Instacart Deal Ensures Unionized Grocery Workers Fulfill Online App-Based Grocery Pickup Orders at Cub Foods
Minnesota Union for Over 13,200 Frontline Food and Retail Workers Announces New Instacart Agreement Supporting Union Grocery Workers in Twin Cities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 26, 2021 CONTACT: Jessica Hayssen, jessicah@ufcw663.org BROOKLYN CENTER, MN – Today, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 663, the...
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President Utecht Announces Digital Roll Out of all UFCW Local 663 Union Contracts
By Matt Utecht, President UFCW Local 663 union contracts are going to be even easier for you to access and reference online in the coming months. We are in the process of digitally rolling out our union contracts into a versatile, searchable E-Reader format....
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Minnesota Union Grocery Workers Boost Pay, Safety Protections in New Contracts As COVID Risks Continue for Essential Workers on Frontlines of Pandemic
Minnesota Union for Over 13,200 Frontline Food and Retail Workers Announce Major Worker Victories in Contracts for Grocery Workers Statewide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 8, 2021 CONTACT: Jessica Hayssen (651) 261-8559, jessicah@ufcw663.org BROOKLYN CENTER, MN – Today, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) 663,...
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Twin Cities Grocery Workers Win More Wages and Benefits in the Midst of COVID-19 Pandemic
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 Continues to Lead Midwest’s Unionized Grocery Industry to secure better futures for thousands of working families Thousands of essential grocery workers of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 663 (UFCW Local 663) throughout the western Twin...
Members at Lunds Manufacturing ratified a new two year agreement on March 30, 2021 that includes: New pay scale for all employees Increases in pay and raises each year of the contract for all members Hazard Pay Bonus Attendance incentives Increase in safety footwear...
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United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 Members Secure a Better Life, Ratify First Union Contracts
Wednesday, December 30, 2020 Minneapolis, MN–Healthcare workers at Villa at Osseo voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first union contracts as United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 members this December. Both full and part-time workers voted on December 23, which consists of licensed practical...
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UFCW Local 663 Members Win $15 an hour at Seward and Linden Hills Co-ops
Union members of UFCW Local 663 who work at Seward Community Co-op and Linden Hills Co-op in Minneapolis ratified contracts that raised wages to $15 per hour earlier this year. These wins arrive two years before Minneapolis’s minimum wage ordinance goes into effect. Workers...
By Paul Crandall, Secretary-Treasurer These are certainly challenging times for everyone. I never thought six months ago that we would be having negotiations and grievances via Zoom calls. We all have had to adapt to the rapid changes that the pandemic has brought to...