March 21, 2020 Dear Member:Ancillary Benefits Expanded and Open Enrollment Period To Begin for members in Part-Time positions As Chairman of the Board of Trustees for our MRMC Union Health & Welfare Plan, I am proud to announce that our Ancillary Benefits Package has...
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March 20, 2020 Dear Member,This morning, Governor Walz called me on the phone to discuss his executive order to classify grocery store workers as Tier 2 critical first responders this week. I thanked him for his leadership, and for being the calming voice and...
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...
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...
Our Union Steward Spotlight features Deb Lambert. Deb Lambert loves Halloween. In fact, she’s from the Halloween Capital of the World–Anoka. For over 20 years, Deb has been volunteering for events to support Halloween festivities in Anoka throughout the entire month of October. From...
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Local 663 Union Members at Lakeville Cub Foods Donate Blankets to Keep Kids Warm
Our hardworking and caring United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 union members at Cub Foods in Lakeville, Minnesota are helping sick children and their families stay warm and cozy this winter. Together, they donated homemade blankets to the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s...