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,...
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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...
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United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 union members at Tony Downs Foods in Madelia vote overwhelmingly to accept four-year contract
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 13 Contact: Jessica Hayssen 651.261.8559 jessicah@ufcw663.org United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 union members at Tony Downs Foods in Madelia vote overwhelmingly to accept four-year contract Madelia, MN—-Today, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 663 union members who...
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Statement from UFCW Local 663 President Utecht Celebrating Passage of ISD 518 Bond Referendum Questions in Worthington
“Worthington voters said yes to their community by passing all three of the bond referendum questions on November 5, 2019. We are proud to support our diverse union family throughout our entire local. We will continue to say yes to policies that support all...
“Our union members work hard to raise our children and provide better lives for them through our UFCW Local 663 union jobs at JBS. Worthington is our home. I say it’s our home and it’s our children, because as members of the United Food...
UFCW Local 663 is building better union grocery jobs, one conversation at a time. And, we have a plan. Our Summer 2019 Special Project Union Representative (SPUR) Program kicked off on Monday, July 22nd to achieve just that. Four union members hit the ground...