Job Title: Southwest Area LeadStatus: Full-timeImmediate Supervisor: Director of OrganizingLocation: Regionally assigned in Southwest Minnesota (Worthington to Mankato)Date: Updated 06/12/2024Starting Salary: $80,000+ (pursuant to collective bargaining agreement) JOB SUMMARY PURPOSE: The Southwest Area Lead is responsible for leading the staff in southwest Minnesota and...
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Skin cancer, with over 5 million cases diagnosed each year, is the most common and preventable cancer in America. May is dedicated to Skin Cancer Awareness to share facts, speak up and save lives. With warm weather approaching, people tend to spend more time...
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Minnesota’s Essential Meatpacking Union Calls On Employers To Establish Child Well-Being Fund
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 14, 2024 Madelia, MN–United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663, who represents 5,000 essential meatpacking workers across Minnesota, held a Zoom press conference with Unidos MN to call on meatpacking employers to establish a child well-being fund. Union members...
The UFCW Local 663 executive board mourns the loss of life in Israel and Palestine. We express our solidarity with all workers for the right to live peacefully, with dignity and respect. Palestinian and Israeli civilian populations must be protected. We hope for a...
November is dedicated to Diabetes Awareness, to share the importance of this disease and educate people as it is very common. It is estimated that about 30 million people in the United States are living with the disease, and about every 1 in 4...
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Maple Grove REI Workers Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices & Unilateral Layoffs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 27, 2023 Maple Grove– Today, UFCW Local 663, which represents essential workers in retail, grocery, meatpacking, food processing, healthcare, and other essential industries across Minnesota, announced that REI workers in Maple Grove are on strike over the retailer’s unfair labor practices...
Workers receive among highest starting wages for co-ops around the country FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 3, 2023 Minneapolis, MN –United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 union members at Seward Community Co-op unanimously ratified an industry leading union contract on Monday that provides livable...
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Essential Meatpacking Workers reject Hormel’s “Final” Offer and Demand Hormel Does Better
Austin, MN–This week, workers at the Hormel plant in Austin, Minnesota voted overwhelmingly to reject a final offer from the company. Voting took place September 13 and 14 at the plant and UFCW union hall in Austin. The worker driven UFCW Local 663 bargaining...
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Grocery workers reach tentative agreement with Kowalski’s, averting strike planned for Aug 4-6
Friday, July 28, 2023 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jessica Hayssen, 651-261-8559 Minneapolis, MN–Grocery workers who are members of UFCW Local 663 were slated to walk off the job Friday, August 4 at Kowalski’s have reached a tentative agreement for a two year contract that...