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UFCW Local 663 Essential Grocery Workers in Brainerd Lakes Ratify Contract

May 10, 2024May 10, 2024

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 10, 2024 Workers win increased wages and create pathways to better part time jobs Brainerd Lakes, MN –United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 union members at Quisberg’s and Miner’s grocery foods stores overwhelmingly ratified their union contract last week....

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Essential Meatpacking workers Unite for Labor Day March

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023

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March will honor legacy of workers’ rights as current union contract sets to expire in September Media Advisory for Monday, September 4, 2023 Austin, MN– On Monday, September 4, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 union members who work at Hormel will...

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Grocery workers ratify historic contract with UNFI Cub, in first comprehensive victory for pandemic’s retail heroes

April 11, 2023May 25, 2023

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minneapolis–Today, grocery workers who were slated to walk off the job last Friday morning, instead overwhelmingly ratified their next two year contract with UNFI Cub Foods. The vote took place at 12 locations around the Western Metro, and UFCW Local 663...

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Peace Coffee workers win NLRB union election

June 2, 2022June 3, 2022

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 2, 2022 Contact: Jessica Hayssen, 651-261-8559 jessicah@ufcw663.org Workers join ranks of Minnesota’s largest essential worker union for food and retail MINNEAPOLIS, MN –Workers from Peace Coffee won union recognition today from a National Labor Relations Board election. Workers have...

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Frontline Worker Pay updates

May 23, 2022June 7, 2022

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Anticipated application dates The State of MN is continuing to work on the Frontline Worker Pay application system. They anticipate the 45-day application period to be open June 8 through July 22, 2022. These dates are subject to change. Am I eligible for Frontline...

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Union Difference: Ancillary benefits open enrollment for majority of retail grocery union members

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022

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By Scott Larson, Union Representative Live the Union Difference with Ancillary benefits that improve your life Ancillary benefits were bargained into the UFCW 663 contracts for all non-benefited members. Open enrollment is January and February 2022. Benefits include: Dental, Vision, Life, Doctor on Demand,...

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COVID-19 Update

May 18, 2021June 1, 2021

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May 18, 2021 Dear Member, Last Thursday, the CDC released updated guidelines for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 that relaxed mask wearing and social distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace...

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Shop Union for Father’s Day on June 16!

June 12, 2019

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Shop Union for Father’s Day! Let’s celebrate Father’s Day together! We celebrate our hardworking union fathers who make our Local 663 work, and all the dads out there working hard for your families. From our union family to yours, here are our UFCW Local...

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March Raises for Many Members in Metro Grocery Contracts

January 9, 2019March 14, 2019

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Raises Coming Many of our Local 663 union members in Metro Grocery can expect to see raises this March. This is guaranteed because of the contracts negotiated, voted on, and ratified in 2018 by workers just like you. Everyone wants and deserves a paycheck that...

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UFCW Local 663 Members approve new 3-year union contract for Brainerd Lakes Grocery Workers

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 10, 2018 UFCW Local 663 Continues to Lead Unionized Grocery Industry in Variable Annuity Pension Plan that secures futures for hundreds of working families in the Northland BRAINERD- United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 members ratified a new...

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UFCW Local 663 Essential Grocery Workers in Brainerd Lakes Ratify Contract

Essential Meatpacking workers Unite for Labor Day March

Grocery workers ratify historic contract with UNFI Cub, in first comprehensive victory for pandemic’s retail heroes

Peace Coffee workers win NLRB union election

Frontline Worker Pay updates

Union Difference: Ancillary benefits open enrollment for majority of retail grocery union members

COVID-19 Update

Shop Union for Father’s Day on June 16!

March Raises for Many Members in Metro Grocery Contracts

UFCW Local 663 Members approve new 3-year union contract for Brainerd Lakes Grocery Workers

UFCW Local 663 Endorses Tim Walz for Kamala Harris’s Vice President Pick

UFCW Local 663 Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President

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Minnesota’s Essential Meatpacking Union Calls On Employers To Establish Child Well-Being Fund

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