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Vertical Endeavors Workers Win Union Election

November 29, 2023April 21, 2024

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First ever climbing gym workers unionize with United Food and Commercial Workers in Minnesota FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, November 29, 2023 TWIN CITIES, MN –Today, an overwhelming 81.8% of Vertical Endeavors workers in the Twin Cities voted to join the United Food and Commercial...

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Maple Grove REI Workers Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices & Unilateral Layoffs

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023

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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...

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Vertical Endeavors Workers Join Together for a Better Life

August 25, 2023December 21, 2023

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Workers seek union recognition from Midwest’s premier indoor rock climbing facilities for livable wage, better working conditions and a seat at the table FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 25, 2023 TWIN CITIES, MN –Today, workers from Vertical Endeavors announced to their bosses they have...

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Retail booksellers join our Union!

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

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By Jess Alexander, Union Representative/Organizer UFCW Local 663 has a new industry in our union family: retail bookstores! Workers at four Half Price Books stores in Minnesota unionized with the United Food and Commercial Workers this winter. On December 16 booksellers at the Coon...

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United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 Members Secure a Better Life, Ratify First Union Contracts

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

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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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Eastside Food Co-op workers vote to unionize with UFCW Local 653

April 26, 2017May 17, 2018

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Eastside Food Co-op workers vote to unionize with UFCW Local 653 Workers at Eastside Food Co-op in Minneapolis won their election on Thursday, April 20th to form a union with the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 653. More than 70% of workers voted...

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Vertical Endeavors Workers Win Union Election

Maple Grove REI Workers Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices & Unilateral Layoffs

Vertical Endeavors Workers Join Together for a Better Life

Retail booksellers join our Union!

United Food & Commercial Workers Local 663 Members Secure a Better Life, Ratify First Union Contracts

Eastside Food Co-op workers vote to unionize with UFCW Local 653

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

UFCW Local 663 Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for President

Minnesota bookstore workers ratify first union contract at Minnesota Half Price Books Stores

Members Energized to Win at First Power Summit on April 9

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

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