951 Foundation Scholarship Winners

Winners for the 2008-2009 school year are:

Melissa Black, Meijer 25
Emily Cummins, daughter of Thomas Cummins, Meijer 185
Debarshi Das, son of Balaka Das, Meijer 57
Hermes Fernandez-Lopez, Meijer 86
Angela Freeman, Meijer 119
Mallory Gilmore, Meijer 30
Tara Hanna, daughter of Lynette Hanna, Meijer 5
Daniel Hickey, son of Lyle Hickey, Meijer 69
Mahtubul Khan, son of Belina Begum, Meijer 53
Elizabeth Lovrenich, Meijer 172
Kaitlin Nevels, daughter of Ann Nevels, Meijer 140
Stevelyn Norman, Meijer 54
Carroll Peru, Meijer 11
Aaron Raabe, Kroger 401
Melissa Rogers, daughter of Sandra Rogers, Meijer 197
Scott Ryan, Meijer 175
Steffanie Smith, daughter of Tina Smith, Meijer 63
Josh Spencer, Meijer 205
Samantha Swanton, daughter of Steven Swanton, Meijer 43
Chester Ward, Kroger 852

Next year’s application will be in the Winter 2008 issue of the Update newsletter, on UFCW951.com, and on flyers in your workplace. Each of the last two years, about eighty 951 members have applied for the twenty scholarships offered. Bottom line: there isn’t another scholarship program out there that gives you a one-in-four chance so get your application in if you or your dependent children have plans for a post-high school education program.

 
“The Most Important Piece of Worker Legislation in Decades”

The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) has been called just that: the most important labor law reform in decades. Your Steward may have asked you to sign a card in support of the EFCA to send to the next Congress and President when they take office next January.

We need more workers on our side of the table to end the constant clamor from companies for concessions. We need more workers on our side to have the power to raise living and working standards in our industries. The Employee Free Choice Act will help put the numbers on our side.

The EFCA is federal legislation that says if a majority of workers freely choose to sign up for union representation, their company must honor that choice. It is a simple, fair process that prohibits companies from using legal maneuvering to deny workers their freedom to have a union.

But in the big picture, the EFCA is really about protecting our jobs, raising our wages, and securing better benefits. It’s about expanding middle-class jobs and creating more opportunities for our children.

The UFCW and every other major union are mobilizing union members from coast to coast to stand together for Employee Free Choice.

To show your support, fill out the form below, clip it out, and give it to your Union Steward, Union Rep, or send it to 951’s Grand Rapids office.

Click here for PDF download of post card.