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UFCW International President, Joe
Hansen to attend jobs summit
President Hansen will represent over 1.3 million UFCW members
during the 2009 jobs summit in Washington DC.
Health Care
and the "I've got mine crowd"
Commentary on health care reform by Marv
Russow, President of UFCW 951.
The 2010 Union Plus
Scholarship is now available online! to download the PDF version of the form click on this link
Union Plus
Application. (You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to
view the application.)
Wal-Mart's latest move to crush the competition.
Read this interesting article from Time
Magazine.
401(k)
information!
Starting October 6, 2009 you will
have a new source for your 401(k) savings plan information and
assistance. This new service will be called Meijer Retirement
Services.
Meijer Retirement Services replaces Schwab Retirement Plan
Services Company as Meijer's 401(k) Savings Plan administrator.
Retail workers are less likely to have health care coverage than
other industries.
"Meijer has substantially better health
care packages than Wal-Mart", says Marv Russow, President of
UFCW 951...read more about the article that appeared in the
Grand Rapids Press, on 8/16/09.
Union members pack Obama's town hall meetings.
"We have to negotiate for health care every time a contract
comes up" said Andrew Carillo a union organizer for UFCW Local
7, Colorado, "Year after year it just gets more expensive."
How to reduce healthcare costs? Join a Union!
Many people are turning to Unions,
specifically UFCW unions to reduce their healthcare costs.
Labor leaders to meet with President Obama.
On Monday July 13, Joe
Hansen, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers
along with other Labor leaders will meet with President Obama
regarding health care and the Employee's free choice act.
Notice! Membership meeting locations have
changed.
Click on the link above to check for the
updated membership meeting location schedule. If you have any
questions please call 800.999.0951
UFCW Local 951 and
876 go to Lansing for the 3rd annual Lobby Day.
A sea of gold shirts descended on Lansing, Michigan's state
capital, when UFCW members came to town. Members had the
opportunity to speak with their representatives.
UFCW 951 Meijer
Stewards attend Region 4 Steward Conference.
Stewards from Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky
gathered together at Bowling Green University on May 11, 2009,
for the first ever UFCW Region 4 Meijer Steward Conference.
What does Union membership do for you?
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Just ask Jeremy Hunter from Harding's #903. UFCW 951 filed a
grievance on his behalf and he was awarded $2,263 in back pay.
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Wal-Mart lays
off 700 to 800 employees.
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Marv Russow (President of UFCW 951) and Roger Robinson
(President of UFCW 876) speak out about the auto bailout.
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