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UFCW Local 23 represents
working men and women in:
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Department Stores
Nursing Homes
Gaming Resorts
Healthcare
Warehousing
Food Servicing
Hotels |
Supermarkets
Food Processing
Liquor Stores
Fisheries
Truck Drivers
Manufacturing
Drug Stores |
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| NEWS |
Archived News |
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| Welcome to UFCW Local 23's website |
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| President Ron Lenhart extends a hearty welcome to all Stewards, Members, and all those interested in the labor movement, to our web site. This web site was designed to increase our communication with our membership and all working people. Visitors will be able to learn more about who we are and what we are all about. There is helpful information for members about their job, benefits, activities, and how to get more involved in their union. We will also have news on the site that pertains not only to members of Local 23, but to all working men and women.
A special section of this web site is devoted to the Shop Stewards of the Local with information on how to deal effectively with problems that they encounter in the workplace and general information that stewards will find helpful in performing their duties. To get into the Stewards area, Stewards will need to e-mail the Local and they will be assigned a password. Please send your e-mail to red@ufcw23.com identifying yourself and your work location and we will e-mail you with your password. We look forward to adding more information to the Stewards area on an ongoing basis.
Again, welcome all. We hope that all visitors find this site informative and helpful. |
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| LOCAL 23 NEEDS YOUR PHONE NUMBER |
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| Local 23 has found a great tool to increase our communication with our members, but it only works if we have your correct phone number. The service is called Tele-Blast and it can instantaneously phone members about important meetings, issues, votes, etc. We are asking members who want to be included in these phone messages to update their phone numbers with us. Your phone number WILL NOT be given to ANYONE. Please call the receptionist with your current phone number and we will do the rest. Thanks. |
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| ORGANIZE -WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND HOW DO WE DO IT? |
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| The dictionary defines it as: to persuade to join in a common cause. If you currently work in a union shop chances are good that you are already organizing workers everyday. You are talking with co-workers, especially the new hires, educating them about their rights and protections under the contract, informing them of upcoming union events and even discussing the endorsed candidates for political office. If you are not doing these things, you should be.
If you are working in a non-union environment you know that things could be a whole lot better if you had a union contract. You may also know that 7 out of 10 workers would join a union if not for the fear factor. You may be one of those workers who fear that they may lose their job if they try to form a union. FEDERAL LAW PROTECTS YOUR RIGHT TO FORM A UNION AND YOU CAN NOT BE
LEGALLY FIRED FOR TRYING TO FORM A UNION. When you educate yourself and your co-workers about your rights under federal law the fear will disappear. Union members on average enjoy higher wages, better health benefits and working conditions. If you are interested in finding out more about having a true voice at work with dignity and respect then click here.
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| 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION--YES WE DID |
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| THE ELECTION IS OVER BUT OUR WORK HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. |
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| EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT |
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| THE TICKET TO THE MIDDLE CLASS IS WITHIN THE GRASP OF MILLIONS OF WORKERS. WE ARE POISED TO CLAIM A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES. THE COST? A LITTLE TIME SPENT IN CONTACTING OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES BY PHONE, IN PERSON OR BY E-MAIL COULD MAKE ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. TELL THEM TO PASS THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT NOW. IF YOU ARE UNSURE OF WHO YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE CLICK HERE.
SIXTY MILLION WORKERS SAY THEY WOULD JOIN A UNION IF THEY COULD. THEY KNOW THAT UNION WORKERS EARN 30 PERCENT MORE THAN NON-UNION WORKERS AND ARE 62 PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO HAVE EMPLOYER PAID HEALTH COVERAGE. CEO'S NEGOTIATE THEIR CONTRACTS--THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT WOULD ENSURE WORKERS HAVE THE SAME RIGHT. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT, CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW.
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| UFCW RECOVER $1.5 MILLION FOR WORKERS |
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| Five hundred and fifty gourmet grocery workers will receive nearly $1.5 million in unpaid wages, thanks to the efforts of ufcw local 1500. It was discovered during an organizing campaign at Amish Markets in New York that a number of employees who had been working up to 60 hours per week who were not paid time-and-a- half for their overtime as required by law. Some workers were even paid less than mimimum wage as part of a so called "trial period".
additionally, there was at least one whistleblower who was terminated in retaliation for providing information to the New York Department of Labor. This information came to light after the DOL conducted a sweep of nine locations which confirmed the violations of the law.
Bruce W. Both, president of UFCW Local 1500 said," when workers do not receive the pay that they are entitled to by law, both workers and taxpayers suffer The New York State Department of Labor and the workers from Amish Markets, deserve the gratitude of every taxpayer in the city because they had the courage to stand up and say:" This is wrong!" Today, the only thing being served and delivered by these grocery workers is justice." |
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| Check out the real stories of real workers who know first hand why American working families want and need Congress to pass The Employee Free Choice Act |
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| http://www.ufcw.tv/employeefreechoice.htm
Then, take a minute to call Senator Arlen Specter at (202) 224-4254 or write to him at 711 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510. Tell Senator Specter that he should change his decision that will destroy the American dream for so many working families to one that will, without a doubt, improve the lives of millions and rebuild the middle class. Tell him to support The Employee Free Chioce Act. |
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