IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2025
REPORT ON SIXTH MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT  NEGOTIATION SESSION President Niccollai reported that the sixth negotiating session between the Union and ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCiccos and other independent employers was held yesterday, August 11, 2025, at the Best Western in Fairfield, New Jersey.  At this meeting, the employers presented the Union negotiating committee with a third contract proposal seeking to achieve a contract. In all candor, the committee appreciated the fact that the company withdrew a number of their previous contract demands but the...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2025
REPORT ON FIFTH MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION SESSION President Niccollai reported that the fifth negotiating session between the Union and ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCicco’s and other independent employers was held yesterday, August 5, 2025, at the Wyndham hotel in Totowa, New Jersey.  This meeting also encompassed the Union actuaries submitting additionally requested information to the company actuaries at the conclusion of the session between the company representatives and the Union negotiating committee. A good negotiator knows that the process of...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025
REPORT ON FOURTH MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION SESSION President Niccollai reported that the fourth negotiating session between the Union and ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCiccos and other independent employers was held today, July 24, 2025, at the Best Western hotel in Fairfield, New Jersey.  At this point in our negotiations, we are honing in on those areas of greatest concern and strongest disagreement. It is obvious that the employers are pushing back hard on the funding of our healthcare and pension plans.  Several members of the management team indicated...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI JULY 10, 2025
REPORT ON THIRD MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT  NEGOTIATION SESSION President Niccollai reported on the third negotiating meeting concerning a new contract with ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCiccos and other independent employers which was held today, July 10, 2025, at the Best Western hotel in Fairfield, New Jersey.  At this third meeting, the Union discussed the fact that, notwithstanding the Company and Union professionals working on numbers for healthcare and pension plan increases, the passage of President Trump’s tax bill could muddy the waters.  We may now...