AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI - FRIDAY, JULY 30, 2021
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 KINGS UPDATE – RAISES, RETRO PAY AND UNUSED VACATION President Niccollai reported that your Union has been vigorously pursuing the issues captioned above on behalf of our Kings Membership.  It is our understanding that our Brothers and Sisters received their raises and retro pay with the checks issued for this week’s pay period.  (SUCCESS!) The Company has also been informed by the Union that the $200.00 full-time and $100.00 part-time retention bonuses were not included in the retro payout.  We have been assured that the Company will address those...
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI - THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2021
ACME MEMBERS RECEIVED RAISES AND RETRO -- KINGS IS NEXT! President Niccollai reported today that after weeks of contentious negotiations with ACME, we were successful in getting the Company to honor their projection that raises and retro money would be paid out by the middle of July. We now move on to Kings Supermarkets and the Company projection that the raises and retro will be paid out by the end of this month.  I am in constant communication with the top Company Executives of Kings seeking reassurances that we will achieve that result and, as of this morning, they reconfirmed...
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI - WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021
STATE OF NEW YORK CHILDCARE ESSENTIAL WORKER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM President Niccollai reported that our International Union notified us today that Governor Cuomo has enacted a $25 million Childcare Scholarship Program for Essential Workers, which includes our members working in the Food Industry in New York. The process to apply for this program is online and rather than attempting to cover all aspects of the program, we will provide the link and interested New York members can proceed directly. Those wishing to participate in the Child Care Scholarship Program should log on to the following...
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI - FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021
POSITIVE PROGRESS ON KINGS AND ACME CONTRACT RAISES AND RETRO PAY President Niccollai reported today that as everyone is aware, your Union has been in constant contact with every possible source in order to get our contract raises and retro pay money from Kings Supermarkets and ACME Markets.  Apparently our efforts are now turning out to be successful and the wage raises may hit in as early as the first or second week in July; the retro pay should follow shortly thereafter. I have personally had numerous and extensive meetings and conversations with Dan Dosenbach and Joan Williams who...