IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2021
  COVID-19 UPDATE   A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE VACCINE TUNNEL FOR FOOD WORKERS!     President Niccollai reported today that as you know from prior postings, your Union has been unwavering in our attempt to achieve recognition of “our Essential Worker status” for receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.  Well, we can finally report success on that issue.   We received a message this morning from our International Union that the Office of the Governor of the State of New Jersey announced as of March 29, 2021 food workers in New Jersey will be eligible as a class...
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021
TELEPHONIC MARCH 9, 2021 MEMBERSHIP MEETING Based upon the Coronavirus Pandemic social gathering restrictions, and also in order to assure membership safety, the General Membership Meeting for Tuesday, March 9, 2021 will be held telephonically at 7:00 P.M.  Members who wish to participate should contact JoAnn Piscitelli at 973-256-6790 in order to verify membership and obtain access instructions for participating.  To hold the meeting telephonically, we must notify the Host Company as to the approximate number of participants.  We must, therefore, ask members who would like to...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021
COVID-19 UPDATE   STOP THE HESITATION AND EXPEDITE THE VACCINATION!   UFCW Locals 1262 and 464A have been working nonstop to get our members access to the COVID-19 vaccine.  To date, we have contacted numerous elected officials, including the Governors of New Jersey and New York, our State Senators and, through our International, members of the Biden Administration.  We have also had detailed dialogue with the heads of the State Federations of Labor.  In all candor, everyone we have spoken with has the highest admiration and praise for all of our Brothers and...
AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2021
  KINGS BANKRUPTCY UPDATE Your Union was notified today by our Kings Bankruptcy Attorneys that the Federal Trade Commission has cleared the issues that were holding up the sale to ACME and, further, the sale should close on or about January 23, 2021.  As we know, this sale relates to 27 stores and we need to continue in our quest with ACME and our other Union Employers to get positions for any Kings member displaced and seeking employment. ACME will be assuming the Kings contract along with our no co-pay Health Plan and our Defined Benefit Pension Plan, which is an outstanding...