THE COVID-19 WORLD HAS IMPACTED OUR WORKPLACE
Working safely and working smartly in our supermarkets, warehouses and processing plants has become demanding and stressful. Apart from the wearing of masks and observing social distancing, many of us have also become policemen finding it necessary to regulate the actions of customers and some coworkers to assure proper safety. Unfortunately, the situation may get worse before it gets better, especially if we see a large spike in the number of cases in the New York-New Jersey Metro Area. The solutions we are all anxiously awaiting are a vaccine and a treatment program. We are confident with...
About Your Prescription Drug Coverage and Medicare
Important  Notice  from  the Local 464A United Food & Commercial Workers' Union Welfare Service Benefit Fund Please read this notice carefully and keep it where you can find it. This notice has information about your current prescription drug coverage with the Local 464A United Food & Commercial Workers Union Welfare Service Benefit Fund (“the Local 464A Fund”) and about your options under Medicare’s prescription drug coverage. This information can help you decide whether or not you want to join a Medicare Drug Plan. Information about where you can get help to make...
STATUS OF MAJOR CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS
The new COVID-19 World has changed so many of our practices and procedures. Among those changes are the manner in which we negotiate our Collective Bargaining Agreements. As we know, our contract demands and selection of those to serve on the Contract Committee were all conducted at store level to avoid hundreds of people congregating at the Union Hall. The demands have been tentatively formulated and will be reviewed by the Contract Committee, which was selected by the Executive Board Members working for that particular Company participating in negotiations. The first meeting of the Union...
LOOKING AT THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THROUGH THE EYES OF A UNION PRESIDENT
One thing we can all be sure of is that neither President Donald Trump nor Vice President Joe Biden will take full responsibility for supporting you and your family – that’s our obligation. So then what are the things that matter about the candidate we support from a Union point of view, based upon economics and a better lifestyle? First, no one likes to be told which candidate they must vote for, and this article will not do that. Second, we also will not deal with personalities and will not insult the integrity of either candidate. Speaking from an economic point of view, we should evaluate...