IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2025
SEPTEMBER 16, 2025, MEMBERSHIP MEETING The General Membership Meeting scheduled for TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2025, at 7:00 P.M. will be held in-person. Members who wish to participate should contact Rosa Amica-Terra at 973-256-6790 to verify membership and obtain instructions for participation.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2025
CONTRACT RATIFICATION VOTE RESULTS President Niccollai reported today that four (4) members of the Contract Negotiations Committee along with the Union Officers and staff members tallied the votes received at the store level from this past Saturday, Sunday, and Monday morning. We are most pleased to report the results as follows: 2,115 – “YES” Votes to accept the Company’s final contract offer.  15 – “NO” Votes to reject the Company’s final contract offer and strike. As the numbers indicate this contract without question strongly satisfies our contract needs in the areas of wages, no co-...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2025
CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE *FINAL PROPOSAL TO BE SUBMITTED FOR RATIFICATION* President Niccollai reported today that a tentative settlement has been reached with ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCicco’s, and other Independent Employers which along with monumental pay increases will guarantee no co-pay medical and proper funding for a non-contributory Defined Benefit Pension Plan for the entire term of the Agreement. These accomplishments are unparalleled anywhere else in our Industry and come with substantial cost to our Employers. The noteworthy highlights include: Beating...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2025
NEGOTIATIONS RUMOR MILL President Niccollai reported today that the Union is receiving phone calls from extremely concerned Members regarding the status of our contract.  These calls are all over the lot - some saying we are definitely going on strike and others saying that an agreement has been reached.  Unfortunately, as always with the rumor mill, it’s never correct.  As I indicated in our last posting, the companies did withdraw a number of previous contract demands and did, in fact, present a wage proposal which we view as totally inadequate.  Our next negotiating...