December Register

The December edition of The Register is now online for download. It features stories on the Shop Steward Seminar, Labor Day Parade, Mrs. Green's, Hale & Hearty Organizing and much much more! Check it out!

March Event Calendar

March 2014

Spring is almost here! Below you'll find the latest news and some upcoming events our Union is holding throughout March.

— LATEST NEWS & EVENTS — General Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 12, 20147:00 PM @ UFCW 1500 HQ Get involved at our first General Membership meeting of the year.  Have your questions on contracts, health benefits, pensions and negotiations answered by your Union Reps. and Executives. The meeting is held at UFCW Local 1500 HQ: 425 Merrick Ave. Westbury, NY 11590.   RSVP Now Emergency Blood DriveMarch 25, 20142:00- 8:00 PM @ UFCW 1500 HQ Make a difference in your community, give blood!  After a cold winter filled with blood shortages, the New York Blood Center has reached out and asked our union for help. Please donate or volunteer on March 25th, so we can help others in desperate need of blood!  RSVP is necessary, food and refreshments will be served throughout the day. Learn More Now & RSVP your time slot now! March Newsletter Now Available Online Check out the latest edition of The Register, our quarterly periodical addressing important issues our union faces each day.   Inside this issue we take a close look at our Organizing Team's fight against Mrs. Green's Natural Market in Mt. Kisco, we check-in at Whitestone Key Food, give a 2014 Political outlook and much more!  Download your copy (PDF) here! After you've read it, we'd like to know what you think!  Simply reply to this message or email info@ufcw1500.org with your comments or suggestions! UFCW International Scholarship: Apply Today - June 20, 2014! In 2014 the UFCW International will award several Scholarships, up to $8,000 each, to UFCW members or their unmarried dependents under the age of 20.  The application will be available online through June 20, 2014.   If you're unable to apply online, you may request an application by writing to: UFCW  International Union, Attn: Scholarship Program, 1775 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006. If you need the scholarship rules or an application in another language, please contact us at 1-800-551-4010 and we will obtain assistance for you.  Learn More Now Get social with your union:  Find us on Facebook.com/ufcw1500 and follow us @ufcw1500

UFCW Local 1500 Members Recognized at Hurricane Sandy Exhibit

Like all of us, UFCW Local 1500 Members working at Fairway in Red Hook were severely impacted during Super Storm Sandy....They (and Fairway) are now being recognized for helping rebuild their community after the super storm hit New York.  

The AFL-CIO has opened an exhibit recognizing and documenting the work of organized labor during and after Super Storm Sandy.  Photographs of workers and volunteers during the storm are posted along with reconstruction efforts.  Among the photos throughout the exhibit, photos of Red Hook Fairway workers and a story featured in our March edition of The Register, are up for display.

UFCW Local 1500 members working at Fairway in Red Hook helped clean up the ravaged store, then helped re-open the Brooklyn cornerstone store after a three-month closure due to severe damage.  Throughout the three-month closure at their Red Hook store, Fairway kept all their workers employed at other Fairway locations throughout the tri-state area, offering a free shuttle service for local workers.

You can check out the amazing exhibit here:

Graduate Center for Worker Education
25 Broadway, New York City 7th Floor
For more information contact Ed Murphy at 518-463-2141 or emurphy@wdiny.org.

Sandy Stories exhibit will be open until June 30, 2013