Save our Supermarkets!! Press Event at City Hall tomorrow!

Save our Supermarkets!

** Reminder! **

Important Press Conference at City Hall tomorrow…

S.T.A.R.T. Members will receive 200 points for attending!

Join Community activists, health advocates and labor leaders in developing a healthy food policy in New York City by providing better access to nutritious foods at full service supermarkets!

The rising cost of food and the disappearance of neighborhood supermarkets are creating a crisis situation in our City!

In order to address the situation UFCW Local 1500 is joining with community based organizations and elected leaders to begin to address this important issue. Come stand with this coalition so that we can generate as much media attention as possible to create awareness on this crisis.

When: Tomorrow- May 28, 2008
@ 1:00 pm

Where: Front steps of NY City Hall

Good Food…
Good Jobs…
Good Health.

For more information simply hit reply on this email.

Local 1500 Member Services Online

I'd like to write about some of the services Local 1500 has made available online. UFCW Local 1500 has made enormous steps allowing members to do many things at the convenience from any computer.

• Members can download pension forms here
• Members can download a change of address form here
• You can learn your Wiengarten rights here.
• Members can request a Contract here.
  

The website also allows you to sign up for email alerts and updates. You may sign up for updates for the following by simply heading over to the sign up page.

Joining the Womens Network
Joining Young Workers
Receiving Political Updates
Wal-Mart Free NYC
Grocery Workers Justice Project
Organizing a Union

And the most promptly you can email any questions you may have by using our contact form which is located here. Though I must note, Under no circumstances should you file a grievance online.

If all else fails you can always call the Union office at 1-800-522-0456 for information. I encourage all of you to take advantage of these features that Local 1500 has made available to all members.

Membership Involvment

By: Staten Island Representative Joe Castelli.

Union Membership is everyones responsibility, not just the representatives. Today, more than ever it's important for all of us to get involved and stay involved. If you go to work everyday and wonder what the union is doing, then you are missing the key point of union membership...
What are you doing? What are you doing to make the union stronger or healthier? Are you taking your 15 minute breaks? Are you making sure you're getting Sundays? We pass out contracts, read them. If you're full-time you should be getting 8 hours on holidays... Request a contract by clicking this link right here.

Don't be coerced by your store manager or DM to give up your contractual rights....The Contract is a 2 way street, there are things that work for the company and for you, the member. Don't give your rights away, because once the next negotiations begin the company will want those rights back...Ask your union rep how you can get involved, there many programs and activities that the union continues to look for members to get involved in....The S.T.A.R.T. Program, Political volunteering, Organizing (sign up by clicking here for these programs).

The dumbest question is the question that is not asked, if you have a question please call your representative (to find your reps phone number click here) or just simply email our web master Joe Fedele here. Demand the rights and protection your contract gives you, don't give these away because your manager needs help making labor, that isn't your problem, that's their problem. And remember it's not a grievance until the company has denied you your rights under the collective bargaining agreement.