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March 9, 2008
AN HISTORIC EVENT IN OUR UNIONS HISTORY
Today, members of UFCW Local 789 turned out in record numbers to
overwhelmingly ratify their new 3 year Retail Grocery and Meat Agreement.
Never before in the
80+ years of our Union did members turn out in the numbers they did today.
As a result of an unprecedented show of member power, a new 3 year agreement
is now in place with our Employers.
By allowing members to
participate and vote at their workplace, a new system has been born. A model
of member engagement and participation that will go down in the history of
local 789 as the day our members stood tall and exercised their right to
vote on their contract.
Our 25 member
Negotiation Committee was overwhelmed with the positive response from their
fellow Union members. We want to thank the members that turned out for the
vote at 39 locations throughout St. Paul and suburbs and supported our
recommendation to accept the new agreement.
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