Monthly Archives: March 2017

Weingarten cards are now available at the UFCW Print Store. The cards have been printed in English on one side and are available 25 additional languages.

The languages include:

Albanian

Amharic

Arabic

Bosnian

Burmese

Cantonese

French

Haitian

Hakha Chin

Hindi

Hmong

Karen

Khmer

Kiswahili

Korean

Lao

Nepali

Russian

Serbian

Simplified Chinese

Somali

Spanish

Tagalog

Thai

Vietnamese

You can visit the UFCW Print Store to purchase Weingarten cards here. Minimum orders are in batches of 100 in the same language. If you have any questions about accessing the UFCW Print Store, contact Zena Cole and Andre Johnson (zcole@ufcw.org and ajohnson@ufcw.org).

On March 3, RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum spoke at a rally in front of New York City Hall in support of Intro. 1387, legislation that will ban on-call scheduling practices in the retail industry. On-call scheduling disrupts workers’ lives by requiring them to be available to work certain hours even if they are not scheduled to work and won’t get paid. Appelbaum also testified at the New York City Council’s hearing in support of the ban.

“On-call scheduling is a pervasive and exploitive employment practice where workers do not find out until just before a scheduled shift if they will be required to work or not,” Appelbaum said. “On-call scheduling is devastating for retail workers. You need to put your life on hold and be available for work – regardless of whether you will be called-in or paid. If you are a part-time worker, the uncertainty of your schedule means you can’t arrange for a needed second job. If you are a parent, you don’t know if you are going to need child care. If you want to continue your schooling, you can’t sign up for classes without knowing your availability.”

“Today’s hearings are a critical first step in helping workers gain more control over their own lives and their ability to earn a living,” Appelbaum added. “I urge the city council to pass Intro. 1387 swiftly.”