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Allied Beverage Workers in New Jersey Join Local 1D

Workers at Allied Beverage in Elizabeth, N.J., recently joined UFCW Local 1D for the better benefits and workplace protections they have earned and deserve. Allied Beverage specializes in supplying fine wines and spirits and distributes alcoholic beverages and related products to restaurants and other licensed establishments. The new members of UFCW Local 1D are employed in the Mechanics Department and maintain electrical, mechanical and software lines at the plant.

The nine workers joined our union family because they were the only remaining nonunion employees at the plant, with the exception of office clerical workers, and wanted the same protections and benefits as their unionized colleagues at the facility.

Jason Santiago works in the Mechanics Department at Allied Beverage.

“I’m proud to now be represented by Local 1D and be a part of the union representing warehouse workers and salespersons at Allied Beverage,” said Jason Santiago, who works in the Mechanics Department at the plant.

Cafeteria Workers in Connecticut Stand Together for a Better Contract

Thirty-five members of UFCW Local 919 who are employed as cafeteria workers for the Vernon Board of Education in Vernon, Conn., ratified a new contract on June 12 that raises wages and protects benefits.

The three-year contract includes guaranteed raises each year of the contract and protects affordable health care benefits, including no increases in health care premiums. The new contract also includes a more efficient grievance and arbitration procedure, as well as new language to address grievances that arise over breaks, and doubles the reimbursement for safety equipment and shoes. UFCW Local 919 negotiated the tentative agreement with the Superintendent and the Vernon Board of Education via Zoom, and the ratification was held outdoors at a park pavilion so that everyone involved could practice social distancing.

“We’re proud that we have continually represented these members over the last 30 years,” said UFCW Local 919 President Mark A. Espinosa. “We have consistently achieved pay raises in all categories for these workers, while maintaining an affordable rate on health care benefits.”