Posts Categorized: Organizing

Fifty more Zara workers in New Jersey joined UFCW Local 888 for a better life on Feb. 9.

Some of the workers who work at the Zara store in the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, N.J., were transferred from other Zara stores represented by UFCW Local 888, and missed the benefits of having a union voice in the workplace. After talking with UFCW Local 888 representatives, these workers and their colleagues decided to stand together and join our union for the better wages, benefits, and health and safety protections that come with having a union contract. UFCW Local 888 represents hundreds of Zara workers in New Jersey.

“The Zara workers at American Dream made it clear to us that because of the challenges of COVID-19, they needed UFCW representation more than ever,” said UFCW Local 888 President Max Bruny. “While we are all preoccupied with beating the virus, these workers were also waging another battle that never ends: the fight for a voice at work. We are proud to welcome all of them to the UFCW family.” 

On Feb. 8, meat, seafood and deli workers at a Safeway store in Denver joined UFCW Local 7 for the better wages and benefits that come with a union contract.

The 17 workers joined our union family via a card check election because they wanted a voice in the workplace and the same wages and benefits as their unionized colleagues at the store. Because of existing contract language pertaining to organizing, the local was able to obtain a neutrality agreement from the employer and the new members of UFCW Local 7 have been added into the current contract. The entire unit in Safeway store #839 is now comprised of 69 workers and the store is now wall-to-wall union.

“When workers recognize their true value and recognize their own solidarity, they win! We are honored to have the privilege to represent essential heroes,” said UFCW Local 7 President Kim Cordova.