Posts Tagged: UFCW Local 464A

UFCW and UFCW/RWDSU members participated in a national day of action on July 11 to show their support for Guitar Center workers. Members leafleted customers and talked to workers at Guitar Center stores about workers joining the UFCW/RWDSU to have a union voice on the job and to also call on the company to bargain in good faith with workers during contract negotiations. Workers at Guitar Center stores in Chicago, New York, and Las Vegas have already voted to join the UFCW/RWDSU.

UFCW Locals 1, 7R, 8GS, 21, 27, 75, 135, 152, 328, 367, 400, 455, 464A, 540, 700, 881, 1000, 1208, 1360, 1428, 1439, 1442, 1459, 1473, 1546, and 1564 along with UFCW/RWDSU Locals 108, 338, and 1034 participated and more than 50 Guitar Center stores were leafleted across the country. Guitar Center workers are demanding fair wages, affordable benefits, paid sick days, and a fair contract. Locals can support Guitar Center workers by:

-Calling Guitar Center corporate headquarters at 818-735-8800 or tweeting @GuitarCenter and telling CEO Mike Pratt that workers deserve a fair contract

-Calling 212-684-5300 or emailing changeguitarcenter@gmail.com to become involved in the campaign

UFCW members attended the Young Workers Committee hosted by the New Jersey chapter of the AFL-CIO to learn how to help young members become more active in the labor movement.

This month, members from UFCW Locals 464A, 1360 and UFCW/RWDSU Local 108 attended the New Jersey State AFL-CIO Young Workers Committee. The New Jersey state program is part of a larger national program committed to strengthen young worker involvement in the labor movement. Young workers from across the state attended the AFL-CIO’s statewide conference where they met labor leaders including AFL-CIO secretary treasurer Elizabeth Shuler.  They discussed ways to all support each other in their efforts to activate younger rank and file members in the labor movement. UFCW members were excited  to meet other AFL-CIO members who together, will support ongoing efforts to build a stronger labor movement with more involvement of younger workers.