UFCW Local 5: Serving the interests of members in Alameda, Contra Costa, Monterey, Napa, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Solano Counties and members in Agriculture throughout California and Arizona

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Help Local 5's Union Printer Fight
Rett Syndrome, Vote with a Click
 

Steve Jones, owner of Pacific Printing and a Local 5 member, and his wife are facing a situation no parent wants to be in. Their daughter Brynn has a rare neurological condition called Rett Syndrome. With typical Jones optimism, though, they are facing this challenge head on.

Pepsi is holding a contest where various foundations and charities can get a $250,000 grant based on the number of votes they get form the public. You can help by voting! You can vote every day through July 31. Please click here for further details.

You have to register for your vote to count, but all that is required is your name, email and birth date. Brynn and the Jones family thank you!

AFL-CIO Leader Blasts DC for
Lack of Leadership on Economy

Local 5 Labor Foundation
for Working Families
Annual Golf Tourney Set

The annual Local 5 golf tournament has been set for September 15 at Sunol Valley Golf Club. This year both courses have been reserved so no one will have to sit out the match, according to Tim Hamann Tournament chairman.

Tee time is Noon (Sharp!) on September 15 so please plan accordingly. All proceeds will go to Local 5 charities. See the attached flier for more details.


Berkeley Bowl Workers Rally Against Company Inspired Decertification

Workers at Berkeley Bowl are rallying to defeat a management inspired decertification election Wednesday June 23. Instead of coming to that table to negotiate a renewal contract upon the expiration of the first agreement, the company promoted a decertification.

Bowl employees, other Berkeley workers and their unions, customers and community members are having no part of the company's union busting actions. Union delegations are taking place daily through the day of the vote and a rally will be held Monday June 21. 

Local 5 Scores Huge Victories
Against Wal Mart and other
Non-Union Retailers in Milpitas and Dublin

On the evening of June 1 Local 5 scored significant victories in the fight against the spread of non-union grocery in the Bay Area.

In Milpitas the city council voted 4-1 to deny Wal Mart the ability to convert its existing discount center into a super center. Despite the fact that the planning commission sided with Wal Mart on the issue the city council did the right thing for workers. This decision by the council will mean that union jobs in Milpitas and the surrounding areas will not fall victim to the introduction more unfair non-union competition.

Local 5 President Ron Lind commended Art Balangue, Jerry Lee Ruggiero, Tina Mendoza, Tony Alexander and Phil Tucker for their efforts to win this fight.

In Dublin the city council also voted 4-1 (there's always one in every crowd) to direct staff to draft an ordinance requiring a conditional use permit (CUP) for grocery sales within the city limits. This regulation will give the union the tools necessary to prevent retailers like Wal Mart, Target and a host of other anti-worker outfits from setting up shop in Dublin.

The effort in Dublin was headed by collective bargaining director John Nunes and Local 5 development consultant Mark Wolfe.

Celebration of Life Scheduled
for Chris Gray

Details for a celebration of Chris Gray's life have been released by the family and the Martinez office.

Anyone who worked with, knew or had their life improved by knowing him is welcome to come to the June 1st memorial. Click here for a flyer put together by Beverly Fleming of the Martinez office.

Candlelight Vigil Held
May 15

On Saturday May 15 a candlelight vigil was held in memory of Chris Gray at the Martinez office. Many Local 5 members, their families and friends attended the emotional event.

The family has announced that a memorial service will be held for Chris in the first part of June. Details of the celebration of his life will be posted here.

Please Click here for a memorial flyer with additional information compiled  by fellow union representative Oscar Orozco.

Labor Warrior Chris Gray
Passes Away

On May 12, 2010 UFCW Local 5 Union Representative Chris Gray died in a tragic accident. While retrieving one of his dogs, who had gotten off leash during their daily walk, he was struck and killed by a train at  Pinole Shores Regional Park.

 


Chris Gray
1950-2010

Chris was a longtime representative at UFCW Local 1179 in Contra Costa County prior to the merger and post merger he continued to work out of the Martinez office. He began his career in the grocery industry in Massachusetts in 1966. Chris took his responsibility as a union representative extremely seriously and was a very effective advocate for the membership. He always kept a cool head about him but also would not shrink from a fight if need be.

Local 5 President Ron Lind commented On Chris’s passing by saying, “Chris was a fine representative of Local 5, dedicated to our union and respected by our members. He will be missed by all of us. Our thoughts are with his family.”

Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced on this website. 

For more information contact Mike Henneberry at mhenneberry@ufcw5.org or (510)583-8420.


 President Obama Signs Health Care
        Bill Signals New Beginning

President Obama has signed the most significant piece of legislation to wind its way through the Washington bureauracracy in recent memory, health care reform.

It is expected that once the changess contained in the bill take hold health care costs will flatten out. Bringing cost containment to the wild annual premium increases that plague the current system will have a positive effect on bargaining. Eventually health care will move out of priority one in bargaining (trying to preserve it for the union and trying to reduce the cost for management) and be replaced by other topics, like wages, that have taken a back seat for years.

US House of Representatives Passes
Health Care Reform Package

On Sunday March 21 the United States House of Representatives voted 224 to 206 to begin the process to institute health care reform. The vote proved that the Obama administration and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-SF) had the votes necessary to pass reform.

"This vote signifies the achievement of a goal that has been elusive since Teddy Roosevelt first attempted to pass a national health plan" said Local 5 President Ron Lind. "The efforts over the years to get this done have been well worth it. I can say with no fear of contradiction, that he role of the labor movement in general and Local 5 in particular have been key factors to this major achievement." 


Is Massachusetts or Oregon
the Guide to the Future?

Millions of Gallons of ink for print and billions of pixels on the internet have been spilled trying to explain how a former Playgirl model got elected Senator from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Most prognosticators predict this is the beginning of the end for the Obama Administration and its goals and the progressive agenda in general.

However, if one takes a deep breath and looks at the results of a recent election in Oregon it is possible to come to a completely different conclusion.

The electorate in Oregon, like voters in Massachusetts, were not in a mood to be messed with. On January 26 they voted to uphold the state's authority to tax the wealthy and corporations at  higher rates.

Last year the state legislature, like every family, business and county and city government found themselves in a tight financial position. Instead of participating in massive reductions in services and pay and benefit reductions, like in California, they chose to make the rich and corporations pay their fair share. Business and the rich didn't like this and got enough signatures to put the question on the ballot.

On January 26 the people spoke. They registered their consternation, but unlike their counterparts in Massachusetts, there was no confusion where they were coming from. They voted to retain their quality of life by making sure that those who have benefitted he most share with everyone else.

Click here to see a good editorial on the Massachusetts election from the AFL-CIO.  


         
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"Management is right.....in miraculously few cases."
 Ed Asner, Actor and President of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) 1982

 

 

UFCW Local 5 Events

 

Safeway Agreement
Available Online

New Union Market Share
Events Announced

Local 5 Golf Tournament
September 15, 2010

UFCW Local 5 Approved
AT&T Discount Offer

Union Scores Huge Victories Over Wal Mart and other Non Union
Retailers in Milpitas and Dublin
(See Center Column)

Local 5 Scores Organizing In Medical Cannabis Industry

2010 UFCW Local 5 Scholarship is Here! 25 $1000 Awards Open to Members and Their Children Must Apply by July 15, Click Here to Enter

Important Safety Info Regarding Working Bottled Water
 

Local 5 Night at Oakland Coliseum with the A's August 17 vs. Toronto
Contact Hayward Office

Local 5 Night at ATT Park with the SF Giants 
July 30 vs. LA Dodgers
Contact San Jose Office

Union Plus Announces Package of Benefits to Assist Members: Union SAFE

Union Plus Scholarships Available, Click Here
 

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Political Activities*

Shop Steward Training

*These activities are applicable to the dues refund and new members initiation fee reduction programs

         

         

 


 

Headquarters
240 South Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113
408-998-0428
877-655-FIVE
Fax 408-971-8355
E-mail Address:
info@ufcw5.org

Alameda County
28870 Mission Boulevard
Hayward, CA 94544
510-889-0870
Fax: 510-889-6415

California And Arizona
Agricultural Division

Salinas Office

1145 North Main Street 
 Salinas, CA 93906

831-758-1066
800-678-4829
Fax: 831-422-7997

Delano Office
1122 Dover Place
Delano, CA 93215

888-889-9102

Fax: 661-721-7693

Contra Costa County
4121 Alhambra Avenue
Martinez, CA 94553
925-228-8800
Fax: 925-228-8355

Tri-County Area
(Monterey, Santa Cruz,
San Benito Counties)

1145 North Main Street 
 Salinas, CA 93906
Toll Free: 800-839-8329
Salinas: 831-757-3094
Monterey: 831-375-9592
Fax: 831-757-9115

Napa, Solano Counties
410 Nebraska Street
mailing address: PO Box 4324
Vallejo, CA 94590

Vallejo: 707-643-8611
Napa: 707-255-8533
Fairfield/Vacaville:
707-422-5747
Fax: 707-553-1289