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Ahold Acquires 37 stores & 2 Regional Chains on Long Island, New York

Fri, 04 Jan 2019 14:24:40 -0500

WESTBURY, NY (1/4/2019)(readMedia)-The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Long Island, N.Y. based King Kullen Supermarket Company as well as their wholly owned subsidiary Wi...

UFCW Local 1500 Announces Endorsement of Jessica Ramos in NY Senate District 13

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:44:59 -0400

United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1500, New York State's largest grocery workers union today announced its endorsement of Jessica Ramos to be the next New York State Senator to represent the constituents from District 13.

New York's Largest Grocery Union Hosts Breakfast with Santa Claus

Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:46:46 -0500

On Sunday, December 11th, UFCW Local 1500 hosted a special breakfast with Santa Claus. This annual event serves as a way to thank Local 1500 members, many of whom work at area grocery stores and retail shops, for working so hard to make the holida...

Statement on President-Elect Donald Trump

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:25:02 -0500

Tony Speelman, President of New York's Largest Grocery Workers Union, United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1500 released the following statement regarding yesterday's Presidential Election

Hale & Hearty Workers Vote in Union

Fri, 21 Oct 2016 07:00:49 -0400

In a huge victory for working men and women in New York City, workers at Hale & Hearty's commissary in Brooklyn, N.Y. banded together and voted last night to unionize. The 56 workers overwhelmingly chose to be represented by New York's larges...

Hale & Hearty Workers Vote in Union

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 16:13:14 -0400

New Television Ad Shows How Best Yet and Best Market Stores Hurt Hardworking Families

Thu, 08 Sep 2016 11:50:40 -0400

As part of an ongoing effort to highlight hardworking people, and their desire for better jobs, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union is launching a coordinated television campaign and grassroots effort to show why Long Island needs ...

UFCW Local 1500 Members Are Going To Light The Night!

Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:28:09 -0400

The Long Island Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) today announced that employees from UFCW Local 1500 have formed a team that will participate in this fall's Light The Night® Walk, raising money to find cures and provide access ...

New Union President Elected for NY's Largest Grocery Union

Fri, 13 May 2016 09:30:05 -0400

Tony Speelman, a committed labor leader who has dedicated nearly four decades of fighting for hard working men and women, was unanimously elected President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 (UFCW). UFCW Local 1500 represents ove...

Tony Speelman Elected President of New York's Largest Grocery Workers Union

Thu, 12 May 2016 07:45:43 -0400

Tony Speelman, a committed labor leader who has dedicated nearly four decades of fighting for hard working men and women, was unanimously elected President of the over 20,000 member United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 (UFCW). Robert Newe...

New York's Largest Grocery Workers Union to Handbill Pick Quick Key Food During Pre-Mother's Day Shopping

Sat, 07 May 2016 08:37:49 -0400

New York's largest grocery workers union, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500, has been in contract negotiations with Pick Quick Key Food Inc.,which operates six stores in Brooklyn and Nassau counties. Executive Officer Benjamin Levine i...

Grocery Union to Leaflet at 6 Pick Quick Key Food Stores

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 10:16:25 -0400

New York's Largest Grocery Workers Union Urges Senator Bernie Sanders to End Presidential Bid

Thu, 21 Apr 2016 11:47:39 -0400

Anthony Speelman, Secretary-Treasurer of New York's largest grocery workers union, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500, released the following statement after Secretary Hillary Clinton's New York Primary Victory:

Anthony Speelman of UFCW Local 1500 Named Corporate Chair for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light the Night Walk

Fri, 08 Apr 2016 12:01:52 -0400

The Long Island Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) has announced Anthony Speelman, Secretary-Treasurer of New York's Largest Grocery Workers Union, UFCW Local 1500, as corporate chair of its 2016 Light The Night® Walk, LLS's annu...

New York's Largest Grocery Workers Union Mobilizes Thousands to Stop Fast Track

Thu, 11 Jun 2015 14:33:41 -0400

New York's largest grocery workers union, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500 , today released the following statement urging members of the House of Representatives to vote no on fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

New York's Largest Grocery Workers Union: Stop Fast Tracking TPP

Fri, 22 May 2015 10:56:06 -0400

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500, today released the following statement about the U.S. Congress pushing to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

New 3-Year Union Contract for Fairway Market Workers

Fri, 22 May 2015 10:09:37 -0400

Yesterday, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500 union members working at Fairway Market overwhelmingly approved a new three-year contract.

New York State's Largest Grocery Workers Union: "Wegmans is the Wrong Fit for Brooklyn"

Fri, 15 May 2015 07:00:50 -0400

Bruce W. Both, President of New York's largest grocery workers union, the 23,000 member United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 Union (UFCW), today released the following statement after the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announc...

New York State's Largest Grocery Workers Union: "Wegmans is the Wrong Fit for Brooklyn"

Thu, 14 May 2015 16:58:23 -0400

D'Agostino Supermarket Workers Unanimously Ratify New 3 Year Contract

Mon, 04 May 2015 10:48:11 -0400

D'Agostino workers throughout New York unanimously ratified a new three-year contract. The agreement will provide five raises over the next three years to nearly 1,000 men and women working at D'Agostino's 13 stores. "I'm very proud of this new ...

May Day 2015 March & Rally to Highlight Income Inequality, Immigrants' Rights, and Low-Wage Worker Campaigns

Fri, 01 May 2015 10:30:58 -0400

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State's Largest Grocery Workers Union Reaches Tentative Agreement with D'Agostino Supermarket

Thu, 23 Apr 2015 15:24:51 -0400

New York State's largest grocery workers union, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500, announced their D'Agostino negotiating committee has reached a new tentative agreement with D'Agostino Supermarket.

Stop & Shop, King Kullen Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contracts

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 11:27:12 -0400

New York State's largest grocery workers union, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500, announced they have ratified new agreements with both Stop & Shop and King Kullen supermarkets. The new contracts were voted on and ratified ...

Over 8,500 New York Grocery Workers to Vote on New Contracts This Week

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:12:39 -0400

After six-months of tense negotiations, negotiating committees for United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500 announced they reached tentative agreements with Stop & Shop and King Kullen supermarkets. The previous agreements expired ...

New York State's Largest Grocery Union Reaches Tentative Agreements with Stop & Shop, King Kullen

Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:04:34 -0400