CoronavirusNews Moderna and Pfizer boosters highly effective against Omicron Both vaccines still excel at preventing infection while others only guard against severe disease. Scientists…adminJanuary 21, 2022
CoronavirusPress Release UFCW: FDA Pfizer Approval Key to Vaccination Efforts Vital to Protecting Essential Workers, Stopping COVID Spread 483 Frontline Worker COVID Deaths Confirmed Among Union’s Members as Delta Variant Cases Explode Across…adminAugust 24, 2021
Contract NegotiationsCoronavirusNewsPress Release UFCW: CDC Mask Policy for Vaccinated Must Recognize Challenges Essential Retail and Grocery Workers Still Face America’s Largest Union for Frontline Retail and Grocery Workers Highlights Need for CDC to Address…adminMay 14, 2021
CoronavirusNews UFCW Local 99 Essential Workers on the Front Lines WATCH: Members of UFCW Local 99 go to work every day to serve the community.…adminMarch 26, 2021
CoronavirusNewsPress Release Kroger Endangers Los Angeles Food Supply with Additional Store Closures Retaliating Against Hazard Pay Mandates Enacted to Protect Community & Provide Critical Support to Grocery Workers Facing Risk of COVID Exposure America’s Largest Food and Retail Union Condemns Kroger Escalation of Attack on Essential Workers by…adminMarch 11, 2021
Coronavirus McLaughlin requests answers: Why are companies scaling back COVID protections? As new cases of COVID-19 continue to spike in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah, we…adminJuly 3, 2020
CoronavirusPress Release America’s Largest Food & Retail Union Confirms Growing COVID-19 Impact on Frontline Workers New Numbers Released: Over last 100 Days – 238 Frontline Worker Deaths from COVID-19, Nearly…adminJune 25, 2020
CoronavirusPress Release American Farmers, Ranchers and Food Workers Call for Better Worker Protections at Meatpacking Plants to Stop COVID-19 Outbreaks and Protect Food Supply Diverse Group Makes Urgent Call on Trump Administration to Take Immediate Safety Steps to Prevent…adminJune 3, 2020
CoronavirusTownhall McLaughlin to members: Stay vigilant as states reopen In a telephonic town hall on May 20, UFCW Local 99 President Jim McLaughlin called…adminMay 22, 2020
CoronavirusPress Release Arizona Enrichment Centers To Offer Child Care To Grocery Store, Food Bank Employees PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey announced today that the Arizona Enrichment Centers Program will expand to…adminMay 14, 2020