GOD BLEss AMERICA AND SHOP UNION THIS SummER ELECTION NOTICE PAGE 4 vOLUME 53, N0. 2 – MAY 2013 Harvey Whille IN THIS ISSUE PRESIDENT President’s Message ...............................3 Matthew Molinaro SECRETARY-TREASURER Secretary-Treasurer’s Message .......................5 John Colella RECORDER Election Notice ...................................4 ExECUTIvE BOARD vICE PRESIDENTS Ruby Boston, Pathmark Robert Grom, Pathmark Fresh Grocer Opens in New Brunswick ................6 Richard Brock, Stop & Shop Kevin Ireland, Stop & Shop Robert Brozowski, ShopRite Dolores Jackson, ShopRite 92-Year Old Benny Fiseto Still Going Strong ............9 Joseph Cahill, Foodtown Michael Kantor, Local 1262 Gerry Callan, ShopRite Karen McManus, Local 1262 Snapshots ......................................11 Michael DeMartino, Local 1262 Donald Merritt, Local 1262 Michael Ebbe, Local 1262 Kathleen Moreira, ShopRite William Erickson, ShopRite Michael Piccicacco, Local 1262 Jeanette Galante, ShopRite Stephanie Pieper, ShopRite 6 9 Pam Germain, Stop & Shop Richard Taylor, ShopRite Richard Giordano, Pathmark Darlene Walaszak, Stop & Shop Frances Green, Pathmark Kathy Wilder, ShopRite ExECUTIvE STAFF Michael Kantor John Colella Executive Vice President Recorder & Field Director Sal Colarieti, Assistant Field Director—ShopRite & Pathmark (North) Michael DeMartino, Assistant Field Director—ShopRite & Pathmark (South) THIS SUMMER – AND ALL YEAR – SHOP UNION Anthony Yodice, Assistant Field Director— STORES & BUY UNION-MADE PRODUCTS Stop & Shop, Foodtown & Independents Local 1262 President Whille reminds our members to shop Cynthia McCarthy, Communications Director UNION stores and buy UNION-MADE products whenever possible. Supermarkets represented by Local 1262 include: n Fairway Market n Milford Farms n ShopRite UNION REPRESENTATIvES n Foodtown n Morton Williams n Stop & Shop Michael Ebbe Christopher Molinaro n The Fresh Grocer n Pathmark John Faulhaber Tom Mount For a list of other Union retailers and UFCW Made Products, James Feimster Nancy Miller visit our website or www.unionplus.org. Armondo Frisenda James Mulholland Kenneth Hassett Manuel Pena Margaret Hreha Michael Piccicacco The 1262 Banner (ISSN-0190-4744) is If you have comments, suggestions, published quarterly by United Food & information or news you would like us to Richard Janssen Carmen Pizzi Commercial Workers Local 1262 consider for publication, please send to: for its members. Elizabeth Laughery Gary Sague E-mail: [email protected] Karen McManus David Uczen President: Harvey Whille Fax: 973-777-3430 Secretary-Treasurer: Matthew Molinaro Mail: 1389 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ 07013 Donald Merritt Thomas Whille Recorder: John Colella Periodical Postage paid at Clifton, NJ and Editor: Cynthia McCarthy additional offices Volume 53, No. 2 – MAY 2013 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: The Banner ExECUTIvE SECRETARIAL STAFF 1389 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ 07013 Christine Connery Valerie Morano Gladyz Feimster UFCW LoCaL 1262 President’s Message Why You Should Register To Vote onsidering we have not even officially started summer, November – and the upcoming elections – may seem a Clong way off. However, this is the perfect time to prepare for this important date by making sure you are registered to vote. And, if you are already registered, you might want to take a Harvey Whille few minutes to ensure that your voting records are current (for example, since the last time you voted, you are a woman, a person of color or a Native did you move, change your name, etc.). American, you cannot vote – period. n After the Civil War – In 1868 the 14th Amendment In New Jersey, we will be electing or re-electing allowed that all “persons” born or naturalized citi- a governor. But more importantly, each and every zens of the US could vote – but not if you seat in the New Jersey State Senate and are a woman and in some states, not if you the Assembly (120 seats total) are up for are a person of color. Two years later, the grabs. Some of these seats are in districts 15th Amendment is ratified to extend the where the races will be particularly close The“ right to vote to all people (again just men) meaning that a few votes one way or important another will have a major impact on who regardless of “…race, color or previous is sworn in at the State House in 2014. thing is that condition of servitude.” Still, in some states, In an effort to help our members, Local if you cannot pass a literacy test or pay the 1262 has joined forces with other UFCW you vOTE. poll tax you still cannot vote. Worse yet, even if you could meet all those require- Locals and the NJ AFL-CIO in a voter regis- tration drive. Our Union Representatives ments, if you were a man of color you still have been out in the stores helping members register might not vote because of the threat of violence. ”n Less than 100 years ago – Finally women are and will continue to do so right up to the election. But registering isn’t enough. You have to learn given the right to vote (1920) however in some as much as you can about the candidates and then places you still cannot vote if you cannot pass go out to the polls and vote for the person that best the literacy test or pay poll taxes. In 1964, the represents the things that matter to you. 24th Amendment is ratified prohibiting the use of The important thing is that you VOTE. tests or poll taxes. However, in some parts of the The “right” to vote in this country did not come country physical violence, threats and harassment easy and, until fairly recently, was pretty much continue to prevent people from voting. limited to white men of property and wealth. What n Less than 50 years ago – In 1971 18 year-olds would it be like if you could step back in time and were given the right to vote (26th Amendment), experience what Americans who came before you primarily due to pressure from young people who were going through: were outraged that they could die for their coun- n Early days after America was founded – You can try in Vietnam or other wars but couldn’t vote for vote if you are a white man who owns prop- leaders who would be in charge of their futures. erty. However, in some states, if you are Jewish, So this November remember all those Americans Catholic or Quaker, you cannot vote even if you who came before you and fought so hard – even giv- do own property. ing their lives – for the right to step into that booth n Pre-Civil War Era – In most states you can vote and have their voice heard. Honor them by voting. if you are a white man, property owner or not. In Solidarity, I am However in some states, if you cannot pass a Harvey Whille literacy test or pay poll taxes you cannot vote. If President Local 1262 MAY 2013 1262 BANNER 3 United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1262 Nomination Of Officers The offices of President, Secretary-Treasurer, Recorder and that member is being nominated and valid, verifiable original Vice Presidents 1 through 24 inclusive are open for nomination signatures. No less than 550 active members in support of for election to three-year terms of office commencing January 1, said nomination are required. Petitions are available from 2014 and ending December 31, 2016. The nominations shall be James Mulholland, General Chairperson, UFCW Local 1262, conducted by petition. Each of the 24 vice presidents is numeri- 1389 Broad Street, Clifton, NJ, 07013. The nominating peti- cally designated for nomination and election purposes. For exam- tion will contain information sufficient to permit the General ple, Vice President Number 1, Vice President Number 2, etc. Chairperson to verify the identity of the signatories thereto, This shall serve as official notice to the active member- for that purpose, in addition to their signature, each members ship of UFCW Local 1262 that nomination petitions for any of should print their full name and address and last four digits of the above offices must be submitted in person, by U.S. Mail their Social Security number. Only active members of UFCW or other carrier no later than 4:30 p.m., Monday, July 8, 2013 Local 1262 shall be permitted to solicit and obtain nomination at the main office of UFCW Local 1262, 1389 Broad Street, signatures from active members. Each page of the petition Clifton, NJ 07013 to the attention of General Chairperson. must contain verification that all the signatures on the peti- Each page of the petition will contain the name of the tion page were solicited and obtained by an active Member of active member being nominated, the specific office for which UFCW Local 1262. ARTICLE XII – Elections aggregate of at least 12 months immedi- 3. Petitions shall be filed at the Local Section A. All officers shall be elected ately preceding the month in which the Union office by mail or in person. The by secret ballot of the membership, and deadline for the receipt of nomination original signatures are required to be their term of office shall be for three petitions occurs, or; filed, and transmission by facsimile, com- years, commencing January 1, 1978. 2. An active member in the Local puter, or other form of electronic trans- Terms of office shall expire on December Union who has been an active member in mission shall not be valid. 31, and the terms of newly elected offi- the International Union continuously for 4. If a signature on any petition is not cers shall commence on January 1. at least 24 months immediately preceding accompanied by a printed name or the Section B. Nominations and elections shall the month in which the deadline for the other identifying information required by be conducted during the last six months receipt of nomination petitions occurs.