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May 2015 Dialogue Final.Pdf JOBS THAT PAY. SCHOOLS THAT TEACH. H H H H H H H H H H GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS. H H H H H H H H H H VOL. 37 NO. 2 MAY 2015 PRESIDENT YOUNG FEATURED LEADER IN MAY 2015 PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 ocal 1776 3031-A Walton Rd., Suite 201 President Wendell Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 L Visit us on the web: www.ufcw1776.org W. Young, IV was a featured leader in the President Philadelphia Inquirer! Wendell W. Young, IV Labor reporter Jane Secretary-Treasurer Von Bergen Michele Kessler highlighted Young in Recorder her weekly column Barbara Johnson about strong leaders. Young spoke about Main Office: his start in the Union 3031-A Walton Rd., Suite 201 President Young at the Germantown Avenue Wine and Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462 as a clerk at a Spirits Store during his interview for the Philadelphia 610-940-1776 (toll-free: 1-866-329-1776) supermarket in North Inquirer. Northeast PA Office: Philadelphia and later 2007 Highway 315 Acme Markets before becoming a Union Representative for Pittston, PA 18640 Local 1776. He describes spending time as a young boy at 570-655-6886 (toll-free 1-800-635-6994) picket lines, bargaining sessions and demonstrations when his Central PA Office: father was president of the Local. Read his full interview at 3161 Chambersburg Rd. www.philly.com/jobbing. Biglerville, PA 17307 717-334-0064 (toll-free 1- 800-332-9421) Harrisburg Office 150 S. 43rd St., Suite 214 Harrisburg, PA 17111 PRESIDENT YOUNG 717-558-3510 (toll-free: 1-800-332-9421) RECOGNIZED FOR HIS Communications Office: Tara Innamorato, Director PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP 610-940-1826 (toll-free: 1-866-329-1776, x-826) UFCW Local 1776 and Participating Employers Health & Welfare Fund: resident Young 3031-B Walton Rd. Pwas honored by Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-2344 the Peggy Browning 610-941-9400 (toll-free:1-800-458-8618) Fund, a non-profit UFCW Local 1776 and Participating organization that Employers Pension Fund: promotes and 3031-B Walton Rd. encourages the work Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-2344 of young law students, 610-941-9400 (toll-free:1-800-458-8618) in particular those UFCW Union and Participating students who Food Industry Employers advocate for Tri-State Pension Fund: President Young being presented with the Peggy Browning workplace justice and 3031-B Walton Rd. Fund Award. Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462-2344 the needs of workers. Each year Local 1776 hosts Peggy Browning law students and provides them with resources to reach their individual goals, exposing them to real-life labor law in action. Young was honored as a true social justice champion who promotes the values of the Peggy Browning Fund. Congratulations, Wendell! Printed on recycled paper. C Report from the PRESIDENT ennsylvania made history on you were a working person in Pennsylvania, January 20, 2015 when Corbett’s agenda was to strip you of what you PGovernor Tom Wolf was sworn worked hard for while lowering the expectations and into office – officially marking standards of our government. Four more years was the first time an incumbent simply unacceptable. Governor would not serve a As a membership, we can rest a little easier second term in Pennsylvania. knowing there is a Governor in office that has the There is no doubt the UFCW best interest of the above mentioned in mind. The Local 1776 membership helped people of Pennsylvania are Gov. Wolf’s top priority, write this history. We saw first- not corporations, undisclosed donors and billion- hand how four years of former dollar special interest groups. Wendell W. Young, IV Governor Corbett hurt We now have the chance to continue on a historic, Pennsylvania’s middle class. progressive trend in Pennsylvania with Gov. Wolf’s Corbett’s administration directly impacted the daily budget proposal. Gov. Wolf’s budget includes lives of thousands of Local 1776 members and their investing in education at all levels, lowering property families. Teachers, public employees, citizens in taxes, holding corporations accountable for their fair need of quality, accessible healthcare, union share in our economy and most importantly protecting members, parents and students were all affected. If the livelihoods of the middle class and our members. (continued on page 4) UFCW Local 1776 members gather in the Capitol Rotunda before sitting in on liquor privatization hearings in the PA House of Representatives. 3 (continued from page 3) Gov. Wolf has visited with and mentioned Local 1776 members by name, praising the service you provide your communities and the pride you take in your jobs. A businessperson himself, Gov. Wolf knows a lot about what makes a successful business. He credits and values his employees and shares his success with them. He understands the direct correlation with the treatment of the middle class and Pennsylvania’s achievements. That is why he is adamant about rebuilding and reinvesting in working people. Gov. Wolf’s proposal is directly in line with what he campaigned on: Jobs that pay, schools that teach and government that works. His budget is ambitious, but feasible, as long as legislators on both sides of the aisle work together President Young speaks with Wise member Scott Sitler after a to prioritize the needs and wants of regular, working citizens of contract ratification meeting. Pennsylvania. While it is easy to rely on Gov. Wolf to veto legislation that hurts working families, he cannot pass progressive legislation alone. We need to be on the offense of Gov. Wolf’s budget to make sure it gets enacted. The Pennsylvania House and Senate are still held by Republican majority – even more so now than it was under the Corbett administration. That means it will be twice as hard for Gov. Wolf to turn our vision into reality. It is not enough to say what is best for Pennsylvania. We need to hold our legislators accountable for acting on legislation that lifts Pennsylvania. I encourage you to take some time and calculate how Gov. Wolf’s budget proposal would affect you and your family. I think you will be surprised and pleased with the savings that will be made available should Gov. Wolf’s Wine and Spirits Store #6717 members BJ Milliken and Brian budget proposal be enacted. Instead of relying on hearsay Oak encourage their coworkers to call their legislators in favor and misguided hype, find the facts at www.governor.pa.gov of modernization. They know first-hand our calls and letters to and do the math. Then, use that information to let your legislators are why we have been successful in the fight against privatization thus far. legislator know they need to support the Governor’s budget. Electing Gov. Wolf means nothing if we do not see it through this progressive legislation gets passed. That means holding our legislators accountable for doing right by their constituents, following the blueprint Gov. Wolf has set forth and working together in bipartisan fashion to make Pennsylvania a better place for working people. A special congratulations to a long-time brother of Local 1776, Mike Kepich, on his retirement. A Schott Glass employee and UFCW Local 1776 Executive Board member, Mike has been a great asset to our membership. Wendell gave Mike tokens of (From left) Pennsylvania’s First Lady Frances Wolf, Acme members Mary Owens and his appreciation at his last Executive Board meeting. Best of Charles Young and PA Governor Tom Wolf at the Governor’s mansion after his Inauguration. luck in your retirement, Mike! (continued on page 5) 4 (continued from page 4) JOBS THAT PAY: SCHOOLS THAT TEACH: • Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour; • Increase the state’s share of funding for public • Investments worth $1.75 billion in job growth plans; education to 50 percent (for the first time in • Reducing corporate tax rate by 40 percent and more than 40 years); closing the Delaware loophole to create a more • A four-year commitment to increase funding for efficient, competitive business model for public education by $2 billion to restore cuts Pennsylvania; under Corbett’s administration; • Defending 3,500 well-paid, family-sustaining • Higher education increases that include: $15 jobs by enacting PA Wine and Spirits Store million to community colleges; $45.3 million to modernization. PA State System of Higher Education; $80.9 million increase to State-related Universities. LIFTING THE MIDDLE CLASS: • Lowering school district property taxes by more than 50 percent, thus reducing property taxes GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS: for millions of Pennsylvania families by an average of more than $1,000; • Expand Medicaid in a consolidated system • Cutting taxes for the average Pennsylvania that ensures no loss of coverage while family by about 13 percent; reaping millions in savings for PA; • A rebate worth $500 for renters who earn less • A five percent shale extraction tax (referred to than $50,000 annually. as the Marcellus Shale tax). President Young speaking about the latest in liquor privatization efforts with Germantown Avenue Wine and Spirits Store #5121 member Margaret Gliwa. 5 6 1776 MEMBERS TAKE PART IN IMMIGRATION WORKSHOP Local 1776 hosted a series of immigration trainings over the course of three days at the Hazleton One Community Center in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. Local 1776 Cargill and JBS Stewards were trained on the eligibility for the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) as well as the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); both programs were initiated by Executive Order of President Barack Obama on November 20, 2014. The Stewards also learned the requirements for and how to navigate through becoming a U.S.
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