Summer 2011 MEMBERS at WORK

Clockwise from top: Wayne Gentry at E. Frank Hopkins; Maureen Koplitz at ShopRite; Al Stanish at E. Frank Hopkins, Dennis Bird at Acme; David Coston at ShopRite; Assemblyman Nelson Albano at ShopRite.

Also inside: Announcing the T.E.A.M. Fund • on the hot seat A&P meeting Page 2 UNITY Summer 2011

United Food and Commercial Workers received not later than July 15, 2011 Union Local 152 Notice of at 4:30 p.m. Petitions received after Nomination and Election of Officers that date and time shall not be valid. Buy American! James Mulholland has been select - Pursuant to Article XII of the Visit ed to serve as General Election Bylaws of United Food and Chairperson to supervise the conduct www.americansworking.com Commercial Workers Union Local of the election including the nomina - 152 and Article 35 of the United Food tion process. Petition forms may be for information on finding and Commercial Workers obtained directly from the General International Union Constitution, there Election Chairperson. If you have any American-made products. shall be an election of officers of Support U.S. workers questions regarding election proce - UFCW Local 152 which shall be held dures or rules, please contact James and help save jobs. on Aug. 4, 2011. The election shall be Mulholland, General Election held for the offices of President, Chairperson, UFCW Local 152, One Secretary-Treasurer, Recorder and White Horse Centre, PO Box 637, twenty (20) Vice Presidents. The Hammonton, NJ 08037-0637, tele - terms of office shall be for three years phone number (888) 564-6152. beginning Jan. 1, 2012. The election of officers shall be Pursuant to Article XII Section E of conducted on Aug. 4, 2011. No less the UFCW Local 152 Bylaws, nomi - than 15 days prior to the election date nations for the above offices are to be each member will receive additional UFCW Local 152 Unity conducted by petition which require Official Publication of information concerning the election signatures of two percent of the aver - United Food and Commercial including times, locations and proce - age monthly active membership of Workers Local 152 dures for voting. Local 152. The number of active No person shall be eligible for Editor member signatures required on each Brian String nomination or election to any office petition for nomination is 289. unless such person is: Union H EAdqUArtErS Each nomination petition shall indi - 1) An active member in the Local One White Horse Centre cate the member who is being nomi - Union, who has been an active mem - P.O. Box 637 nated and the specific office for which ber in the Local Union, or who had Hammonton, NJ 08037 he or she is being nominated. If a been a member of another organiza - (888) Join-152 member is being nominated for a Vice tion merged with the Local Union, for SAtELLitE o FFiCE : President position, the petition shall a continuous aggregate of at least 12 specify the numerically designated 65 N. DuPont Hwy. months immediately preceding the Vice President position for which he Dover, DE 19901 month in which the deadline for the or she is being nominated. Any peti - (302) 736-1034 receipt of nomination petitions occurs, tion may nominate more than one or; Vol. 7, Issue 3 member for office, provided that each UFCW Local 152 Unity member is being nominated for a dif - 2) An active member in the Local (ISSN: 1542-720X) is published ferent office and that the office for Union who has been an active mem - quarterly by UFCW Local 152, which each member is being nominat - ber in the International Union continu - One White Horse Centre ously for at least 24 months immedi - P.O. Box 637 ed is specifically indicated. Each peti - Hammonton, NJ 08037 tion shall also contain the signature, ately proceeding the month in which Periodicals Postage paid at printed name and home address of the deadline for the receipt of nomina - Trenton, NJ each member signing the petition. tion petitions occurs. POSTMASTER: Send address Nomination Petitions shall be filed Any member satisfying the eligibil - changes to UFCW Local 152 Unity at the offices of UFCW Local 152, ity requirements above must maintain One White Horse Centre One White Horse Centre, PO Box P.O. Box 637 continuous active membership in the Hammonton, NJ 08037 637, Hammonton, NJ 08037-0637 by Local Union to remain eligible to run mail or in person. The original signa - for or hold elective office. Published by: tures are required to be filed and Correct address and phone number transmission by facsimile, computer a must: People move frequently, but it or other form of electronic transmis - only takes a phone call, a minute with sion shall not be valid. To be valid all a Union Representative or a call to the nomination petitions with required Union Office to correct your address active member signatures must be and telephone number. Summer 2011 UNITY Page 3 news & notes The Making Change at Walmart Federal mediator called to organization holds Walmart’s assist grocery labor talks corporate managers responsible to hourly employees and the public in Southern California for their company’s practices. Union grocery store workers in Southern California voted over - whelmingly in April to grant their leaders authority to call a strike if they decide one becomes necessary. Seven UFCW unions in Southern California hope the vote will put pres - index.cfm) joined coalitions in urban working Americans. sure on the region's largest chains communities across the nation to urge “To add insult to injury, this plan during contract negotiations. elected leaders to make sure would lower tax rates on the rich and More than 90 percent of the voting Walmart’s desire to open or expand corporations and actually increase our members supported the strike authori - stores is rejected or met with enforce - national debt over the next ten years,” zation, a union official said. ment of strong standards for healthy, the statement reads. A strike authorization vote does not growing communities. “At a time when millions of mean there will be a walkout, but it “In 2010, Walmart’s CEO made Americans are still looking for work, underscores the tension between the more than $18.7 million,” said Jose home prices are falling, oil and food unions and the Albertsons, Ralphs and Lopes, a Stop & Shop employee and prices are rising and wages have stag - Vons supermarket chains. The parties UFCW member from Dorchester, nated, the Republican budget plan have been trying to work out a new Mass. “That’s more than 1200 times would lead to fewer jobs and jeopard - contract for almost three months. what the average Walmart sales asso - ize our country’s ability to recover The previous contract, which cov - ciate makes. from the biggest economic downturn ered some 62,000 workers, expired in “As a retail employee, I know that since the Great Depression. early March. The workers are covered we need to be creating jobs in Boston “These cuts would also cause by an extension of the old contract's that raise standards for our city and unnecessary suffering and further terms, but either side can cancel the our industry. Walmart isn’t going to weaken Americans’ confidence in extension by giving 72 hours notice. do that unless we set binding condi - their government at a time when Soon after the strike authorization tions demanding it.” many believe they will never achieve vote, both sides agreed to work with a “We can’t accept the promises the American dream of owning a mediator from the Federal Mediation Walmart is making to D.C. at face home, sending their children to col - and Conciliation Service to help move value,” said Mackenzie Baris, director lege or retiring comfortably.” the talks toward a successful conclu - of D.C. Jobs with Justice. “The histo - The UFCW pledged to continue to sion. ry this company brings won’t let us. fight any action by lawmakers that In the meantime, the unions, which “That’s why we must have a protects the wealthy few at the represent some 62,000 grocery work - signed, enforceable community bene - expense of the poor and middle class. ers in Southern California, and repre - fits agreement,” Baris continued. “It The union urged President Obama sentatives from the supermarket chains ensures that the pledges Walmart is and the Democratic Party to continue have agreed to a media blackout. making about wages, treatment of to fight for a budget that rebuilds the employees and being a good neighbor UFCW international applauds U.S. economy, creates good jobs, are kept.” revives America’s middle class and Senate rejection of budget plan In most cities, residents spoke protects the most vulnerable citizens. The UFCW International Union directly to elected leaders about released a statement commending the Making Change at Walmart Walmart’s documented history of con - troversial and sometimes illegal U.S. Senate for rejecting Rep. Paul joins community coalitions Ryan’s budget plan last month, calling employment practices, poverty-level the plan “reckless” and pointing out In April, the Making Change at wages and ranking highest for the that it shows how disconnected Walmart activist organization number of employees qualifying for Republicans in Congress are from hard (www.ufcw.org/makingchange/ state public assistance. Page 4 UNITY Summer 2011

industry Watch Walmart on the hot seat ■ In this column, analyst denied any intentional wrong - Jeff Metzger looks at develop - doing, despite the fact that ments in the food and drug the retailer was reportedly industry around the country. warned by their lawyers in 1995 that a sexual discrimi - By Jeff Metzger nation lawsuit was possible Retirees ‘Club 56’ almart’s moment after it was found that men of reckoning at earned 19 percent more than Join us at the Club 56 Summer Luncheon at noon on July 11 at the Coastline Restaurant the U.S. Supreme women and were five times at 1240 Brace Road in Cherry Hill, N.J. W Court has begun. more likely to be promoted. On March 29, the highest The company contends Please send a $5 deposit for each person, court in the nation began that the accusations are too which will be refunded on the day of the luncheon. If you are unable to hearing arguments from both numerous and too diverse to attend, the deposit will not be refunded. the retailer and attorneys rep - be tried as a class. resenting the plaintiffs as to The suit, which was filed Each dues-paying member is entitled to bring whether the potential multi- in 2001, covered women who one guest. Please mail your deposit check, made out to “Club 56 Retirees,” prior to July 3 to: billion dollar gender discrimi - have worked at the retailer’s nation suit against Walmart Walmart and Sam’s Club Club 56 Retirees should be upheld as class stores since 1998. The Ninth 2375 48th St. action litigation. Circuit limited the class to Pennsauken, N.J. 08110-2045 The legal sparring has con - what the majority of the For more information, please contact tinued for more than a decade appellate judges estimated Chairman George Kerth at (856) 429-0237 or since six women originally would be 500,000 current (856) 663-2864. filed suit against Walmart employees. Stores. The women claimed Lawyers for the women that company executives want to add workers who failed to stop local store man - were hired after the 2004 dis - agers from making sexist trict court ruling. Union Organizing Membership decisions about promotions “I have no doubt that the and pay. class would exceed a mil - Incentive Program Instead of seeking redress lion,” says Brad Seligman, for their individual claims, the lead plaintiff’s lawyer. the six plaintiffs have won The plaintiffs described Would you like to earn some extra cash? several decisions in lower more junior male employees federal courts preserving the as well as male friends of Provide an organizing lead to Local 152 right to press their suit as a supervisors being promoted that results in a union election. class action representing what ahead of them. Some involvement will be required. could be as many as 1.6 mil - Walmart officials say that, lion female employees at the with almost 1.4 million em - By getting involved, you are helping to nation’s largest retailer. ployees, some of them — make your union stronger and you have an It is expected that a final in cluding supervisors — are opportunity to earn $275! decision by the Supreme going to have errors in Court will be handed down judgment. For additional information, please early this summer determin - ■ Jeff Metzger’s “Taking contact Chad Brooks, Director of Organizing, at ing whether the suit will go Stock” column appears (888) 564-6152 . forward as a class action. in Food World and Food Walmart has continually Trade News . Summer 2011 UNITY Page 5

Secretary-treasurer’s report National war on unions comes to New Jersey

ince February, corporate- speak against unbridled corporate backed politicians in many power. Midwestern states have been That agenda was exposed for all to S introducing bills proposing see in Wisconsin, the epicenter of the “creative” ways to dealing with national struggle. deficits. These alleged solutions Republican legislators there had include the usual tax cuts for corpora - been stymied when all of the Anthony Benigno tions while attacking the pensions and Democratic state senators left the bargaining rights of government state, denying the quorum that was In the meantime, several workers. required to vote on budget-related Republican state senators are facing In effect, the governors of these items. So the Republicans stripped recalls that could change the legisla - states and their allies in the legisla - their bill of all language dealing with ture’s balance back into Labor’s favor. tures have launched a class war the budget and passed the revised leg - While the news has focused prima - against working people. islation before the public had any rily on Wisconsin, the legislatures in To their credit, government opportunity to react to it. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and employees and their fellow unionists Missouri have joined the anti-Labor in the private sector are fighting back Not so fast! bandwagon by introducing union- with protests on a scale that hasn’t At the end of May, a Wisconsin busting legislation of their own. been seen in this country since the court ruled the legislators had violated In Indiana, Democratic legislators 1960s. the state’s “open meetings” law by followed Wisconsin’s example and These protests call attention to the denying the public right to review and left the state to block passage of 11 real purpose of these so-called “bud - comment on pending legislation. The anti-union bills. They returned after get” bills, which is to weaken and matter will now go before the Gov. Mitch Daniels, a Republican, silence the one voice that still dares to Wisconsin Supreme Court. promised that some of the worst pro - visions, including a measure to make Indiana a “right to work” state, would be dropped. IT PAYS TO BE UNION! Unfortunately, the bill that eventu - ally passed contains intolerable lan - Grievances filed or resolved guage that denies collective bargain - ing rights to state workers. Ohio vot - 2nd Quarter 2011 2011 Total ers are expected to vote on an initia - tive to repeal the law later this year. In Michigan, anti-union Gov. Rick 60 229 Snyder has declared “financial martial law,” granting himself the power to Back pay and benefits fire workers, break their contracts, restored to members dismiss local elected officials and eliminate entire cities and school dis - 2nd Quarter 2011 2011 Total tricts. Meanwhile, Missouri legislators 26,369.53 $78,987.96 have introduced four bills that would make it a “right to work” state. (Please see page 9) Page 6 UNITY Summer 2011

Pictured above, from left: RWDSU Local 1034 President Joseph DiCamillo, Local 1034 Secretary-Treasurer Gary Barker, Local 152 Secretary-Treasurer Anthony Benigno, Local 152 President Brian String, Local 1360 Secretary-Treasurer Peg Michalowski, Local 1360 President Sam Ferraino and UFCW International Secretary-Treasurer Marc Perrone. Standing united on behalf of A&P workers he leadership of that the company emerges Local 152, Local 1360 from bankruptcy healthy and RWDSU 1034 held enough to serve customers T a joint meeting for and support good jobs in Super Fresh and Pathmark as many communities as members in Cherry Hill, N.J., possible. on May 24. The joint meeting updated These three unions are members about how the bank - among the 13 bargaining with ruptcy process works and A&P management to ensure what it means to their future. Summer 2011 UNITY Page 7 Labor Day : A celebration of the American worker

By Brian String were powerless and at the mercy President, Local 152 of their bosses. Over the past abor Day is a different 130 years, Labor unions have sort of holiday, as won better wages, benefits and Samuel Gompers, the first working conditions for their L president of the American members and have raised the Federation of Labor, pointed out standards for all Americans. in 1910. Labor Day provides an oppor - This is a holiday for you, and tunity for Americans to reflect for everyone else who works to on the importance of the past and earn a paycheck. present, and pledge themselves Not surprisingly, unions were toward building a stronger Labor responsible for establishing Movement in the future. Labor Day and we remain the standard bearers of its celebra - Origins tion. In the late 19th century, two We have come a long way men had an idea for a new holi - from the time when workers (Please see page 10) Page 8 UNITY Summer 2011

Announcing the T.E.A.M. Fund from Local 152 Union-created program will help laid-off members in tough times

By Brian String union brothers and sisters unemployed President, Local 152 in a time when new jobs are not easy to nion members look out for come by. For this reason, we cancelled one another. It doesn’t matter the planned 2011 Stewards’ Seminar. if we’re in the same store, the The funds that would have been used same industry or the same to produce this event will be directed to Ustate — we take care of our own. a relief fund for A&P members who Look to Wisconsin for the most have lost their jobs. recent example. Thousands of union We are proud to announce the members from across the country, in - Terminated Employees Allowance for cluding an enthus iastic delegation from Members (T.E.A.M.) Fund. It will Local 152, flooded the state’s capital assist A&P members who have been earlier this year when a power-hungry laid off in this tough economy while governor launched an attack on workers. they prepare to begin the next chapters We stand together, regardless of the of their lives. location. So when our members at home need a helping hand, we will find Looking out for you a way to make it happen. In the past, we were able to find new positions at other union retailers for The right decision many of our laid-off members, but in Local 152’s steward seminars are a today’s environment that is no longer great way for us to thank our union an option we can rely upon for these stewards for the hard work they do on several hundred recently laid-off mem - behalf of our members. Unfortunately, bers. these are especially difficult times for Rather than approach this situation many of our members, such as those as a roadblock, we were determined to affected by the closing of several A&P- find a way to help these workers. owned supermarkets in our jurisdiction. The T.E.A.M Fund will be available These closings left hundreds of our (Please see next page) Summer 2011 UNITY Page 9

National war on unions Get your heart screened today! (Continued from page 5) The battle hits home ll eligible participants of the painless, fast and non-invasive test. Closer to home, New Jersey UFCW and the Tri-State With early detection, heart dis - Assem blywoman Amy Handlin Health and Welfare Funds ease can be effectively prevented announced on June 5 (a Sunday A are entitled to a free Heart with lifestyle changes and available evening, when she knew the media Cam screening. medication. wouldn’t be paying too much atten - The Heart Cam, or Electron Beam Effective June 1, 2011, eligible tion) that she was introducing a bill To mography (EBT), is an imaging spouses are also able to receive a free to make New Jersey a “right to system that is clinically proven to Heart Cam screening. work” state. detect the buildup of coronary calci - Find out your risk of coronary This is just the latest in a host of um by taking ultra-fast pictures of disease. Call the Fund office today proposed anti-union bills in the your beating heart. It is a simple, for details. New Jersey legislature. The gover - nor’s budget plan and SB 2718 would remove health care contribu - Notice of new location for Health tions from state employees’ collec - tive bargaining and force higher and Welfare Fund departments health care premiums on them lease be advised that, effective June 10, 2011, the staff of the Claims without giving them any say in the and Managed Care Departments will be relocated to 27 Roland Ave., matter. P Suite 100, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054. This office location for the staff of The time has come for all union the Claims and Managed Care Departments is just a few minutes from the members in our jurisdiction to rise East Gate Drive office and is off of Route 73 and Fellowship Road. in our collective defense. If you have any matters that require assistance from the Claims or Managed Care Departments, please visit the 27 Roland Ave. location. Office Please contact your legislator — hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Please note that the phone numbers have NOW — and say you won’t tolerate not changed. this threat to your standard of living.

of this fund is that A&P refused to do right by our members, including those who had put decades T.E.A.M. Fund into making the company’s supermarket chains (Continued from previous page) successful. Failing to provide a severance package to laid-off A&P members exclusively. Former full- for part-timers does not treat these people with the time workers will receive $700 in assistance from the respect they deserve. fund and former part-time workers will receive $300. We aren’t leaving them out in the cold as their employer did. Offering solutions We cannot control everything that happens in Most of our members who are reading this the industries we represent, but we are proud to won’t need to take advantage of the T.E.A.M. fund, offer some compassionate solutions when times now or ever. But it is here for the workers who are tough. need it. This fund is one of the ways we will carry on the One of the unfortunate truths behind the creation fight for you. Page 10 UNITY Summer 2011 Labor Day : A celebration

(Continued from page 7) day that would eventually become Labor Day. Peter J. McGuire, a co-founder of the American Federation of Labor (AFL), and Matthew Maguire, a machinist and secretary of the Central Labor Union (CLU) in , proposed a holiday that would, in McGuire’s words, celebrate those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.” The CLU sponsored the first Labor Day on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City. The union held its second Labor Day holiday one year later, on Sept. 5, 1883. Both commemorations followed the guidelines in the CLU’s proposal establishing Labor Day. Those guide - lines suggested a street parade to dis - play “the strength and esprit de corps Labor Day became a national holi - Most Americans know the holiday of the trade and labor organizations,” day on June 28, 1894, as part of as the unofficial end of summer, a followed by a festival for workers and President Grover Cleveland’s attempt time for picnics, fireworks displays, their families. to reconcile with Organized Labor water sports and public events. This became the pattern for early after the deaths of workers at the hands But the holiday means much more Labor Day celebrations throughout of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals than that. It remembers those who have the country. during the 1894 Pullman Strike. labored for our country since its found - In 1884, the CLU selected the first Legislation making Labor Day a ing. It also commemorates the growth Monday in September as the date for national holiday was rushed through of the modern American Labor the holiday and urged labor organiza - Congress unanimously and signed Movement, which has grown from its tions in other cities to follow suit. into law a mere six days after the end roots in the colonial craft guilds to New York City declared the day a of that strike. today’s strong union movement with “workingmen’s holiday” and the idea All 50 U.S. states have since made membership in the millions. spread. Labor Day a state holiday. Through their unions, America’s Many municipal ordinances were Changing commemorations workers have attained the highest passed during 1885 and 1886. standard of living and the greatest Oregon was the first state to make In 1909, the American Federation of productivity the world has ever the holiday official in 1887. Four more Labor sought to expand the observance known. They also brought our country states — Colorado, Massachusetts, by dedicating the Sunday preceding closer to its founding ideals of democ - New Jersey and New York — enacted Labor Day to the “spiritual and educa - racy and equality. laws establishing the Labor Day holi - tional aspects of the labor movement.” When you enjoy a beautiful late- day shortly thereafter. In recent years, especially in large summer afternoon at a barbecue pit or By 1889, , Nebraska cities, mass displays and huge parades picnic table this Labor Day, please and Pennsylvania followed suit, and have given way to addresses by take a moment to give some thought 23 other states adopted the holiday by leading union officials and political about your role as a union member 1894. leaders. and a working American. Summer 2011 UNITY Page 11 retirements March 2011 - June 2011 Anthony A. Trioli Bensalem ShopRite 03/01/2011 Robert F. Valenzano Murphy’s By The Sea 03/01/2011 name Company date Hamid Abdussabur Quaker City Meats 04/01/2011 Joseph W. Vasturia Pathmark Stores 03/01/2011 Edith Agosto Bradlees 04/01/2011 Joseph Veroline Super Fresh 04/01/2011 June R. Allen Supermarkets of Cherry Hill 04/01/2011 Nancyann Vetter Delaware Supermarkets 05/01/2011 Linwood G. Applegate Acme Markets 04/01/2011 Stanley Wald Cherry Hill ShopNBag 05/01/2011 Diane S. Aston Acme Markets 05/01/2011 Joan Ware Supermarkets General 04/01/2011 Frank A. Aversa Acme Markets 05/01/2011 Elizabeth Wharton Acme Markets 03/01/2011 Patricia H. Baud Acme Markets 05/01/2011 John R. Wineberg Pickwell-SHS Enterprises, Inc. 04/01/2011 Halina T. Butera Saker ShopRite 05/01/2011 William Wojcik Super Fresh 04/01/2011 Lydia Chase Pathmark Stores 03/01/2011 Patricia Ciritella Pathmark Stores 05/01/2011 in Memoriam March 2011 - May 2011 Thomas E. Courchain Acme Markets 04/01/2011 name date of death Robert K. Croissette Super Fresh 04/01/2011 Isadore Ackerman 04/04/2011 Jeffrey J. Allen 03/19/2011 James M. Delp Berks Packing Company 04/01/2011 William Balaban 05/28/2011 Kathy Daroja Acme Markets 05/01/2011 Clara E. Bowes 04/28/2011 Rose A. Dougherty Village ShopRite 05/01/2011 Edward J. Brennan 03/26/2011 Mildred Engleman Holiday Markets 04/01/2011 Grace M. Buck 03/27/2011 Patricia Fileccia Pathmark Stores 05/01/2011 Stella Canning 05/05/2011 Jane Forgash Eickhoff Supermarkets 04/01/2011 Alberta Carr 03/31/2011 Eugenia Frisby Pathmark Stores 05/01/2011 Elva Champion 03/26/2011 Anita George Pathmark Stores 03/01/2011 Mildred Cirucci 03/04/2011 Harry G. Haas, Jr. Holiday Markets 05/01/2011 Delores Clements 03/07/2011 Truman Hamilton Ball Park Brands 03/01/2011 Nicholas V. Crisci 03/19/2011 Linda A. Hasson Acme Markets 04/01/2011 Ruth E. Davidson 04/02/2011 Karen L. Hively Supermarkets General 03/01/2011 Armand P. Dirienzo 04/23/2011 Andrew Hovan, Jr. Pathmark Stores 05/01/2011 Edward “Bud” Dougherty 04/25/2011 Karen Johnson Bottino’s Supermarkets 04/01/2011 Geraldine Dreher 04/12/2011 Peggy A. Jones Super Fresh 05/01/2011 Helen Dunkerley 04/05/2011 Jeanne S. Kahana Acme Markets 03/01/2011 Bernard Engleman 03/04/2011 Joanne LaFleur Super Fresh 04/01/2011 Mildred Evans 03/09/2011 Frances A. Loscalzo Colonia Beef Company 03/01/2011 Lawrence French 04/12/2011 Linda L. Lynch Super Fresh 05/01/2011 Jane Giordano 03/06/2011 Madeline M. Goodman 03/27/2011 Barbara Maccahery Bottino’s Supermarkets 06/01/2011 Eugene K. Gruber, Jr. 04/06/2011 Sharon L. Majoros Super Fresh 05/01/2011 Charles Haimovitz 04/05/2011 Mary E. Mansor Pathmark Stores 05/01/2011 Warren Haines, Jr. 05/14/2011 Allen W. McFarland Pathmark Stores 05/01/2011 John J. Hull 03/31/2011 Allen T. Morgan Butler Foods/Penn Packing 04/01/2011 Mary Jean Koenig 05/13/2011 William Nachman Village Markets 05/01/2011 Sylvia Korhan 05/10/2011 Tina Lee Potts Saker ShopRite 03/01/2011 Beatrice M. Lenczynski 05/20/2011 Leona J. Powderly Acme Markets 04/01/2011 Sophie Lichtman 03/15/2011 Marie Reginelli Freda Corporation 03/01/2011 Rosemarie Magyar 04/10/2011 Patricia Rossett Holiday Markets 04/01/2011 George Ollis 04/07/2011 David J. Roth, Sr. Berks Packing Company 04/01/2011 Robert D. Onsted 04/26/2011 Frederick S. Saunders Supermarkets of Cherry Hill 03/01/2011 Katherine Orpneck 04/28/2011 Stephen Schwartzer Middletown Supermarkets 05/01/2011 Emily Pankowski 03/20/2011 William E. Scott Acme Markets 04/01/2011 William R. Pfaff 05/10/2011 Gladys L. Sell Roberts Packing Company 04/01/2011 Charles Pitts 04/22/2011 Pauline Silvestri Super Fresh 03/01/2011 Herbert Raboy 03/19/2011 Thomas Simpson Supermarkets General 05/01/2011 Paulette M. Rasemas 04/08/2011 Dale Smith Acme Markets 04/01/2011 Arlene M. Rees 03/25/2011 Edward Smith Super Fresh 05/01/2011 Rose Reitsperger 04/17/2011 Winona Reseler 03/04/2011 Linda Ann Smith Acme Markets 04/01/2011 Salvatore J. Riccio 04/01/2011 Milford Stanley Pathmark Stores 03/01/2011 Dorothy L. Roberts 04/01/2011 Margaret R. Steur Trevose ShopNBag 03/01/2011 Robert P. Sanders 03/30/2011 Robert H. Tillotson Wilson’s 03/01/2011 Richard Schmid 04/11/2011 Patricia A. Tomlin Super Fresh 04/01/2011 William Sell 03/31/2011 Barbara Tomlinson Larchmont IGA/ 04/01/2011 Philip Volpe 03/31/2011 Ultra Foods, Inc. UFCW Local 152 One White Horse Centre Periodical P.O. Box 637 Postage Paid Hammonton, NJ 08037 at Trenton, NJ

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President’s report Unity: more than a word When we speak of unions, Your union’s team of 38,000 workers. we speak of unity. That is experienced negotiators is Now is not the time for the fundamental ingredient applying that principle in any of the 13 unions to go of our success. ongoing meetings with off on their own to cut sep - Unity isn’t about every - A&P’s management to arate deals. We need to pro - one being the same. A great ensure that, when the com - tect each other and speak in organization — and UFCW pany emerges, if it does, unison, or else the entire Local 152 is one — recog - from bankruptcy, it does so proceedings could unravel. nizes the aspirations of with a solid plan to take If that happens, the ones individuals. It also relies on care of the union members who will ultimately lose are Brian String President, UFCW Local 152 leadership that will inte - who work hard to keep the the members. grate those aspirations into stores running. goals that unite the entire Local 152 is one of 13 Unions, unified membership. local unions that are bar - In the spirit of unity, unions across the region. When members unite gaining with A&P. Given Local 152 has been organ - It’s time for the bargaining behind shared goals at the the dire financial situation izing joint membership unions to set egos aside and workplace, across a super - of the company, a success - meetings with UFCW Local put the welfare of members market chain or across ful outcome from these 1360 and Retail Workers first. diverse industries, we have meetings is far from and Department Store Workers look to their the power to make a real assured. It is therefore Union (RWDSU) Local unions as models of the difference for everyone. absolutely essential that all 1034. These meetings pro - unity that we so often 13 unions work together to vide a great opportunity to preach. These are extraordi - From many comes one achieve maximum fairness promote unity across orga - nary circumstances that Unity is crucial at all for all of the workers. nizational lines. I encourage require a unified response: levels of the labor move - Employers respect a the other unions at the bar - 13 different unions coming ment. When different united bargaining team. It is gaining table to make this together for a common unions in the same industry our collective responsibility opportunity available to cause. combine their efforts, it to stand as one and make their members as well. sends a powerful message our best effort to protect the The A&P bankruptcy to employers for the benefit wages, benefits and pen - process is an incredibly of all. sions of all of A&P’s challenging time for