﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>UFCW Local Union 75 News</title><link>http://www.localunionwebsite.com</link><description>The latest news from UFCW Local Union.</description><item><title>Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Still Fighting for Justice</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;As members and friends of UFCW Local 75 join in celebrations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life, we continue the fight he held so dear. &amp;#160;Fighting for civil rights and economic j</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=115</link><pubDate>1/15/2012 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy New Year from UFCW Local 75</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Calibri"&gt;In 2011, members of UFCW Local 75 at American Foods Group formed a union a work and ratified their first agreement; members at CVS, Chief and Ray’s, ConAgra, Cub Foods, </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=114</link><pubDate>1/3/2012 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Ohioans Defeat Issue 2 but Proponents of Anti-Worker Legislation Keep Up Their Fight</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 12.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Tahoma; color: #232323"&gt;On November 8, Ohioans voted overwhelmingly to &lt;a href="http://</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=113</link><pubDate>11/21/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote early and VOTE NO ON ISSUE 2</title><description>&lt;p&gt;UFCW Local 75 has been actively engaged in the fight to defeat Issue 2.&amp;#160; According to DAILY KOS - John Kasich's signature union-busting bill in Ohio is in trouble, according to the &lt;a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=112</link><pubDate>10/25/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Fighting Back Against Issue 2</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; "&gt;Lead by Bishop Bobby Hilton, State Representative Connie Pillich, and Teamsters International President James P. Hoffa, faith and commun</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=111</link><pubDate>10/11/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Tentative Agreement for Members at CVS</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;Thanks to the tireless efforts of the CVS Union Bargaining Committee, we have reached a Tentative Agreement with the Company.&amp;#160; T</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=110</link><pubDate>9/26/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UFCW Members at Meijer Approve New Benefits Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to UFCW members working in Meijer stores and distribution centers on the ratification of a new, 5-year Universal Benefits Agreement.&amp;#160; Thanks to the tireless efforts of your Bargaining Committee, who represented worke</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=109</link><pubDate>9/15/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UFCW L75 Withdraws Strike Notice at ARC, Sets Bargaining Dates</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Over 150 members of UFCW Local 75 working at American Red Cross (ARC) Blood Services Division in Toledo, Ohio were scheduled to begin a work stoppage this Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 9:00 a.m.&amp;#160; The strike notice has been withdra</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=108</link><pubDate>9/9/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Statement from UFCW Local 75 Regarding Pending Strike at ARC</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana;"&gt;Over 150 members of UFCW Local 75 working at American Red Cross (ARC) Blood Services Division in Toledo, Ohio will begin a work stoppage this</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=107</link><pubDate>9/8/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Members of L75 Prepare to Strike Red Cross Blood Services</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;Nearly 200 members of UFCW Local 75 working at American Red Cross Blood Services Division in Toledo will strike on Saturday, September 10, 2011.&amp;#160; Members of Local 75 are part of a national coalition of approximately 2500 R</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=106</link><pubDate>9/2/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Members at Chief/Ray's Ratify New Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to&amp;#160;more 800 members of UFCW&amp;#160;Local 75 working at 12&amp;#160;Chief and Ray's stores on the ratification of a new 2-year agreement.&amp;#160; Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Union Bargaining Comm</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=105</link><pubDate>8/30/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Members at Lee Williams Ratify New Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to members of UFCW Local 75 on the ratification of a new 3.5 year contract.&amp;#160; Thanks to the hard work of the Union Bargaining Committee and Representatives, the new contract includes improvements like more workers eli</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=104</link><pubDate>8/22/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Members at Chief/Rays Reach Tentative Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;In the early hours of Wednesday, August 17, your Chief/Ray’s Union Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement with the Company. The Bargaining Committee successfully merged six separate agreements into one contract, resulting in a la</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=102</link><pubDate>8/17/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Bargaining Begins for First Contract at MA Folkes</title><description>&lt;p&gt;When workers at M.A. Folkes wanted a voice on the job, and began the process of winning a union, the company laid off more than half of its workforce in the middle of this organizing campaign.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The NLRB believed </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=101</link><pubDate>8/12/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>No Means No for Issue 2/SB 5!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In Thursday's Columbus Dispatch, Jim Siegel writes about the decision of the Ohio Ballot Board that the question to voters on SB 5 should be: </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=100</link><pubDate>8/4/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Dispatch: Survey shows majority of Ohioans oppose SB 5</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, a majority of Ohioans oppose SB 5; in fact, Darrel Rowland reports in the Columbus Dispatch t</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=99</link><pubDate>7/21/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Life Inc: There are benefits to being in a union</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Check out &lt;a href="http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2011/07/15/7089759-good-graph-friday-more-benefits-for-union-members"&gt;this article&lt;/a&gt; from The Today Show's Life Inc:&amp;#160; "There are benefits to being in a u</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=98</link><pubDate>7/15/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Kasich fights a revolution — for the favored (Toledo Blade)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Check out this article, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.toledoblade.com/DavidKushma/2011/07/10/Kasich-fights-a-revolution-for-the-favored.html"&gt;&lt;em&gt;"&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Kasich f</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=97</link><pubDate>7/11/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Language Bargaining Continues with Chief/Ray's</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Your Union Bargaining Committee, comprised of members from all six Chief and Ray’s contract groups, met with Company Representatives on Tuesday, </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=96</link><pubDate>7/5/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Kroger Celebrates 30 Quarters of Growth</title><description>&lt;p&gt;"Earn loyalty for life.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That's the message Kroger executives  continue to stress with associates and investors after achieving 7.5  years of quarterly sales growth.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In 2010, the nation's largest g</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=95</link><pubDate>6/24/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Bargaining begins for members at Chief/Ray's</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Bargaining for&amp;#160;members at Chief and Ray’s supermarkets began Monday, June 20, 2011.&amp;#160;More than 800 workers in 12 stores are covered by six separate agreements and have seven different health care plans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&amp;gt</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=94</link><pubDate>6/21/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Member Appreciation Day at Kings Island - June 22</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(7, 7, 8);"&gt;Don’t miss the fun at UFCW Local 75 Member Appreciation Day at Kings Island on Wednesday, June 22.&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;#160; &lt;/span&amp;g</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=93</link><pubDate>6/14/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Local 75 Members Plan Informational Picket at ARC in Toledo</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"&gt;On Tuesday, May 24, members of Health Professionals and Allied Employees Unio</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=92</link><pubDate>5/25/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Apply for UFCW International Scholarship</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your union is about more than your paycheck and benefits.&amp;#160; The UFCW is about workers coming together to build better lives for ourselves.&amp;#160; It's about creating opportunity.&amp;#160; That's why each year the UF</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=91</link><pubDate>5/2/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Sign the petition to repeal SB 5</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;Join the fight to repeal SB 5 - the unfair law that attacks employee rights and worker safety! &amp;#160;&lt;strong&gt;We Are Ohio is holdin</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=90</link><pubDate>4/22/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Petition Trainings for SB 5 Referendum</title><description>&lt;div style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11px; "&gt;Be part of the movement to repeal SB 5. &amp;#160;SB 5 is bad for workers and bad for Ohio. &amp;#160;Join UFCW </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=89</link><pubDate>4/13/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>April/May Vision now available</title><description>&lt;p&gt;UFCW Local 75 April/May Vision now available. &amp;#160;Log-in and click on the File Uploads section to view.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=88</link><pubDate>4/5/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Routh Packing Ratifies New Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to nearly 250 members at J.H.&amp;#160;Routh Packing who overwhelmingly ratified a new 4-year agreement on Saturday, April 2. &amp;#160;Thanks to the hard work of the Bargaining Committee, provisions of the new agreement incl</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=87</link><pubDate>4/3/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Meijer 147 Ratifies New Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Congratulations to members of UFCW Local 75 working at Meijer 147. &amp;#160;Nearly 200 members at the store ratified a new 5-year agreement this week. &amp;#160;Thanks to the hard work and dedication of the Bargaining Committee, the contrac</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=86</link><pubDate>3/25/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Steve Fricke Memorial Scholarship Applications Now Available</title><description>&lt;p&gt;UFCW Local 75 is pleased to announce that applications for the Steve Fricke Memorial Scholarship are now available. &amp;#160;Members may access the application by clicking&amp;#160;&lt;a href="http://ufcw75.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticke</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=85</link><pubDate>3/4/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Members of Local 75 Fight for Hoosier Families</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;Members of UFCW Local 75 are fighting for Hoosier families. &amp;#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watc</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=83</link><pubDate>2/24/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Members of Local 75 Fight Against Anti-Worker Legislation</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align: left; "&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;
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text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=82</link><pubDate>2/21/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Members at Sara Lee Ratify New Three-Year Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;UFCW&amp;#160;Local 75 members working at Sara Lee in Claryville, Kentucky have overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year agreement.&amp;#160; Thanks to the efforts of Union&amp;#160;Bargaining Committee, comprised of Jeff McDowell, Matthew P</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=81</link><pubDate>1/27/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Facts show unions help raise everyone's standard of living </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;This &lt;a href="http://www.indystar.com/article/20110124/OPINION01/101240304/-1/7daysarchives/Facts-show-unions-help-raise-everyone-s-standard-living"&gt;editorial&lt;/a&gt;, published January 23, in the Indianapolis Sta</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=80</link><pubDate>1/25/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Kroger's fast scanner a retail winner</title><description>&lt;p&gt;From the &lt;a href="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110111/BIZ01/101120344/1196/NEWS/Kroger-s-fast-scanner-a-retail-winner"&gt;Cincinnati Enquirer Online&lt;/a&gt;: "The Kroger Co. may soon have a contract with one of th</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=79</link><pubDate>1/11/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Winter Vision, 2011 Calendar of Events Now Available</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;Log-in and check out the calendar of events for 2011 and the latest edition of Vision Magazine; they can be found in the "File Uploads" section of the site.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=78</link><pubDate>1/3/2011 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Sara Lee Contract Extended</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;Your Union Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations with Sara Lee on Thursday, December 9 and Friday, December 10.&amp;#160; We continue to discuss innovative ways in which to approach iss</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=77</link><pubDate>12/10/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Bargaining Begins with Sara Lee (Claryville)</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Nearly 500 members of UFCW Local 75 work at the Sara Lee plant in Claryville, Kentucky; they make mostly hot dogs, cocktail wieners, and ultra-thin sliced lunch meat.&amp;#160; Their contract expires on December 31, 2010.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p st</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=76</link><pubDate>12/1/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Public sector workers take pay freeze; fight to maintain benefits continues</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;"America's public employees educate our kids, fight our fires, make sure our food isn't tainted with toxic swill, provide services to the neediest and perform a thousand other vital tasks..." &amp;#160;This editorial from</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=75</link><pubDate>11/30/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Workers Approve New Contract</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;Over 12,000 members of UFCW Local 75 working at Greater Cincinnati Kroger stores have ratified a new three-year agreement; members of Local </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=74</link><pubDate>11/4/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH KROGER CINCINNATI</title><description>&lt;p&gt;UFCW Local 75 and the Kroger Company have reached a tentative agreement for nearly 12,000 Kroger workers in Cincinnati.&amp;#160; "Thanks to the efforts and dedication of our Bargaining Committee, we were able to secure a tentative agre</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=73</link><pubDate>11/3/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Vote November 4</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;Your Cincinnati Kroger Union Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations on Wednesday, October 27 and Thursday, October 28.&amp;#160; The past two days have focused largely on Health and Welf</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=71</link><pubDate>10/30/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Bargaining Continues; Additional Dates Set</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Your Cincinnati Kroger Union Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations on Thursday, October 21, breaking after midnight. &amp;#160;A Federal Mediator was present for the session. &amp;#160;Discussions focused on health care and wages. &amp;#</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=70</link><pubDate>10/22/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Kroger Health Care Subcommittee Meets; Extension Continues</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;The Federal Mediator convened a meeting of representatives from Local 75 and Cincinnati Kroger for a Health and Welfare subcommittee on Sun</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=69</link><pubDate>10/17/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Presents Additional Proposals</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;Your Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations on Saturday, October 16.&amp;#160; There was extensive discussion around Health and Welfare </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=68</link><pubDate>10/16/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UFCW Local 75 Endorsements 2010</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>FileID=57?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=66</link><pubDate>10/15/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Bargaining Continues</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;Your Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations on Friday, October 15.&amp;#160; There were subcommittee meetings with extensive discussion </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=67</link><pubDate>10/15/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Contract Extended</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations for the Cincinnati Kroger agreement on Saturday, October 9.&amp;#160; The parties have agr</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=65</link><pubDate>10/9/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Bargaining Continues</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations for the Cincinnati Kroger agreement on Friday, October 8.&amp;#160; The Company presented a comprehensive proposal including changes to hea</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=64</link><pubDate>10/8/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Kroger Health Care Committee Meets; Cincinnati Meijer Ratifies</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; "&gt;Health Care subcommittees from Local 75 and the Company met Tuesday, October 5, and Wednesday, October 6.&amp;#160; Representatives from Th</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=63</link><pubDate>10/6/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Bargaining Update</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small"&gt;Your Bargaining Committee continued negotiations with Kroger on Friday, October 1. Local 75 presented the Company with a comprehensive proposal</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=62</link><pubDate>10/2/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Bargaining Resumes</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma;"&gt;On Thursday, September 30, your Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations for the Kroger Cincinnati contract.&amp;#160; We presented the compa</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=61</link><pubDate>9/30/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Fight for Ohio Bus Tour Visits Southwest Ohio</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Join us at a rally for Ted Strickland and Democrats up and down the ticket as the “Fight for </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=60</link><pubDate>9/25/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Language Proposals Exchanged</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;On Wednesday, September 22, your Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations for the Kroger Cincinnati contract.&amp;#160; A core committee of</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=59</link><pubDate>9/22/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Kroger Agreements Ratify</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma; "&gt;On Monday, September 20, members of Local 75 working at Toledo Kroger stores ratified new three-year agreements.&amp;#160; Members working i</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=58</link><pubDate>9/21/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Cincinnati Kroger Bargaining Begins; Cincinnati Meijer Reaches Tentative Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;On Friday, September 17, UFCW Local 75 began bargaining with Kroger for over 10,000 members working in Greater Cincinnati Area Kroger stores.&amp;#160; Your full bargaining committee, comprised of nearly 30 rank and file members were present</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=57</link><pubDate>9/17/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Kroger Bargaining Committee Reaches Tentative Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Your Bargaining Committee secured a tentative agreement tonight for the nearly 3,000 members of UFCW Local 75 working in Toledo Area Kroger stores.&amp;#160; After several months of bargaining, in a challenging economic climate, we were succ</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=56</link><pubDate>9/15/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Hillside Ratifies, Toledo Kroger Bargaining Continues, Cincinnati Meijer, Kroger Negotiations Begin</title><description>&lt;p&gt;On Wednesday, September 8, members at &lt;strong&gt;Hillside Acres Nursing Home&lt;/strong&gt; in Willard, Ohio overwhelmingly ratified a new 3year agreement.  The new contract includes wage increases (including retro to expiration), languag</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=55</link><pubDate>9/13/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Bargaining Continues; Union Presents Comprehensive Offer</title><description>On Friday, September 10, 2010, your Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations with the Company.  Both parties continue to work diligently, in a difficult economic climate, to reach a fair agreement that protects livable wages, affordable health </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=54</link><pubDate>9/11/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Visit UFCW Local 75 Benefit Plan on the Web!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Visit UFCW Local 75 Benefit Plan on the web. &amp;#160;You'll find&amp;#160;downloadable forms,&amp;#160;your schedule of benefits, answers to your most frequently asked questions,&amp;#160;wellness resources, and more! &amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=53</link><pubDate>9/7/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Supermarket News: Kroger, Roanoke Workers OK New Contract</title><description>&lt;p&gt;ROANOKE, Va. — Kroger Co. workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 204 here have voted to ratify a new contract, the Cincinnati-based retailer said Monday. The deal covers 2,000 associates working at 18 Kroger stores i</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=52</link><pubDate>8/24/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Kroger Bargaining Ongoing</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The Bargaining Committee resumed negotiations on Saturday, August 21, 2010, for all contracts with Kroger in Toledo.&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Local 75 and the Company exchanged comprehensive economic proposals including health care, wag</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=51</link><pubDate>8/22/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Kroger Bargaining Resumes; Chief Contract Extended</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Tahoma"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The Union Bargaining Committee will continue negotiations on Saturday, August 21, 2010, for all c</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=50</link><pubDate>8/18/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Bargaining continues with Kroger in Toledo; Contracts extended</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small; "&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; "&gt;&amp;#160;Bargaining continued on&amp;#160;Saturday,&amp;#160;August 7,&amp;#160;2010, for all contracts with Kroger in Toledo.&amp;#160; The</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=49</link><pubDate>8/8/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Kroger Bargaining Update</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"&gt;Bargaining continued on Thursday, August 5, 2010, for all contracts with Kroger in Toledo.&amp;#160; We reviewed and exchanged language proposals for Grocery and Non-Food </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=48</link><pubDate>8/5/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Bargaining Continues with Kroger in Toledo</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Currently, we are in the process of bargaining for nearly 3,000 workers at Kroger in Toledo; these contracts, originally scheduled to expire in April, have been extended through August 7.&amp;#160; Contracts covering nearly 30,000 UFCW membe</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=47</link><pubDate>8/4/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Local 75 is on the move!</title><description>&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial"&gt;&lt;font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;
&lt;p style=&amp;qu</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=46</link><pubDate>7/29/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Shaw's Warehouse Workers Ratify New Contract, Ending Strike</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;Methuen, Mass. – Associates at the Shaw's Methuen (Mass.), who are members of UFCW Local 791,&amp;#160;distribution center have ratified a mediator-recommended settlement agreement, ending the strike that began March 7. The four-ye</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=45</link><pubDate>7/9/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Local 75 Awards Steve Fricke Memorial Scholarships</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; ms</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=44</link><pubDate>6/25/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UFCW Local 876 (Detroit) Ratifies Agreement with Kroger</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Members of Local 876 in Michigan have ratified a new three-year contract with Kroger. The contract coversaround 12,000 members at more than 100 Kroger stores.&amp;#160; The new contract includes bonuses of up to $1500 for workers, as well as</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=43</link><pubDate>6/24/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UFCW Local 876 (Detroit) Reaches Tentative Agreement with Kroger</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Madison Heights, MI - June 10, 2010 - The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 876 has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with Kroger for 12,000 Michigan workers. Details of the tentative agreement will be distributed</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=42</link><pubDate>6/15/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo American Red Cross Workers Strike to Protest Unfair Labor Practices</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Today, June 2, 2010, UFCW Local 75 joined seven Red Cross unions from coast to coast in a strike to protest unlawful unfair labor practices arising from the collective bargaining negotiations with the American Red Cross. Bargaining issues in</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=41</link><pubDate>6/2/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Kroger Bargaining Update</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial"&gt;On Monday, April 26, Local 75 conducted Area Report Meetings detailing the cost of proposals.&amp;#160; The Toledo Kroger Market is comprised of </description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=38</link><pubDate>5/4/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Workers at AFG Win a Voice on the Job</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Around 50 workers at the American Food Group&lt;br /&gt;
hamburger plant in Sharonville, Ohio, a suburb of&lt;br /&gt;
Cincinnati, voted overwhelmingly for a real voice at&lt;br /&gt;
work with Local 75 on April 23. The six-month&lt;br /&amp;</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=37</link><pubDate>4/29/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Local 75 Handbills Members at Toledo Red Cross</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;Local 75 members at American Red Cross blood services handbilled&amp;#160;co-workers on Saturday, April 11, as we continue the fight for a fair contract.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&amp;id=7377253?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=36</link><pubDate>4/13/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Ohio AG Rich Cordray Fighting Back to Protect Health Care</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;Click on the link to see the Attorney General Richard Cordray's interview on PBS NewsHour.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/health/jan-june10/healthcare_04-01.html?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=35</link><pubDate>4/5/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Workers at Silgan Can Ratify New Three Year Agreement</title><description>&lt;p&gt;New Contract for Nearly 200 Members of UFCW Local 75 at Napoleon Plant Overwhelmingly Ratified&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;On March 28, 2010, workers at Silgan Can Company ratified a new three year agreement covering nearly 200 workers; workers at S</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=34</link><pubDate>3/29/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Kroger Contracts Extended</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Bargaining for nearly 3,000 members of UFCW Local 75 working at Toledo Kroger stores began this spring; three agreements (Grocery, Non-Food, and Meats) expire this April.&amp;#160; After membership surveys, training members of the Bargaining</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=33</link><pubDate>3/26/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Toledo Kroger Bargaining Update</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday, Mar</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=23</link><pubDate>3/19/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UFCW Local 75 Scholarship Application Now Available</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Applications for the 2010 Steve Fricke Memorial Scholarship are now available. &amp;#160;Register and log-in to access the Members Only Content for the rules and application. &amp;#160;Applications must be postmarked by May 15, 2010.&lt;/p&amp;g</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=22</link><pubDate>3/15/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Local 75 Begins Bargaining with Toledo Kroger</title><description>&lt;p&gt;We're in this together.  Today, March 4, UFCW Local 75 kicked off Kroger bargaining in Region 4 (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky) with bargaining for the Toledo Kroger Grocery, Meat, and Non-Food Agreements.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The challen</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=20</link><pubDate>3/4/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Local 75 Holds Rally for ARC Blood Services Members</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Our brothers and sisters at American Red Cross (ARC) Blood Services in&amp;#160;Toledo are fighting for a fair contract, one that protects livable wages and affordable health care.&amp;#160; In Toledo, and across the country, Red Cross is tr</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=8</link><pubDate>2/23/2010 6:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>UFCW continues fight for affordable health care</title><description>&lt;p&gt;External link: UFCW continues fight for affordable health care&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http:///www.ufcw.org/issues/health_care/?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=9</link><pubDate>2/22/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item><item><title>Campbell's Soup Members Ratify New Contract</title><description>&lt;p&gt;New Contract for Nearly 1,100 Members of UFCW Local 75 at Napoleon Plant Overwhelmingly Ratified&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NAPOLEON, OH - - Workers at Campbell's Soup ratified a new three year agreement covering nearly 1,100 workers at the Campell</description><link>?ModuleId=465&amp;ItemId=2</link><pubDate>1/31/2010 12:00:00 AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
