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Retail Members in St. Paul Area Stores Overwhelmingly Ratify Agreements

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Members working in St. Paul area Grocery stores (Cub, Jerry’s, County Market, Lunds&Byerlys, Kowalski’s, Festival, Knowlan’s Meat dept.), overwhelmingly ratified new three year agreements. 
 
The Union scheduled times in the break-rooms of each of the 29 stores covered by the Agreements with Corporate Cub (SuperValu/UNFI), Jerry Enterprises (Cub, Jerry’s, County Market stores), Kowalski’s (Kowalski’s Markets, WBL Cub), Lunds & Byerlys and Festival/Knowlan’s meat departments (Knowlan’s). 
 
Highlights of the the newly ratified contracts include
  • Increases to all wage scales
  • Additional employer contributions to the healthcare plan effective April in each year of the three-year agreement
  • Merging of a lower tier FT classification into a higher one for most employers (Cub, Jerry’s, Lunds&Byerlys, Kowalski’s)
  • AD&D benefits for all employees who do not currently have this benefit
  •  Holiday pay for new employees (prime time PT, and utility/carryout/clean team) in their first year (after 90 days) when working the holiday
  • Employer-paid life insurance 

Editors Note: Article was edited on 5.6.2019

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Filiberto Nolasco Gomez is a former union organizer and former editor of Minneapolis based Workday Minnesota, the first online labor news publication in the state. Filiberto focused on longform and investigative journalism. He has covered topics including prison labor, labor trafficking, and union fights in the Twin Cities.

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