UNFI WORKERS OVERWHELMINGLY JOIN TEAMSTERS
UNFI WORKERS OVERWHELMINGLY JOIN TEAMSTERS
Throughout the organizing campaign, workers faced an aggressive anti-union effort from UNFI management, including mandatory captive audience meetings filled with corporate misinformation. 244 Warehouse Workers Join Teamsters Local 26, Prepare for First Contract Negotiations
244名倉庫工人加入Teamsters Local 26，準備首次合同談判
URBANA, Ill., Aug. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Warehouse workers at UNFI in Urbana, Ill., have decisively voted, by a 3-to-1 margin, to join Teamsters Local 26. The group of 244 warehouse workers organized with the Teamsters to secure fair pay, better health care, and improved working conditions.
愛利諾伊州厄巴納，2024年8月27日/美通社/ - 愛利諾伊州厄巴納的UNFI倉庫工人已經以3比1的多數決定加入Teamsters Local 26。這群244名倉庫工人與Teamsters組織在一起，爭取公平工資、更好的醫療保健和改善的工作條件。
"We joined the Teamsters because we've had enough of skyrocketing health care premiums, insulting wages, and cuts to our paid time off," said Kurt Hollwedel, a 21-year forklift operator at UNFI and a new member of Local 26. "One-sixth of my paycheck is swallowed by health care premiums, and management dismisses us as 'unskilled' workers who don't deserve more. We know our worth, and we will fight for the pay and benefits we are owed."
「我們加入Teamsters是因爲我們受夠了不斷上漲的醫療保健費、侮辱性工資和削減我們的帶薪休假，」UNFI的21年叉車操作員、Local 26的新成員Kurt Hollwedel說。「我薪水的六分之一都被醫療保健費吞掉了，而管理層卻把我們視爲『無技能』的工人，認爲我們不值得得到更多。我們知道自己的價值，並且會爲應得的工資和福利而戰。」
Throughout the organizing campaign, workers faced an aggressive anti-union effort from UNFI management, including mandatory captive audience meetings filled with corporate misinformation.
在組織活動期間，工人們面臨了UNFI管理層積極的反工會努力，包括充滿公司錯誤信息的強制演講會議。
"These workers stood strong and fought back after years of being underpaid and underappreciated," said Pat Gleason, President of Local 26. "I congratulate them on their victory and welcome them to our union. We're ready to negotiate a contract that recognizes and rewards these workers for their hard work and dedication."
「這些工人經過多年的低薪和被忽視後，依然堅持並反擊，」Local 26主席Pat Gleason說。「我祝賀他們獲得勝利，並歡迎他們加入我們的工會。我們準備與這些工人就他們辛勤工作和奉獻精神達成一項承認和回報他們的合同。」
Since 2022, over 1,700 workers at UNFI have voted to become Teamsters. The Teamsters now represent 5,000 workers at UNFI nationwide. Local 26's organizing efforts were bolstered by the Teamsters Organizing Department, the Teamsters Warehouse Division, and Teamsters Joint Council 25.
自2022年以來，UNFI已有1,700名工人投票加入Teamsters。Teamsters現在在全國範圍內代表5,000名UNFI工人。Local 26的組織工作得到了Teamsters組織部門、Teamsters倉庫部門和Teamsters第25聯合理事會的支持。
"UNFI workers are joining the Teamsters in large numbers because they understand the power of a strong union contract," said Tom Erickson, Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division. "We will continue to organize UNFI workers across the country and fight for the compensation, benefits, and job protections they deserve."
「UNFI工人大批加入Teamsters，是因爲他們了解到強大的工會合同的力量，」Teamsters倉庫部主任湯姆·埃裏克森說。「我們將繼續組織全國範圍內的UNFI工人，併爲他們應得的報酬、福利和工作保護而奮鬥。」
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters.
國際貨車司機兄弟會成立於1903年，代表着美國、加拿大和波多黎各130萬名辛勤工作的人民。請訪問Teamster.org以獲取更多信息。關注我們的Twitter@Teamsters，並在Facebook上點贊，位於Facebook.com/teamsters。
Contact:
Daniel Moskowitz, (770) 262-4971
[email protected]
聯繫方式：
Daniel Moskowitz，（770）262-4971
[email protected]
SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters
國際貨車司機工會的來源
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