Bruce Reeves of Ralphs #154, has been a member of the Executive Board since just after the strike/lock-out of 2003/04. Reeves started as a courtesy clerk in 1979 working his way through to the meat department as a meat cutter. Funny enough, his first ever-union rep was our president, Greg Conger. As a single dad […]
read more »Doris Barlow of Vons #2041 is a member of the Executive Board and a union steward. Barlow has been in the industry for 39 years working her way up from a traffic controller to cashiering where she is today. When asked what inspired her to get more involved she said, “I wanted to try to […]
read more »Laurinda Fiddler has become synonymous with Union inside the gates of Disneyland. It is a fitting distinction considering that many in the union’s Buena Park headquarters describe Fiddler as “the face of Disneyland,” as one employee put it. She has been a union steward at Disney for several years and currently sits on the Local […]
read more »Charles Swain of Albertsons #6110, has been a member of the Executive Board since July of 2008. When asked what inspired him to get more involved he said: “I grew tired of watching more workers not getting involved in their union.” Swain has been in the industry for 30 years, working his way up from […]
read more »Tony Campanello of Ralphs #73, has been a member of the Executive Board since January 2005 When asked what inspired him to get more involved: “Being locked out by my employer during the 2003/04 strike/lockout (and treated unfairly upon my return) awoke in me the spirit which had been instilled in me by my mother […]
read more »Claudia Barajas of Food 4 Less #393, is a former SPUR (Special Project Union Representative) from the Fresh & Easy Campaign in 2008. She was part of a small contingent of UFCW members that traveled to Fresh & Easy’s corporate headquarters in London on a fact-finding mission in early 2008. While there, Barajas stunned an […]
read more »In a year that offered plenty of qualified candidates for the honor, Syed Karim from Pavilions became the third steward to earn the coveted title “Steward of the Year.” Karim became a recognized personality at the union hall when he volunteered to help organizers carry the message to the employees at Fresh & Easy last year. The activity […]
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