Jeff Weston of Albertsons #6194, has been in the industry for 31 years. He started out as a box boy and is now a produce clerk, and sometimes checks as well. Weston’s hobbies include poker, bowling, his pug dogs, and working with UFCW organizers. “After seeing first hand what employers are willing to do, like […]
read more »Solange Stramler of Vons #1638, has been in the industry for 14 years. She started out as a pharmacist and is now a pharmacy manager. Stramler’s hobbies include general fitness, yoga, Pilates and running. She also usually attends the Seal Beach 5K and the 4th of July Huntington Beach 5K. She met her husband on […]
read more »Martha Hernandez of Central Parking has been in the industry for about four years. Hernandez is a cashier, parking attendant, and office assistant at Central Parking in Long Beach. When asked how she met her representative, she said that things were not going well on the job and to help out representative Jeri Hander stepped […]
read more »Gary Salazar is a 27-year Ralphs employee currently working at store #178. When asked what inspired you to get more involved he said, “I did not like the way the members were being treated, and I wanted to let Union Members know that they are not alone in dealing with the company.” “I became a […]
read more »Javier Ybarra of Albertsons #6163, has been in the industry for 23 years. Ybarra started as a Courtesy Clerk, went straight to night crew and is now a Food Clerk in Frozen Foods. Ybarra became a Union Steward during the last contract campaign. “I volunteered a lot, and my rep (then Jeri Hander) had asked […]
read more »Patti Bruha of Rite Aid has been a pharmacist for 35 years. She grew up in Wisconsin and got her degree at the University of Madison. After interning she grew tired of the weather and moved to the warm shores of California. Bruha worked for Thrifty which then became Rite Aid as a Pharmacist from […]
read more »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 […]
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