Category Archives: Member Spotlight

Member of the Week: Bill Ivey

Bill Ivey has been at the UFCW Food Employers Joint Trust Fund for 29 years. Ivy started as a medical claims adjuster and then was transferred from one department to the next as an auditor. He is now a Pension auditor making sure that members haven’t been shorted on their retirement income. Ivy is a […]

read more »

Member of the Week: Andrea McCammon

Andrea McCammon of Food 4 Less #518, has been in the industry for 9 years. She started out in the Service Deli and is now a Cashier. McCammon’s hobbies include horseback riding, reading books and Angels Baseball. She also usually attends one or two ‘Walk for the Cure’ events each year. “I became a steward […]

read more »

Member of the Week: Rob Brown

Rob Brown of Albertsons #6145, has been in the industry for 30 years. He started out as a box boy and is now a Produce Manager. Brown’s hobbies include dirt bike riding, street bike riding and walking his dog. When asked what inspired him to get more involved he said, “The strike/lockout was a huge […]

read more »

Member of the Week: Jeff Weston

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 »

Member of the Week: Solange Stramler

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 »

Member of the Week: Martha Hernandez

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 »

Member of the Week: Gary Salazar

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 »

Member of the Week: Javier Ybarra

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 »

Member of the Week: Patti Bruha

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 »

Member of the Week: Bruce Reeves

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 »