January 2021
UFCW Local 1000 Members
WHAT'S HAPPENING
1.New Insurance Cards - If you are enrolled in Health & Welfare benefits a new insurance card is in the mail. Health insurance benefits are negotiated on your behalf and details regarding them can be found in your Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
2.COVID Vaccinations - UFCW Calls on States to Guarantee Free Vaccine Access to Essential Workers. “America’s essential workers are bravely putting themselves in harm’s way in grocery stores and meatpacking plants to feed our families. Many of these workers are serving our communities without hazard pay after company cuts, despite the growing health risks from recent spikes in COVID-19 cases." - UFCW International President Marc Perrone
3.Stronger Together! - Support our brothers & sisters in Houston as they negotiate with Kroger for vital benefits. Their contract expired nearly 9 months ago and Kroger continues to propose health welfare so expensive it amounts to a pay-cut for associates. An example would be the $22,600 out-of-pocket maximums. Kroger recently doubled down and hired 1,500 temporary employees, without Union benefits, in attempt to destroy hard earned wages and benefits your Union brothers and sisters have worked for years to earn.
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What is a Union?
People have always joined together—whether in community organizations, church groups, parent teacher associations, or neighborhood watches—to make positive changes in each other’s lives and find solutions to problems that would be difficult or impossible to tackle alone. Through unions, people come together to make improvements at the place where most spend the largest portion of their waking hours: at their work.
HELP FIGHT COVID
Join the DFW COVID-19 Prevalence Study today to help researchers better understand how common COVID-19 is in Dallas and Tarrant counties. Your participation will help guide decisions being made in our communities to keep you and your family safe and healthy. The study is being conducted by UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources.

To participate in the study, visit www.utswmed.org/covidstudy and complete a brief survey.

•      Some people will then be asked to complete a free COVID-19 test after filling out a 10- minute survey to receive a $20 gift card.
•   Others will be asked to complete an additional 10-minute survey about their experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. Every 50th person who submits a completed survey will receive a $20 gift card.
UFCW Local 1000
967 W. Wall Street Suite 100
Grapevine, TX 76051