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President
Steve T. Gelios
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Welcome
to UFCW Local 2008. We are working hard to maintain open and effective
communication with our past, current, and future members. You will
find news about your Local Union and information about your Officers and
Union Representatives, as well as your bargaining agreements, your rights as
a member, your right to organize, and much more.
Local 2008 represents over 6,000 members in
the state of Arkansas and southwest Missouri in the retail and wholesale
food industry, poultry and meat processing and packing, healthcare and
health services, barbers, laboratory science, and the shoe manufacturing
industry.
UFCW Local 2008 was formed May 1, 1992, with
the merger of Local 425 and Local 1583. Originally chartered on May
27, 1947, by the Retail Clerks International Association, Local 1583 was
formed by workers in the retail grocery industry. Local 425 was
originally founded by poultry and meat processing and packing workers on
October 25, 1950, and chartered by the Amalgamated Meatcutters and Butcher
Workmen of North America.
With the mergers of the two International
Unions in 1979, and the subsequent merger of Locals 425 and 1583 in 1992,
Local 2008 now represents workers across the entire state of Arkansas and
southwest Missouri.
Local 2008’s mission is to improve the lives
of our members through collective bargaining and enforcement of union
contracts, to protect the rights of our members, and to give members a
strong voice on issues affecting their workplace.
UFCW members stand together throughout the
state and nation for fair treatment and economic justice for workers. |
