IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2025
REPORT ON FOURTH MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT NEGOTIATION SESSION President Niccollai reported that the fourth negotiating session between the Union and ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCiccos and other independent employers was held today, July 24, 2025, at the Best Western hotel in Fairfield, New Jersey.  At this point in our negotiations, we are honing in on those areas of greatest concern and strongest disagreement. It is obvious that the employers are pushing back hard on the funding of our healthcare and pension plans.  Several members of the management team indicated...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI JULY 10, 2025
REPORT ON THIRD MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT  NEGOTIATION SESSION President Niccollai reported on the third negotiating meeting concerning a new contract with ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCiccos and other independent employers which was held today, July 10, 2025, at the Best Western hotel in Fairfield, New Jersey.  At this third meeting, the Union discussed the fact that, notwithstanding the Company and Union professionals working on numbers for healthcare and pension plan increases, the passage of President Trump’s tax bill could muddy the waters.  We may now...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI JUNE 18, 2025
REPORT OF SECOND MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS SESSION   President Niccollai reported on the second (2nd) negotiations meeting involving ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCicco’s, and various independent Employers. At this second (2nd) meeting the Employers basically sought to completely gut almost all provisions that benefit our Union workforce. Among the more repugnant Company demands are the following:   Restructuring of our Welfare Fund to require co-payment by participating members and the establishment of a new part-time medical program grossly reducing the...
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT JOHN T. NICCOLLAI FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2025
REGARDING MAJOR EMPLOYER CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS President Niccollai reported today that the first negotiating meeting concerning a new contract with ShopRite, Stop and Shop, Kings, Foodtown, DeCicco and other independent employers was held yesterday, June 5, 2025, at the Best Western hotel in Fairfield, New Jersey. The members comprising our Contract Committee are as follows: Kevin Thomas, ShopRite; Francis D. Sawyer, ShopRite; Kevin Remus, ShopRite; Mark Orlando, ShopRite; Yasmin Watson, ShopRite; John Korin, III, Stop and Shop; Lisa McNerney, Stop and Shop; Daniel R. Dolce, Kings; Kevin L....