UFCW 1442

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Collective Bargaining Agreement? A Collective Bargaining Agreement is a contract negotiated on your behalf by your Union with your employer that guarantees your benefits, wages, and working conditions.
When does your current Collective Bargaining Agreement expire? Albertsons, Gelsons, Ralphs, Vicente Foods, Vons, Pavilions – March 6, 2022

Bob’s Market –March 6, 2022

Food 4 Less – June 4, 2024

CVS – Clerks and Pharmacists June 30, 2024

Rite Aid – Clerks and Pharmacists July 20, 2024

Meadowbrook – April 30, 2022
What happens when the contract expires? The Unions objective is to bargain in good faith a successor agreement with your employer that will be ratified by a majority of members and provide the best benefits and working conditions possible.  

An agreement is not reached before contract expiration, but an extension of the contract is recommended as long as progress in negotiations can be made.

An agreement cannot be reached, the Union has exhausted all of its negotiating possibilities and avenues and the employers force a strike, or initiate a lockout.
What are Health & Welfare Benefits? Health & Welfare benefits refers to Union negotiated plans that include medical coverage, prescription benefits, vision benefits, dental benefits, mental health and dependent coverage, and all other union negotiated coverages.
Who pays for my  

Health & Welfare Benefits?

 The contract negotiated by Local 1442 requires the employer to pay most of the cost of the Health & Welfare Benefits.
Who pays for my Pension? The contract negotiated by Local 1442 requires the employer to pay the entire cost of your pension.
Where do my Union dues go? Negotiations
Servicing the Members*
Enforcing contract compliance*
Arbitrations
Affiliation fees to local and state labor bodies and our International Union
Aid and Assistance
Salaries of Union employees
Scholarships
Death Benefits—Union Life Insurance
Charities
Building
Maintenance
Politics
Strike Benefits (Strikes rarely occur)Most importantly, your union dues are used to police and enforce your contracts. Even though your employers are legally obligated to abide by its provisions, they violate it on a daily basis and must be held accountable through the grievance and arbitration procedure, and visits to the store on a regular basis by our union representatives.