WHEN THINKING ABOUT UNIONS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER
"Together we bargain, but divided we beg"
WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US:
- Access to full-time professional Staff Representatives and their experience to represent you
- Professional negotiators to conduct contract negotiations with your employer
- Grievance representation by an experienced Union Representative
- Arbitration hearings representation
- National Labor Relations Board representation if needed
- Regular on the job visits by a Union Representative
- Access, when required, to a leading law firm in grievance matters
- Stewards school training
- Strike Fund access, if needed, from the UFCW
- Pension plan access to the RWDSIU and/or the UFCW Pension when negotiated in your contract
- UFCW and RWDSU International Scholarships
- New England Joint Board / Thomas J. Leone Scholarships
- Local Union membership meetings in your area where your voice can be heard
- Union Office centrally located in Leominster, Massachusetts staffed with professionals to serve you.
- Health and Safety training
- Job Security
- All RWDSU members and retirees are eligible to participate in the Union Privilege Program. Some of the benefits of this program are; a union credit card, legal services, union member mortgage & real estate financing, life insurance and many more
- Access to comprehensive medical, dental, life and short term disability insurance administered by our own Heath & Welfare Fund, when negotiated in your contract
