Raid On UFCW 1994 Ends

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The raid on UFCW Local 1994's units is officially over. "The UFCW International and the International representing the raiding organization signed a binding agreement this week," reports Local 1994 President Gino Renne. "Staff representatives who were soliciting for signatures have left town." As previously reported (New York Group Trying To Raid UFCW In Montgomery County), the National Corrections Employees Union (NCEU) from Massachusetts and the New York-based United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU) have been soliciting Local 1994 members for signatures on a decertification petition, but have now withdrawn after realizing "that our members were not persuaded by the misrepresentations they made about our accomplishments," said Renne. "Thank you, brothers and sisters, for standing up for your union. Together we are united." Click here for Local 1994's report.  - photo: dozens of Montgomery County government workers rallied against “scab unions” UPSEU and NCEU in July, 2010; photo by Boaz Young-El, AFL-CIO Union Summer Intern