| President’s Message
 We
are proud to welcome you to the web site of UFCW Local 480, a respected and
influential labor organization representing more than 2,000 workers in Retail
Food, Insurance Agents & Health Care within the 50th state, which includes four
separate islands: HAWAII, KAUAI, OAHU, & MAUI. We have created this web site to
provide both our membership and the general public with the most efficient and
modern access to information regarding our Union. It tells you who we are, how
we operate, your rights and responsibilities as a member, and the services that
your dues dollars help provide. Members of Local 480 are an important part
of a democratic organization, one with a very important goal: to help workers
obtain and hold onto better paychecks, job security, decent fringe benefits and
justice on the job. As a Union member your interests on the job are protected by
your specially trained Union Representatives, by Local 480's highly experienced
staff, by our team of skilled lawyers, and other specialists. Additionally, the
Union brings a wealth of experience to the negotiating table, producing some of
the best labor contracts in the country for our membership. It's important that
you understand how Local 480 operates after all, the wages and benefits set
forth in the contract bargained with your employer have a lot to do with the way
you live.
Local 480 is here to serve. If you've
got problems on the job, we want you to turn to us for help. The wages,
benefits, and working conditions set forth by this Union represent progress, won
by the blood, sweat, and tears of thousands who came this way before us.
Sacrifice and solidarity created all that you have today in the workplace. Our
best hope is to keep what we have and to continue our steady record of
improvements.
Fraternally,
Pat Loo
President, UFCW 480-Hawaii
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