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Union membership in the bag:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Albertsons\u2019 employees in New Mexico pose for a group photo following the successful campaign.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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In\u00a0May,\u00a090 employees at Albertsons stores\u00a0in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho,\u00a0N.M., voted to join\u00a0UFCW Local 1564<\/a>. They\u2019re looking for better wages, benefits, and workplace protections that come with a union contract.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Workers at the Albuquerque Eubank Blvd. N.E. location are employed as meat cutters, meat wrappers, butcher block clerks, and deli clerks. At the Rio Rancho Ridgecrest Dr. location, the workers are in the checking, stocking, receiving, produce, bakery, deli, and e-commerce departments, and include head clerks and departmental leads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Staff at the locations were thrilled with the outcome of the vote and some shared their thoughts with organizers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Tim said, \u201cI believe that having a union is going to be a great thing for this store. I\u2019m hopeful that it\u2019ll benefit everybody here and we\u2019ll all be prosperous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Veronica added, \u201cI\u2019m glad to be here and I\u2019m glad to be a part of the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019m so incredibly thankful that our store was able to unite and stand up for what we believe in,\u201d said Serena.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cWhen workers unite, we have a voice and everyone benefits from it. I\u2019m super excited,\u201d remarked Sarah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Organizers expect to have the employer at the bargaining table in the coming months to negotiate a contract for workers at the Rio Rancho location. And bargaining could begin as soon as this month for the Albuquerque meat unit employees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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UFCW Local 1564 staff said effective communication through text messaging enabled them to quicky send out warnings about union busters and to educate workers about the tangible benefits of joining a union. Workers at these latest New Mexico locations have seen how a strong contract benefits unionized Albertsons\u2019 employees throughout the state. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cThe success we are seeing with Albertsons is a result of successful contract negotiations with Albertsons in 2025, a strong and respected organizer in Sylvianna, and union leadership committed to organizing and bargaining to increase leverage for Albertsons\u2019 members in 2029,\u201d said Greg Frazier, president of UFCW Local 1564.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Market Street workers at the Rio Rancho Unser Blvd. S.E. location joined UFCW Local 1564 earlier this year<\/a>.  Market Street is a subsidiary of Albertsons.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Union membership in the bag:\u00a0Albertsons\u2019 employees in New Mexico pose for a group photo following the successful campaign. In\u00a0May,\u00a090 employees at Albertsons stores\u00a0in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho,\u00a0N.M., voted to join\u00a0UFCW Local 1564. They\u2019re looking for better wages, benefits, and workplace protections that come with a union contract. Workers at the Albuquerque Eubank Blvd. N.E. location are employed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":436,"featured_media":65014,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[431],"class_list":["post-65012","victories","type-victories","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retailfood","tag-ufcw-local-1564"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGrocery Workers at Two New Mexico Locations Vote to Unionize - The United Food & Commercial Workers International Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Grocery Workers at Two New Mexico Locations Vote to Unionize\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/grocery-workers-at-two-new-mexico-locations-vote-to-unionize\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grocery Workers at Two New Mexico Locations Vote to Unionize - 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