Welcome to the UFCW Local 911 website.  Local 911 represents over 8,000 working women and men of all ages, of all races and ethnic heritages and from every walk of life.

Throughout Northwest Ohio Local 911 members work in grocery stores, barber shops, nursing homes, canneries, food processing plants & offices, etc.  We work in many different classifications -- we are baggers, barbers, nurses, secretaries, electricians, warehouse workers, production workers, meat cutters, clerk cashiers and other professionals, to name a few.

We are a very diverse Local Union.  We work together at our employers' businesses and in our communities.  We gain better pay and benefits on our jobs, more fairness and dignity in our workplaces, more balance between work and family in our lives and a stronger voice in improving the quality of the products we make and the services we provide.

As President I am very proud to represent the members of Local 911 and I am proud of the accomplishments we as a Local Union have achieved.  With your help, your voice, your ideas, your energy and your experience we can accomplish even more.

WEINGARTEN RIGHTS

Your right to representation

As a UFCW Local 911 member, you have the right to Steward representation during conversations with management or security which may lead to discipline or involve a security investigation.  Follow these steps to ensure that your right is preserved.

People with the same concerns often get together to talk and look for answers.  That's exactly what a union is all about.  It's people....coming together, voicing their mutual concerns.  By saying "Union Yes" they make life better on the job, for their families...and for the whole community.

Our families are shaping our own lives and our nation's life.  The working people in unions want to be sure the family remains vital.  With the changes in today's economy, that can be tough.  But today's unions are searching for new ways to adjust to the challenges affecting all members of the family - with ideas like affordable child care, help for senior citizens and family and medical leave for emergencies.  By working together to see these ideas become realities, union people are helping to overcome the changes facing the family.

Over the years, they have made this country great, bringing prosperity and growth.  From factory workers to teachers to meat cutters to health care workers, they have worked to make life better on the job through their unions.  Today they're working to make sure that their workplaces are safe and that their jobs are secure.  And that makes their communities safe and secure as well.

Safety.  In today's modern workplace, it means having the right to know what hazards exist and what precautions should be taken.  And security.  With today's economic changes, it means having a voice on issues that will affect an industry and a worker's future.

It's not much to ask for...just a common sense approach to safety and security.

We have all heard a lot about places where personal freedoms have been limited.  Using our personal freedoms -- speaking out and voicing concerns -- is what trade unionism is all about, whether it's in Poland, South Africa or in our own back yard.

In places where freedom is budding, unions are there, fighting to make freedom blossom.  And, whether it's Solidarnosc or the AFL-CIO, when working people join forces to voice their concerns, they are heard.

That's what we mean when we say "UNION YES".