2018 UFCW Local 555 retail unity bargaining survey

Survey results provide bargaining teams with a range of opinions to use as guidance. Your answers will collectively shape contract proposals, so please answer thoughtfully.

Only surveys with identifying information (name, dept, etc. ) will be tallied. This protects all of us from anyone, or any employer, attempting to skew the results. 

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* 1. Please provide us with your name and department.
(Remember, if you don't identify yourself, your answers will not be counted.)

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* 2. What's your email address? We promise not to send you spam!

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* 3. What is your cell phone #? (We may text you bargaining updates, but you will always have the option to opt-out. We promise not to spam you!)

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* 4. Is this your primary/preferred phone number?

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* 5. Who is your employer?

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* 6. Please select the location of your primary store.

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* 7. What contract do you work under?

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* 8. How many years have you worked in the industry? (If you've left and come back, just combine the total number of years.)

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* 9. How old are you? (This question is optional but helps us understand our demographics better.) 

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* 10. How involved are you with UFCW Local 555 and with enforcing your contract?

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* 11. If/when you experience a contract violation, what do you do? (Choose all applicable answers.) 

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* 12. How important are each of these contract elements to you?

  Critical (willing to strike) Very important to me Moderately important to me  Not important to me No opinion N/A
Increased wages
Increased vacation/sick/holiday accruals
Increased pension contributions
Respecting seniority
Increased hours and consistent hours

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* 13. How many hours per week do you typically work?

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* 14. How many hours per week would you typically PREFER to work?

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* 15. Which of these statements best represents you?

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* 16. How much has a change in your schedule and/or having your hours cut negatively impacted you in the past year or so?

Not at all. My schedule is fine. SO MUCH. It is putting my livelihood at risk.
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* 17. Continued eligibility for health insurance requires 80 hours each month. Have you experienced a loss in benefit eligibility for this reason?

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* 18. Is there anything else you'd like to mention in regards to hours or scheduling ?

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* 19. How important is it to you to include Shop Steward protections in the contract in order to enable Stewards to most effectively enforce the contract at the store level?

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* 20. What do you like best about Local 555's Health & Welfare (health insurance) plan? (Check all that apply.)

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* 21. Please indicate your order of priority for continued improvement of Local 555's Health & Welfare (health insurance) plan?
[1 = your highest priority]

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* 22. What do you consider a realistic, fair, and desirable wage increase to receive over the life of the next contract?  (Not per year, but total, over the entire contract.)
When naming a figure, please consider whether you are willing to strike to achieve this increase, if necessary.

  Dollars Cents Worth striking for?
Wage increase over the course of the next contract

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* 23. Are you a journeyperson or an apprentice?

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* 24. Would you like us to contact you with a range of opportunities for involvement with the bargaining committee? A YES doesn't commit you to anything but it does mean you're interested in being considered.

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* 25. Please describe any additional contract elements or language that you would like the bargaining team to consider.

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* 26. Are you interested in receiving bargaining updates when negotiations begin?

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* 27. How would you prefer to receive bargaining updates? (Select all that apply.)

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* 28. Is there anything else you would like us to know? 

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