Tag: David Cook
OPINION: We are all people in the same fight
By DAVID COOK
President
UFCW Local 655
I don’t normally directly address comments made by a candidate or politician unless they are in specific reference to the...
UFCW Local 655’s David Cook re-elected by 87% landslide
WINNING A LANDSLIDE VICTORY in his re-election Sept. 22 as president of UFCW Local 655 (with an 87 percent vote) incumbent President David Cook...
OPINION: Union PRIDE
By DAVID A. COOK
President
United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW)Local 655
The Missouri legislature has once again failed to do much of anything as our elected...
Second cannabis staff votes to join UFCW Local 655
O’Fallon, MO – Workers at a second St. Louis-area medical cannabis facility have given approval to forming a bargaining unit.
The group at the Bloom...
Watch for new member survey soon
By DAVID A. COOK
President
For the first time in a little while, most of our partners will be receiving this issue of the Labor Tribune...
OPINION: Another failed legislative year
By DAVID A. COOK
President
UFCW Local 655
By the time you’re reading this the Missouri legislative session for 2022 will be complete. This year will go...
UFCW 655’s David Cook honored as Labor Advocate of the Year
By TIM ROWDEN
Managing Editor
Arnold, MO – UFCW Local 655 President David Cook was honored as Labor Advocate of the Year at the Jefferson County...
OPINION: A ‘Thank you’ will go a long way
By DAVID COOK
President
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655
Anyone who walks into a grocery store this month will see the obvious: this is the...
OPINION: Grocery workers still on the pandemic frontlines, but without hazard...
By DAVID COOK
President
UFCW Local 655
In Missouri, frontline workers are continuing to show up for our communities every single day despite the very real dangers...
OPINION: During a crisis, food workers should be considered First Responders
By DAVID COOK
President
United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655
We’ve all seen the pictures on social media, or the nightly news. Missourians are flooding into...