Unions to Launch New Weapon in Bid for Better Contract -- A Tap Dancing Heart with Lungs of Love.BUENA PARK Buena Park (bwā`nə), city (1990 pop. 68,784), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1953. Food processing, the manufacture of aircraft, and tourism are important to the city's economy. , Calif. -- Union members from United Food and Commercial Workers The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.4 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile and Local 324, whose nearly five-month long labor dispute with Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, grocers in 2003/04 caused heartache for millions, will serenade serenade [Ital. sera=evening], term used to designate several types of musical composition. Opera and song literature yield numerous examples of the serenade sung or played by a lover at night beneath his beloved's window; outstanding is management at Albertsons Regional Headquarters (1421 S. Manhattan Ave. in Fullerton) with love songs Wednesday urging them to "have a heart" and sign a fair work contract with their employees. To drive the point home, a tap dancing red and white-faced heart will arrive at 1 p.m. to hand-deliver a giant greeting card adorned a·dorn tr.v. a·dorned, a·dorn·ing, a·dorns 1. To lend beauty to: "the pale mimosas that adorned the favorite promenade" Ronald Firbank. 2. with a sampling of signatures from supportive customers, a fist-full of bright red foil balloons and a song. "It's a light-hearted spectacle that we hope will expose these multi-billion dollar companies' practice of refusing to acknowledge employee contributions to their highly successful businesses," said Local 324 President Greg Conger. Conger plans to be at the Albertsons located at 8880 Valley View in Buena Park from noon to 1 p.m. where union volunteers will be collecting more signatures for the petition they hope to deliver to Albertsons upper management before the contract expires March 5. It is from that location that the tap-dancing heart will disembark dis·em·bark v. dis·em·barked, dis·em·bark·ing, dis·em·barks v.intr. 1. To go ashore from a ship. 2. To leave a vehicle or aircraft. v.tr. at about 12:45 p.m. for the short cruise to the company's headquarters located about a mile away. (Conger as well as several rank-and-file members are available to speak with reporters from this location.) Negotiations for a new contract have been taking place between the unions and Albertsons, Ralphs and Vows for roughly three weeks with little or no progress on pivotal issues. Union leaders are hoping that events such as this will result in public pressure on the grocery chains to avert a conflict like the one three years ago. UFCW UFCW United Food and Commercial Workers Local 324 is the largest private-sector union in Orange County with approximately 24,000 members.
What: A singing telegram will be delivered to company executives.
When: Wednesday 1 p.m.
Where: Albertsons Regional HQ building at 1421 S. Manhattan Blvd.,
in Fullerton.
Who: Employees of Albertsons
Why: Because the loyal employees of Albertsons are feeling less
love these days and don't want to give up on a happy future.
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