UFCW Local 1994

with a small staff and a bundle of legal bills.
“In those first days, it was just Bob Stewart and me, part-time employee Dave Blackwell and a temporary receptionist, the phones constantly ringing and battles raging all around us,” recalls Gino Renne who has served as the Local’s leader since its inception. Over the next two decades, Local 1994 would grow into an organization with a reputation as an aggressive fighter for the rights of government workers. Today, Local 1994 is staffed with 14 full-time employees and still accumulating a growing list of firsts.
-The first union in the state of Maryland to successfully sue the employer to block a privatization plan.
-The first to pass a binding arbitration provision as impasse resolution in a public employee collective bargaining law.
-The first deferred compensation plan for covered workers.
-Continually leading the way in negotiated wages.