About 48 grocery workers at the Malama Market store on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii, recently joined UFCW Local 480 for a better life. UFCW Local 480 also represents meat and seafood workers at the Malama Market store in Pahoa.
The Malama Market workers in Oahu joined our union family because they were concerned about insufficient wages and working conditions. The campaign to organize these workers included conventional one-on-one meetings about the benefits of joining a union.
Malama Market is a branch of the Foodland supermarket chain, which is the largest locally owned retail grocer in Hawaii. UFCW Local 480 now represents workers in two of the five Malama Market stores in Hawaii.
“These newly organized Malama Market workers are just another jewel found in paradise,” said UFCW Local 480 President Pat Loo. “We welcome them to our union family.”