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3rd QUARTER 2025 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS
& Nominations for Union Officers
NOMINATIONS: Nominations for the offices of President, Secretary/Treasurer, Recorder, and tenVice-Presidents will be accepted at meetings to be held prior to General Membership Meetings as follows:
DATE         DAY     PLACE                                                                                                                                    TIME
7/1/25        Tues    Anchorage/Eagle River @ 
UFCW Office - 501 W Northern Lights Blvd             9:00 AM & 4:00 PM
7/1/25        Tues    Seward @ 
Harbor 360 Hotel                                                                                             4:00 PM
7/1/25        Tues    Ketchikan @ 
Best Western Landing                                                                              
9:00 AM & 5:00 PM
7/1/25        Tues    Fairbanks @ UFCW Office - 2120 S. Cushman Suite 201                                          10:00 AM & 5:00 PM
7/2/25        Wed    Palmer/Wasilla @ Menard Sports Center Meeting Room #3 - Wasilla                 5:00 PM
7/2/25        Wed    North Pole @ Hotel North Pole                                                                                       3:00 PM
7/2/25        Wed    Homer @ Bidarka Inn                                                                                                          6:00 PM
7/2/25        Wed    Petersburg @ Scandia House                                                                                           6:30 PM

7/3/25        Thurs  Eagle River @ Parks and Rec - 12001 Business Blvd                                                  4:00 PM
7/3/25        Thurs  Kenai/Soldotna @ Soldotna Aspen Hotel                                                                    9:00 AM & 4:00 PM
7/3/25        Thurs  Juneau @ Aspen Hotel                                                                                                        5:00 PM

                                          *Members who attend the meetings get 1/2 month's dues refunded to them*
*click the links above for a helpful visit to Google Maps*
CONDUCT OF NOMINATIONS: No member may be nominated to more than one office in any election, and no member may hold more than one Local Union elected office at any one time.
Members wishing to be nominated for Local Union office need not be present at the nomination meeting to be nominated; however, they must be nominated by a member present at a meeting and the individual nominating the member must present a written letter from the nominee accepting the nomination, or the nomination shall be ruled invalid.


ELIGIBILITY: An active member in the Local Union who has been an active member in the Local Union, or who had been a member of another organization merged with the Local Union, for a continuous aggregate of at least one year immediately preceding the month in which nominations are held, or an active member in the Local Union who has been an active member in the International Union continuously for at least two years immediately preceding the month in which nominations are held, shall be eligible to hold any Local Union office.

United Food and Commercial Worker's Union Local 1496 Office Staff

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PRESIDENT​
Frank Mutchie

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​SECRETARY/TREASURER
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Silvana Tirban

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  RECORDER
  Brad Springer

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  UNION REPRESENTATIVE
​  Connie Johnson

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  UNION REPRESENTATIVE
​  Ricky Thrasher

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​ORGANIZER
Louie Afusia
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OFFICE MANAGER
​Pam VanDenBerg

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MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
​Krystal Kingery
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​RECEPTIONIST - FAIRBANKS
​Sandra Cornelius

 UFCW1496
501 W. Northern Lights Suite 200
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
907-258-1496
1-800-478-1496