We are a union representing over 23,000 supermarket workers throughout Long Island, the five boroughs and Dutchess & Westches ... ter Counties. We primarily represent supermarkets, but we do have other contracted companies. We have been dubbed "small, scrappy & powerful" by the Daily News. UFCW Local 1500 was chartered by the Retail Clerks Union in 1937. We are the largest UFCW Local union in New York, and one of the largest in the country. read more