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UFCW Leader Petronella Dies
NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Services are scheduled here Wednesday for Brian Petronella, the longtime president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 371, who died Friday at age 54, the Westport, Conn.-based union said.
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JON SPRINGER
NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Services are scheduled here Wednesday for Brian Petronella, the longtime president of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 371, who died Friday at age 54, the Westport, Conn.-based union said.
Petronella had been Local 371’s president since 1999, playing a key role in negotiations between workers and supermarket employers, and acting as an advocate for food workers in Connecticut. Most recently Local 371 negotiated a four-year contract for Stop & Shop workers, and helped bartenders at Foxwoods Casino join the UFCW.
Petronella joined Local 371 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters in 1972. He is a former vice president of UFCW International.
