2013

Packing and Processing, Retail Food, UFCW Industries

Have a Union-Made Memorial Day Weekend!

May 24, 2013

It’s Memorial Day Weekend! Which means that you have another opportunity to buy union-made products to celebrate at your BBQ, weekend getaway, or maybe even the first day at your neighborhood pool!

Thanks to the AFL-CIO and Labor 411, you can refer to this grocery shopping list that makes buying union-made products a breeze. 295090_10151659223141153_1295056525_n

Labor 411 is also hosting “Support UFCW Week” this week–you can find the UFCW-made items from the list below–what better way to support your brothers and sisters than to buy the products that they make?

All listed Hot Dogs

Condiments

  • French’s Mustard
  • Guldens Mustard
  • Heinz Catsup and Ketchup
  • Vlasic

Sodas & Bottled Water

  • Barq’s Rootbeer
  • Coke & Diet Coke
  • Sprite & Diet Sprite
  • Pepsi
  • American Springs
  • Poland Springs

Sausages

  • Gianelli
  • Hofmann
  • Kroger

Sara Lee Buns

Breyers & Good Humor Ice Cream

Bud Light

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National Labor College Updates

May 23, 2013
source: fpdunion.org

source: fpdunion.org

Interested in labor education classes? Want to learn how to be a stronger leader in your union? The National Labor College offers courses that will enrich your educational experience with the skills you need to be an active member of your union.

 

New AA degree offered -

NLC was recently approved to offer an Associate of Arts degree (the first two years of college). We will now be an even better option for union members who want a college degree but have few or no college credits.

 

Hands-on training programs expand -

NLC will continue to use union facilities for our Bonnie Ladin Union Skills courses. In addition to the 4-5 day residential offerings, NLC is now offering 1 ½ -day workshops in Washington, DC on popular topics like public speaking and conflict resolution.

 

For more information about the NLC and what it has to offer, check out their site.

Corporate Responsibility, Packing and Processing, UFCW Industries, UFCW Values, Workplace Safety & Health

UFCW Submits Comments to EPA Against Tyson and Dangers of Hazardous Chemicals to Workers

May 23, 2013

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALast week, the UFCW submitted comments about a recent EPA action against 23 Tyson plants that use hazardous chemicals. The EPA recently fined Tyson close to $4 million and required the company to take extra steps to improve their ammonia refrigeration safety programs.

While the EPA’s action is a step in the right direction, the comments pointed out that the settlement agreement failed to include the people who are closest to the problem – the workers who operate and maintain the refrigeration systems.

UFCW members work in almost 900 different facilities across the country that use anhydrous ammonia for refrigeration. Although these refrigeration systems are covered by very strict environmental and safety standards, many of them fail to comply with these standards. The UFCW Occupational Safety & Health Office has an educational program available for any interested Locals to help determine if plants are in compliance and to help develop an action plan to protect members.

The UFCW Occupational Safety and Health Office will continue to fight for workers and their representatives to be included in the process of improving and evaluating Tyson’s ammonia safety program.