1980 - 1993
The Birth of the UFCW
1980 - Barbers, Beauticians and Allied Industries International Association merges with UFCW.
1980 - First UFCW Women’s Affairs, Civil Rights and Political Action Conference held in Washington, DC.
1981 - UFCW begins national safety and health programs to identify job hazards and create training.
1981 - 22,000 member United Retail Workers Union merges with UFCW and becomes UFCW Local 881.
1983 - UFCW’s first regular convention held in Montreal, Canada.
1983 - 15,000 member Insurance Workers International Union votes to merge with UFCW.
1984 - UFCW’s organizing total sets record with 65,000 workers organized.
1985 - UFCW’s organizing total broken with 71,000 workers organized.
1986 - Canadian Brewery Workers Union merges with UFCW.
1986 - Organizing total for 1986 is best ever with nearly 82,000 workers organized.
1986 - Lenore Miller becomes president of RWDSU.
1987 - Due to UFCW pressure, OSHA expands hazard communication standard to provide information and training to hair care and retail workers.
1987 - UFCW yearly organizing total reaches 100,000 new members.
1987 - Beth Shulman named first woman director of UFCW Trade Division and elected International Vice President.
1987 - United Hispanics of the UFCW founded.
1988 - UFCW Canadian regions consolidate.
1988 - UFCW, IBP and OSHA sign safety and health agreement with three-year program to reduce trauma injuries for packinghouse workers.
1988 -UFCW organizing record shattered again with over 100,000 newly-organized members.
1988 - UFCW Women’s Network founded.
1990 - Sarah Palmer Amos elected International Vice President of UFCW.
1990 - UFCW hosts international summit to propose an action plan for combatting the spread of anti-union multinational corporations.
1990 - UFCW Women’s Network holds first Mother’s Day Wal-Mart protests.
1991 - Independent Foodhandlers and Warehouse Employees Union located in Massachusetts and Rhode Island with 5,000 members affiliates with UFCW and becomes Local 791.
1991 - UFCW organized more than 86,000 workers.
1991 - UFCW’s first Political and Legislative Conference held.
1991 - UFCW’s first Food Processing, Packing and Manufacturing Conference held.
1992 - UFCW organizes more than 93,000 workers.
1992 - Local 1, Leather Goods, Plastics, Handbags and Novelty Workers Union merges with the UFCW.
1993 - International Union of Life Insurance Agents of Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota merges with the UFCW, bringing 1,500 new members.
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