UFCW Women's Network
The UFCW Women's Network, founded in 1988, works to motivate and encourage women to become active in their local union so the can contribute toward building and strengthening the UFCW. More than half of the UFCW's 1.4 million members are women -- and we are a powerful resource for our union. The active participation of women members in the UFCW enhances our strength at the bargaining table, in organizing campaigns, and in the political arena.
What We Do
Thousands of Women's Network activists across the U.S. and Canada donate their time and energy to ensure the success of a wide variety of local union organizing, voter registration, educational, political, and community activities. Network members have made voter registration a priority in UFCW workplaces, reaching out especially to women and younger members who are eligible to vote for the first time.
The Network also is making a difference in communities throughout North America by conducting food drives. UFCW members prepare, package, stock, and sell millions of tons of food each year. As such, we have a special interest in reaching out to combat hunger in the U.S. and Canada, two of the worlds wealthiest nations.
The Women's Network also works to alert the UFCW members and the public about child labor, foreign made products, policies and practices of anti-union companies that undercut our economy and our communities, the need for national health care reform, and workplace violence through our annual Mother's Day Actions.
Network members also participate in many community activities such as assisting women's shelters, teaching about labor in schools, raising money for breast cancer research, and offering scholarships for working families. In 1997, the Network began sponsoring a series of workshops around the country to educate union representatives on workplace violence and measures available for reducing risks to UFCW members.
How We Work
The UFCW Women's Network is governed by an international chair, an eight-member executive committee, and regional representatives in each UFCW region. The Chair and co-chairs are elected by delegates to the Network's biennial convention.
Standing committees include: organizing and collective bargaining; education and political action; and membership communications.
The Network shares information with members and other interested activists through bimonthly Network News, which reports on Network activities on the national and regional levels.
Join
Get involved in the Women's Network. Click here to download the application
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