Sticking Together
When we stand together, as workers in the retail grocery industry, we can fight for better wages and benefits and improve jobs not just for union workers, but throughout our whole industry.
UFCW members know all too well that non-union retail and grocery stores -like Walmart, Target, and Whole Foods- are often in direct competition with grocery and department stores where UFCW members work. As anti-worker chains like Walmart continue to grow and to bring down industry standards, UFCW members will have to fight harder and harder at the bargaining table to maintain good wages and benefits.
Recent News
December 23, 2015 at 2:28 pm All year, but especially during the holidays, the UFCW union family strives to give back in our communities. This year on Black Friday, locals across the country stepped in to donate food and volunteer their time at food banks and soup kitchens where they live and work. Those efforts have continued into December. Most recently, Local […] December 22, 2015 at 1:32 pm We are pleased to announce that the UFCW has signed on as a national partner for the 24th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, which will take place in 2016 on its traditional second Saturday in May: Saturday, May 14! The partnership between UFCW and letter carriers is a natural one. Working families […] December 21, 2015 at 1:45 pm Sometimes the smallest gestures can make the biggest difference. It’s not easy to be personable, upbeat, and polite every day and all the time doing any job, but that’s what’s expected out of cashiers to give great customer service. However, Kristen Clark, a UFCW Local 75 member, who works as cashier at an Ohio Meijer […] December 17, 2015 at 1:13 pm Workers at the Latino grocery chain strike in response to current violations of their rights under U.S. labor law. Grocery employees are joined by human rights legend Dolores Huerta at an El Super Store in Los Angeles. Today’s action comes one day after 19 members of Congress called on the Obama administration to uphold international […] December 16, 2015 at 4:00 pm By a more than 4 to 1 margin, workers at Heritage WTI in East Liverpool, Ohio, have voted to form a union with the International Chemical Workers Union Council (ICWUC) of the UFCW. Operations workers at the company, who perform hazardous incineration, finally prevailed in their union effort on November 20 after two previous unsuccessful organizing […] December 15, 2015 at 5:04 pm Workers at Stop & Shop Stores Come Together to Celebrate Customers in Multi-State “Thank You” Ad Campaign LITTLE FALLS, N.J. – The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union launched a new television ad campaign this week to celebrate its Stop & Shop members and the customers who shop at their union grocery stores. The […] December 14, 2015 at 2:07 pm The AFL-CIO Bonnie Ladin Union Skills (BLUS) Training Program offers week-long intensive courses for union leaders, staff and activists that combine in-class instruction with discussions of real world experiences shared by a diverse group of participants. The main training areas include: Union administration; Collective bargaining (private and public sector); Organizing (internal and external); Arbitration and grievance […] December 11, 2015 at 2:59 pm For Immediate Release December 11, 2015 Contact: press@ufcw.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marc Perrone, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), the largest private sector union in the nation, released the following statement about the Customs Reauthorization Bill. “The Customs Reauthorization Bill is woefully inadequate and its passage will officially end […] December 10, 2015 at 7:33 pm A new petition in support of Price Rite workers is now available online. Now more than ever, it is time for companies like Price Rite to do the right thing and publicly commit to provide better wages, better benefits, and better schedules that help improve the lives of workers. The petition features the story of Price […] December 10, 2015 at 1:28 pm Last week, Mark Federici, President of UFCW Local 400, which has more than 3,000 members living in Washington, D.C., released the following statement in response to the introduction of the “Hours and Scheduling Stability Act.” “If you ask anyone who works at a retail store in D.C. how to improve their job, the response is likely to […] December 9, 2015 at 1:40 pm This past Saturday, UFCW Local 1189, the UFCW Occupational Safety and Health Department and the Greater Minnesota Workers’ Center hosted a workers’ rights training session for unorganized poultry workers in St. Cloud, Minn. The training was focused on giving unorganized workers tools to stand up for a safe workplaces and helping them build common ground […] December 8, 2015 at 1:15 pm Since October, UFCW Local 1776 has partnered together with a local radio station, WMGK, to highlight a Local 1776 member every month who has gone above and beyond to service customers and their communities. Local 1776 represents 21,000 Pennsylvanians who work hard to serve in their communities and neighborhoods at Acme Markets Fresh Grocers, ShopRites, PA Wine […] December 7, 2015 at 1:29 pm Following three months of intense and challenging negotiations, members of UFCW Local 7 who work at King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons stores in Denver, Colo., voted overwhelmingly to approve their new collective bargaining agreements. The new 40 month contracts are some of the best in the country. The contracts not only contain improvements in wages, pension and […] December 4, 2015 at 8:28 pm WASHINGTON (December 4, 2015) – Several major deficiencies in the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact (TPP) – including failure to address currency manipulation or set in place adequate labor and environmental standards – are clear evidence that passage of this pact would hurt American food processors, family farmers and ranchers, while also posing serious threats to […] December 3, 2015 at 1:18 pm On the day before Thanksgiving, El Super workers at seven unionized locations in Southern California decided to strike the company over unfair labor practices. Picket lines were established at 4 a.m. asking consumers to do their Thanksgiving shopping elsewhere. El Super union members have been working without a new and fair contract since September 2013. In […] December 2, 2015 at 1:48 pm Making Change at Walmart’s national “Are You With Us?” tour will include rallies at Walmart stores and other retail locations in cities in all 50 states across the country in the coming weeks. The kick-off is in Quincy, Mass., on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The tour and campaign are meant to showcase and highlight the negative impact that […] December 1, 2015 at 1:52 pm This month, the story of a group of immigrant workers who organized and formed a union with UFCW Local 328 at Bob’s Tires Company in New Bedford, Massachusetts, back in September was highlighted in the November issue of Common Ground. The following is adapted from Local 328’s website: On Wednesday September 23rd, 2015, the workers […] November 30, 2015 at 1:50 pm UFCW International President Marc Perrone, wrote an Op-Ed in The Hill that challenges every Member of Congress to pledge that they will read the entire Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before they vote on it. The following are excerpts from the Op-Ed: “What does it take to bring Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump together? One terrible trade deal […] November 25, 2015 at 1:22 pm Yesterday, the UFCW and Making Change at Walmart officially released a series of holiday actions against Walmart, beginning with a call to action during the week leading up to Black Friday called the “Give Back Friday” initiative. Give Back Friday is all about helping the hundreds of thousands of hard-working Walmart employees who are paid so poorly that […] November 24, 2015 at 1:24 pm Originally posted by Local 1500 It’s not easy to be the first person to arrive at our Union’s General Membership Meeting. It’s even more difficult to arrive eager, excited and alert after riding a bike through the rain for a few miles. But rain or any negativity has never stopped Peter Hoffman, and won’t stop […]UFCW Locals Continue to Give Back During Holiday Season
UFCW Partners with NLAC for Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
Member Spotlight: Kristen Clark, Meijer Grocery Store
Dolores Huerta Joins Grocery Workers’ Unfair Labor Practices Strike at El Super
Workers at Heritage WTI Say Yes to a Union Voice with the ICWUC
New Ad Campaign “Thanks” New England for Shopping Union at Stop and Shop
Bonnie Ladin Union Skills Training Program 2016 Schedule Released
UFCW President Perrone Statement on Customs Reauthorization Bill
Stand with Price Rite Workers–Sign the Petition!
UFCW Local 400 Applauds Introduction of “Just Hours” Legislation in D.C.
UFCW Hosts Workers’ Rights Training Session for Poultry Workers
Local 1776 Highlights Hard-working Members on Local Radio
UFCW Local 7 Grocery Workers Overwhelmingly Approve New Contracts
Two New Reports Show Trans-Pacific Partnership has Major Agricultural, Labor and Environmental Deficiencies
UFCW Members at El Super Strike In Protest Against the Company’s Unfair Labor Practices
Making Change at Walmart Launches National “Are You With Us” Campaign
Bob’s Tire Company Workforce Votes Union “YES” in Historic Victory
UFCW President Perrone Challenges Members of Congress to Read the TPP in Op-Ed Published in The Hill
“Give Back Friday” is First in Series of Holiday Actions to Help Support Workers
Member Spotlight: Peter Hoffman, Stop & Shop