All Press Releases
2009
	STATEMENT BY THE UFCW URGING CONFIRMATION OF STEPHANIE ROSE AS U.S. ATTORNEY FOR NORTHERN IOWA
	November 17, 2009
	STATEMENT BY THE UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION URGING CONFIRMATION OF STEPHANIE ROSE AS U.S. ATTORNEY FOR NORTHERN IOWA
	GAO Report Clear: OSHA Must Focus on Workers
	November 16, 2009
	UFCW International Vice President Mark Lauritsen's statement on GEO report on OSHA.
	UFCW and Smithfield Foods Launch Feed the Hungry Program
	November 09, 2009
	The UFCW and Smithfield Foods are launching a joint Feed the Hungry Program today in New York City to bring much needed assistance to the growing number of people facing hunger and food insecurity in our communities. The project will help deliver more than one million servings of protein to the Food Bank of New York City.
	SENATE FREE RIDER PROVISION GIVES NATION’S LARGEST EMPLOYER A FREE RIDE
	November 04, 2009
	UFCW Releases Briefing Paper Detailing How Free Rider Provision Would Incentivize Irresponsible Walmart Employment Practices and Diminish Shared Responsibility for Health Care Reform
	Walmart to Finally Pay Some Workers
	November 03, 2009
	Today Walmart announced it will pay $85 million dollars to hundreds of thousands of current and former Walmart workers for not compensating them for the work they performed. This lawsuit settlement is the latest in a string of multi-million dollar payouts by Walmart as it attempts to distance itself from a track record of poor employment practices and violations of workplace laws.
	UFCW EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR HOUSE HEALTH CARE BILL
	October 29, 2009
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) released the following statement today in response to the unveiling of the House health care bill.
	UFCW Occupational Safety and Health Office Recommendations to Local Unions on H1N1
	October 21, 2009
	The CDC has developed Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to the 2009-2010 Influenza Season. The new guidance currently applies to any flu virus circulating during the 2009-2010 flu season, not only 2009 H1N1 flu virus.
	UFCW Statement on OSHA Rulemaking on Combustible Dust
	October 20, 2009
	OSHA Combustible Dust
	FRED MEYER CALLS POLICE ON ITS OWN WORKERS’ UNION REPRESENTATIVES
	October 16, 2009
	On Thursday, October 15, 2009, the Hillsboro store manager at Fred Meyer created a scene when he called police to arrest three union representatives for talking with workers—a right guaranteed to workers under federal law.
	US Chemical Safety Board Fails to Recommend Safety Standards for American Workers
	October 02, 2009
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) today again criticized the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for not recommending strong standards to prevent deadly explosions in food processing and other facilities that use natural gas.
	US Chemical Safety Board Again Fails to Stand for Better Safety Rules for America's Workers
	September 24, 2009
	Several international unions representing hundreds of thousands of chemical and food industry workers today again criticized the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for not recommending strong standards to prevent deadly explosions in factories handling combustible dusts, despite the board’s prior endorsement of such a step.
	STATEMENT BY JOE HANSEN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FOOD AND COMMERICAL WORKERS UNION, ON ON UNITE HERE AFL-CIO AFFILIATION
	September 17, 2009
	Hansen statement on Unite Here reaffiliating with AFL-CIO
	STATEMENT FROM THE UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ON SENATOR BAUCUS’ HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL
	September 17, 2009
	UFCW Statement on Baucus Bill
	Statement of UFCW on President Obama’s Address to Congress
	September 10, 2009
	The need for decisive action has never been more urgent. President Obama’s commitment to a public option will ensure that all Americans have the basic coverage they need to care for their families.
	UFCW Members Join Push on Capital Hill for Labor Law Reform
	September 10, 2009
	Building on growing momentum, thousands of progressive activists from around the country came to Washington, D.C., this morning to tell their elected leaders that workers need and deserve meaningful labor law reform. Joining them will be several hundred UFCW members who support the Employee Free Choice Act.
	AmeriCold Workers Win Solid Wage and Benefit Increases in First Union Contract
	September 03, 2009
	Workers at the Americold plant in Crete, Nebraska, obtained their first-ever union contract. This five-year contract negotiated by union members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 271 provides solid wage and benefit increases.
	UFCW, Partners Announce New Agenda Challenging Walmart to Change Practices for the Sake of the American Economy
	September 01, 2009
	UFCW International Vice President and Director Pat O’Neill today announced a new national comprehensive American values-driven agenda to hold Walmart accountable to its workers, our communities and the planet.
	UFCW Joins Mexican Consul General to Launch Celebration of “Labor Rights Week” as Labor Day 2009 Approaches
	August 31, 2009
	Local Unions Partner with Mexican Consulate in Thirteen Cities to Offer Innovative Worker Rights Programming
	Plumrose Settles Allegations of Labor Law Violations
	August 26, 2009
	In the face of allegations that it had violated numerous federal laws, Plumrose USA has entered into a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
	Statement of UFCW International President Joe Hansen on the Passing of Senator Edward Kennedy
	August 26, 2009
	“Senator Kennedy was an unwavering champion for workers across the country. His passion, his vision and his devotion to the issues that matter ensured that working men and women had a voice in the halls of Congress."
	ROUSES GROCERY OBSTRUCTS FREE SPEECH, INTERFERES WITH WORKERS’ RIGHT TO UNION INFORMATION
	August 10, 2009
	(NEW ORLEANS) – Rouses grocery store in Louisiana is not behaving like a responsible neighborhood business. Instead, the company is clamping down on the first amendment right of workers, obstructing their right to express any interest in joining the UFCW. The grocer went so far as to call the police, insisting on the arrest of workers and other union members attempting to talk about union representation.
	Wal-Mart Watch Joins WakeUpWalmart.com to Hold America’s Largest Private Employer Accountable for Promises Made
	July 31, 2009
	Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) announced that Wal-Mart Watch has joined with WakeUpWalMart.com to form one organization to maximize the ability for Walmart workers to win a voice on the job and bring change to the entire retail industry.
	PRESIDENT OBAMA TO MEET WITH UFCW MEMBERS ON HEALTH CARE
	July 29, 2009
	President Barack Obama will hold health care town hall meeting at the Bristol, Virginia, Kroger grocery store today – Wednesday, July 29 at 4:00 pm. Workers at this store are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 400, and are speaking out for quality, affordable health care for all.
	JBS-SWIFT WORKERS IN UTAH RATIFY FIRST UNION CONTRACT
	July 15, 2009
	Hyrum, Utah – Workers at the JBS-Swift plant in Hyrum, Utah, last evening voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first-ever union contract.
	WORKERS AT WORLD'S LARGEST PORK PLANT RATIFY FIRST-EVER UNION CONTRACT
	July 01, 2009
	Five Thousand workers at the world’s largest pork processing plant have their first-ever union contract, after a majority of workers ratified the agreement over a two-day vote. Members of UFCW Local 1208 will join more than 10,000 other Smithfield workers, and more than 240,000 others who work in the meat packing and food processing industry who have a UFCW union contract.
	TAR HEEL SMITHFIELD WORKERS REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
	June 26, 2009
	Smithfield Packing Company and the bargaining committee of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1208 reached a tentative agreement on a first contract for the workers at the Tar Heel pork processing facility.
	UFCW Members Take Capitol Hill by Storm to Call for Health Care Reform
	June 25, 2009
	Hundreds of UFCW members from across the country flooded the halls of Congress today to tell how the health care crisis has impacted working Americans and to send a strong message to those in Washington that health care reform cannot wait.
	NATIONAL COMMISSION CONDEMNS WORKPLACE IMMIGRATION RAIDS
	June 18, 2009
	A National Commission investigating immigration enforcement under the Bush Administration released a comprehensive new report today documenting the devastation and destruction that immigration raids had on families, workplaces and communities across the country.
	STATEMENT FROM JOE HANSEN, UFCW INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT
	June 18, 2009
	WASHINGTON, DC – A horrific accident took the lives of three workers and injured 41 others in an explosion and roof collapse at the ConAgra Foods Inc. facility in Garner, North Carolina, on June 9, 2009. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 204 represents 900 workers in that facility.
	UFCW STATEMENT ON TRAGIC EVENT AT CONAGRA PLANT IN GARNER, NORTH CAROLINA
	June 11, 2009
	A horrific accident took the lives of three workers and injured 41 others in an explosion and roof collapse at the ConAgra Foods Inc. facility in Garner, North Carolina, on June 9, 2009.
	Local 1529 Holds Community Forum Calling on Congress to Pass Employee Free Choice
	May 12, 2009
	UFCW Local 1529 members and community leaders met on May 7th in a community forum to discuss how the current economic crisis affects their livelihoods and offer Main Street solutions to hard working Americans.
	UFCW Statement on DOL Budget
	May 08, 2009
	UFCW International Statement on DOL Budget
	UFCW STATEMENT REGARDING DHS GUIDELINES ON WORKPLACE RAIDS
	May 01, 2009
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) today released the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that the agency would be making policy changes with regard to workplace immigration raids.
	WALMART WORKERS HOLD HISTORIC NATIONAL ORGANIZING MEETING
	April 30, 2009
	Walmart workers from across the nation are converging today on Capitol Hill for a National Organizing Meeting to brief Senators about wages, benefits and the Employee Free Choice Act.
	Food and Commercial Workers Applaud Decision to Hold Bruno’s to its Promises
	April 27, 2009
	Today’s decision by US Bankruptcy Judge Benjamin Cohen to uphold the contract between Bruno’s Inc. and more than 2,000 workers represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Union 1657 opened the door to a fresh start for the Bruno’s name.
	Anti-Worker Intimidation Campaign Thwarts Union Vote
	April 23, 2009
	Seeking dignity, respect, and a union voice on the job, and inspired by workers at Smithfield’s Tar Heel, N.C. plant, workers at Smithfield’s Wilson N.C. plant began a grassroots campaign for UFCW representation in January.
	THOUSANDS OF WALMART WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY UNITE TO CALL FOR A VOICE IN THE WORKPLACE
	April 23, 2009
	Walmart Workers for Change, a new campaign of thousands of Walmart’s 1.3 million associates across the country who are standing up and demanding a voice in the workplace, today released a new video that highlights the sorts of anti-worker tactics they are facing from the world’s largest retailer.
	Bruno’s Workers Take Steps to Authorize Strike
	April 22, 2009
	On Monday evening, the membership of United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1657 began taking steps to authorize a strike in the event that Bruno’s and Food World stores are sold to a company that won’t commit to rehiring workers under a new contract.
	CONTRACT AGREEMENT REACHED FOR EMPLOYERS AND UFCW LOCAL 1262
	April 22, 2009
	The Negotiation Committees comprised of nearly 100 rank-and-file UFCW Local 1262 members voted to accept a tentative contract agreement with ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Foodtown and Pathmark. The membership will vote on the tentative agreement at meetings the week of April 27, 2009.
	CHANGE TO WIN AND AFL-CIO UNVEIL UNIFIED IMMIGRATION REFORM FRAMEWORK
	April 14, 2009
	Joseph T. Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and chair of the Change to Win Immigration Task Force, and John Sweeney, International President of the AFL-CIO, today unveiled a unified framework for comprehensive immigration reform legislation.
	UFCW WORKERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY URGE CONGRESS TO PASS EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT
	March 24, 2009
	UFCW members from across the country visited the halls of Congress today to speak with their elected officials and to urge passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.
	Nine Years Later, a Broken System on Display in Texas
	March 13, 2009
	Yesterday, after nearly a decade of legal maneuverings and circumventions of federal law, Wal-Mart was finally forced to the bargaining table in Jacksonville, Texas. More than nine years ago, workers in the meat department in the Jacksonville Wal-Mart voted to be represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 540. What Wal-Mart proceeded to put these workers through was both unlawful and unconscionable.
	UFCW CALLS ON BRUNO’S TO PRESERVE GOOD ALABAMA JOBS
	March 11, 2009
	Company’s refusal to engage in productive negotiations or identify potential buyers raises serious questions about Bruno’s restructuring and its commitment to Alabama communities
	UFCW Statement on the Introduction of the Employee Free Choice Act
	March 10, 2009
	The introduction of the Free Choice legislation today gives Congress the opportunity to show American workers that they are willing to stand up for real change for working families and shape a brighter future for our children and our grandchildren.
	UFCW Calls for Immediate Health Care Reform
	March 06, 2009
	Yesterday, the President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), Joe Hansen, attended the White House Forum on Health Reform hosted by President Barack Obama. Today, he reiterated the union’s strong commitment to the movement to bring quality, affordable health care to every American:
	Food and Commercial Workers President Joe Hansen to Promote Affordable, Quality Health Care at White House Forum on Heal
	March 05, 2009
	WASHINGTON, DC – At the invitation of President Barack Obama, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) President Joe Hansen will appear this afternoon at the White House Forum on Health Reform.
	HHS CHOICE SEBELIUS REFLECTS OBAMA COMMITMENT TO QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS
	March 02, 2009
	UFCW Statement on HHS Secretary Choice
	Gourmet Grocery workers fight back against wage theft
	February 26, 2009
	Five hundred and fifty gourmet grocery workers will receive nearly $1.5 million in unpaid wages, thanks to the efforts of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1500.
	SPEAKING OUT FOR UNION EARNS PRICERITE WORKER PAY CUT, DEMOTION
	February 03, 2009
	Joe Sorrentino, a worker at a Wakefern PriceRite Supermarket in North Providence, Rhode Island, has been punished for standing up for a union at his workplace, according to charges filed by UFCW Local Union 328 with the National Labor Relations Board.
	Packinghouse Workers Win Solid Wage and Benefits Increases with Smithfield Foods
	February 02, 2009
	Two new contracts—one covering 1800 Smithfield/Farmland Foods workers in Crete, Neb., and the other covering 250 Smithfield/Armour Eckrich workers in Mason City, Iowa—raise living standards for meatpacking workers and their families. The contracts negotiated by members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 271 and 6 provide solid wage increases, lower worker health care costs with improved health care benefits, and retirement security.
	RESTORING MIDDLE CLASS ESSENTIAL TO ECONOMIC GROWTH
	January 30, 2009
	RESTORING MIDDLE CLASS ESSENTIAL TO ECONOMIC GROWTH
	FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS URGE CONFIRMATION OF SECRETARY DESIGNATE HILDA SOLIS
	January 27, 2009
	UFCW demands Hilda Solis be confirmed immediately as Secretary of Labor
2008
	WORKERS AT THE WORLD’S LARGEST MEATPACKING PLANT CHOOSE UNION REPRESENTATION
	December 12, 2008
	Workers at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, North Carolina, chose union representation with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). Workers voted 2041 to 1879 for a voice on the job.
	HYRUM JBS/SWIFT WORKERS STAND UP FOR VOICE ON THE JOB
	November 20, 2008
	More than 1,100 workers gained union representation with United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 711 yesterday at the JBS/Swift beef plant (known locally as the E. A. Miller plant) in Hyrum, Utah, after voting overwhelmingly for a voice on the job.
	Meatpacking Workers Win Solid Wage and Benefits Increases in New Agreement with Smithfield/Patrick Cudahy
	November 20, 2008
	A new contract covering 1450 Smithfield/Patrick Cudahy workers in Cudahy, Wis., raises living standards for meatpacking workers and their families.
	Millions of Workers Being Denied Billions in Hard-Earned Wages
	November 12, 2008
	Conservative estimates place the sum of illegally withheld wages at $20 billion. Millions of Americans are denied overtime, forced to work off the clock, and unjustly docked pay. American workers reasonably expect that the laws governing wages passed by the United States Congress and state legislatures will be respected by their employers.
	UFCW Local 222 Staff Member Carmen Hacht Receives Health and Safety Award
	November 10, 2008
	UFCW Staff Member Carmen Hacht is Recipient of Health and Safety Award
	A New Day for Working Families
	November 07, 2008
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) endorsed President-elect Barack Obama’s candidacy in February because his run for the White House was based on renewing hope for the middle class—on restoring the American Dream for America’s workers.
	PriceRite Workers and Grocery Workers’ Union Reach Out to Shoppers in Fight for Good Jobs in Providence
	November 07, 2008
	UFCW members and PriceRite workers rally for good union jobs in Providence
	HISTORIC VICTORY FOR WORKING FAMILIES
	November 05, 2008
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) endorsed President-elect Barack Obama’s candidacy in February because his run for the White House was based on renewing hope for the middle class—on restoring the American Dream for America’s workers. UFCW members nationwide were excited and energized by Barack Obama’s message. And that excitement and energy unleashed an unprecedented nationwide mobilization and outreach effort that reached millions of working families across the country to help secure Obama’s historic victory.
	Joint Statement of Smithfield and UFCW
	October 28, 2008
	The parties have reached a settlement of the lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Richmond Division.
	UNITED INDIANA GROCERY WORKERS ACHIEVE HIGHER LIVING STANDARDS
	September 29, 2008
	Workers in Indiana's grocery industry now have better jobs and a stronger voice at the bargaining table, thanks to a new agreement between UFCW Local 700 and the Kroger Company.
	DENISON FARMLAND WORKERS RATIFY NEW FOUR-YEAR CONTRACT
	September 26, 2008
	The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 440 and Farmland are pleased to announce a new four-year contract covering the 1,400 workers at the Denison, Iowa, pork processing facility.
	UNITED FOOD AND COMMERICAL WORKERS URGES CONGRESS TO MAKE RETIREMENT SECURITY PART OF FINANCIAL RESCUE PACKAGE
	September 25, 2008
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is calling on Congress to include pension security as part of the financial rescue package expected to pass by day’s end tomorrow.
	DENISON FARMLAND WORKERS REACH TENATIVE AGREEMENT
	September 24, 2008
	Farmland Foods and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 440 returned to the bargaining table this week and reached a tentative agreement.
	Restoring the American Dream
	August 29, 2008
	Martin Luther King Jr. once described Americans and our American way of life this way: “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.”
	UFCW Calls on OSHA to Issue a Combustible Dust Standard
	July 28, 2008
	OSHA’s proposed fines of $8.7 million for violations at the Imperial Sugar plant near Savannah, Georgia, where an explosion killed 13 workers in February, and at another plant in Gramercy, Louisiana, magnify the gaps in current OSHA enforcement standards with regard to combustible dust, including a reliance on “general duty” citations and a patchwork of other standards which are limited in scope and do not address such critical considerations as design, maintenance, hazard review and explosion protection.
	CASE FARMS POULTRY WORKERS FORCED TO WITHHOLD THEIR LABOR
	July 19, 2008
	More than one hundred frustrated poultry workers walked off the job at Case Farms poultry plant yesterday in a fight for living wages and respect on the job. Over a year ago these same workers chose United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 880 to be their voice on the job and to bargain a fair and living wage for them.
	McCain-omics Will Hurt America’s Workers
	July 10, 2008
	By giving big tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy few, supporting trade agreements that have contributed to the loss of good, middle class jobs, and creating a new tax on workers’ health care benefits, McCain-omics means four more years of hardship for America’s workers and their families.
	UFCW President Announces Aggressive New Health Care Mobilization Project
	July 08, 2008
	The UFCW today pledged to aggressively mobilize its 1.3 million members in support of the newly-formed Health Care for America Now, an unprecedented coalition of organizations across the political spectrum that have come together to call for affordable, quality health care for all Americans.
	McCain Trades Away America’s Middle Class Future
	July 02, 2008
	Senator McCain has borrowed from the Bush Administration’s playbook of supporting trade agreements that have devastated the economy and sent good, middle class jobs overseas. He has consistently voted for unfair trade agreements, including the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), and supported China’s entry into the World Trade Organization despite its ongoing history of human rights and workers’ rights violations.
	United Food and Commercial Workers International Union President Joe Hansen Statement on Wal-Mart’s Latest PR Stunt
	June 27, 2008
	Wal-Mart’s announcement yesterday that it would notify its employees about the EITC is another company effort to polish its image.
	Grocery Workers in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama Achieve Fair Agreement with Kroger Company
	June 26, 2008
	Grocery workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1995 have reached a tentative agreement with their employer, the Kroger Company.
	UFCW Staff Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Steps to Improve Chemical Plant Safety and Security
	June 26, 2008
	John S. Morawetz, Director of Health and Safety at the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union’s (UFCW) International Chemical Workers Union Council (ICWUC), testified before the House Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection today about steps that can be taken to improve chemical plant safety and security for workers and surrounding communities in light of the recent explosion of a Goodyear plant in Houston earlier this month.
	Change and Hope for America’s Workers
	June 04, 2008
	Last night’s victory by Senator Barack Obama was not only a magnificent moment for our nation, but an historic opportunity for working men and women to reclaim the American Dream.
	UFCW Launches Campaign in Britain Against “the Two Faces of Tesco”
	June 04, 2008
	One of America’s biggest unions, the 1.3 million-strong United Food and Commercial Workers union, today launched a UK campaign to expose “The Two Faces of Tesco”.
	NATIONAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING MISCONDUCT BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING IN DES MOINES
	April 29, 2008
	A recently formed national commission examining raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents held its third regional hearing today at Plymouth Church in Des Moines, Iowa.
	IMPRESS USA, Inc. WORKERS IN BLOOMSBURG RATIFY NEW CONTRACT
	April 23, 2008
	United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local #38 announces the successful ratification of a new three-year contract with Impress USA, Inc. at their plant located in Bloomsburg, PA. Approximately 145 workers at this location make metal food cans for Del Monte, Simmons, and Suter food companies, among others.
	CARGILL WORKERS IN ALBERT LEA, MN RATIFY NEW CONTRACT
	April 14, 2008
	Three hundred workers in Cargill Meat Solutions’ Albert Lea plant (formerly Schweigert Foods) have ratified a new contract which delivers wage increases, establishes a defined benefit pension plan, and makes tremendous improvements in health care-at a significant savings for workers.
	UFCW APPLAUDS HOUSE DEMOCRATS FOR STANDING UP FOR AMERICA’S WORKERS
	April 11, 2008
	Yesterday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a majority of House Democrats put the needs of America’s workers first by delaying consideration of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement.
	NATIONAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING MISCONDUCT BY IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING IN BOSTON
	April 08, 2008
	A recently formed national commission examining raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents held its second regional hearing today in the Massachusetts State House. The hearing focused on the local impact of workplace and community immigration raids in Massachusetts and Connecticut and examined how the execution of the raids is part of a wider pattern of ICE misconduct occurring across the country.
	UFCW Members in Baltimore-Washington Reach Tentative Agreement with Grocers
	March 30, 2008
	Grocery Workers United Effors Pay Off for Baltimore/Washington Workers
	SUPERMARKET WORKERS NATIONWIDE MOBILIZE FOR GOOD JOBS AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
	March 27, 2008
	Grocery workers are standing up to protect good jobs with affordable health care at supermarkets across the country today. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union in multiple cities are outside of major supermarkets communicating with customers in support of the 26,000 Safeway and Ahold workers in Baltimore, Md., and Washington, D.C., who may be forced on strike because the companies refuse to offer a fair contract that reflects their success.
	CHAO AND OSHA: TOO LITTLE TOO LATE
	March 03, 2008
	The Bush Administration’s Department of Labor in a Hurricane-Katrina-like response is visiting the Savannah, Georgia, Imperial Sugar plant today after an explosion more than three weeks ago killed 12 workers and left others critically burned.
	NATIONAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE MISCONDUCT AND VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW BY IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (ICE) AGE
	February 25, 2008
	Commission of leading experts convenes in Washington; Lays out plan for answering claims of illegal activity as part of workplace immigration raids across the U.S.
	FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS RELEASE TELEVISION AD URGING SUPPORT FOR BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT
	February 24, 2008
	Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) released a television commercial today urging support for Barack Obama for President that will begin running in markets across the state of Ohio starting Tuesday. The UFCW endorsed Obama for President on Valentine’s Day.
	EMERGENCY PETITION ASSAILS OSHA’S REFUSAL TO PREVENT COMBUSTIBLE DUST AND EXPLOSION RISKS
	February 20, 2008
	With the goal of protecting workers from combustible dust explosions and resulting fires, the UFCW and International Brotherhood of Teamsters filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Labor demanding that OSHA follow the 2006 recommendations of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). In addition to several other safety improvements, the petition calls upon OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard which requires immediate controls instituted by employers where workers are at risk.
	UFCW ENDORSES OBAMA
	February 14, 2008
	The UFCW has a powerful presence and a strong organization in key primary states such as Wisconsin, Hawaii, Texas and Ohio. We are the largest union of young workers with more than forty percent of our members under the age of thirty. Senator Obama’s message of changing hope into reality has inspired our members, particularly our young members, across the country.
	UFCW MEMBER TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS ON ABUSE AND MISCONDUCT BY ICE OFFICIALS DURING SWIFT RAIDS
	February 13, 2008
	Mike Graves, a member of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1149, testified today before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law about heavy handed tactics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents who raided the Swift Company packing plant in Marshalltown, Ia., where he works.
	UFCW AND CONSUMER ADVOCATES TO VOICE CONCERNS AT USDA’S PUBLIC MEETINGS ON WORKER AND FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS
	January 31, 2008
	The UFCW will join consumer advocates at public meetings on February 5-6 to oppose the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (USDA FSIS) proposal to water down workplace safety and food inspection regulations at the nation’s poultry slaughter establishments.
	STATE OF THE UNION IGNORES THE REAL NEEDS OF AMERICA’S WORKERS
	January 29, 2008
	President Bush’s last State of the Union address yesterday failed to produce long-term solutions to the challenges facing America’s workers as signals of an economic downturn continue to persist.
	WHAT’S THE BIG SECRET? INDIANA OFFICIALS APPEAR TO BE HIDING PORK PLANT HEALTH RISKS FROM WORKERS
	January 18, 2008
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is deeply concerned that the state of Indiana is not forthcoming with accurate information about the location of the worksite in which workers have been diagnosed with a rare neurological illness.
	COLORADO PREMIUM WORKERS VOTE “YES” FOR A UNION VOICE
	January 17, 2008
	Meatpacking workers at Colorado Premium stood strong against employer intimidation to vote in favor of representation by the United Food and Commercial Workers.
	AGRIPROCESSORS SLAMMED BY FEDERAL COURT FOR ILLEGALLY DENYING WORKERS A VOICE
	January 10, 2008
	Workers at the Agriprocessors distribution center in Brooklyn won a major victory when the U.S. Court of Appeals ordered the company to recognize their vote for a union voice at work.
2007
	Iowa Smithfield Workers Ratify Strong New Contract
	December 28, 2007
	Nearly a thousand workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 1142 voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract with Smithfield Foods at the company’s John Morrell Plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
	Trabajadores de Smithfield de Iowa Ratifican un Buen Contrato
	December 28, 2007
	Casi un mil de trabajadores representados por la Unión de Trabajadores Comerciales y de Alimentos (UFCW) Local 1142 votaron en favor de la ratificación de un nuevo contrato con la compañía de Smithfield Foods en su planta de John Morrell en Sioux City, Iowa.
	BAD MEDICINE FOR AMERICA’S CHILDREN
	December 13, 2007
	President Bush has chosen to turn his back on America’s uninsured children by vetoing a new version of a health care bill that would have expanded coverage to 10 million children through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
	UFCW members stand with Arizona workers for humane and fair immigration policies
	December 12, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and UFCW Local 99 today held a community forum with Arizona workers to discuss how a failed national immigration policy has caused widespread confusion and fear among workers and their families.
	AFL-CIO and UFCW Welcome New Worker Safety Rule
	November 14, 2007
	Rule Finally Issued After Nine year Delay and Litigation by Unions
	Meatpacking Corporate Power Threatens Jobs and Communities
	November 13, 2007
	A Statement from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
	CHILDREN’S HEALTH CARE BILL CLEARS SENATE
	November 02, 2007
	Despite passage in the Senate yesterday and broad public support, President Bush has threatened to veto a new version of a children’s health care bill that will provide coverage to 10 million children through the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
	AMERICA’S CHILDREN GET A SECOND CHANCE AT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH
	October 26, 2007
	Last night, the House of Representatives gave America ’s uninsured children a second chance at a healthy future by passing a new version of a children’s health care bill, but failed to get the majority of votes necessary to overturn another presidential veto.
	HARDWORKING STUDENTS’ DREAMS CRUSHED
	October 24, 2007
	Today, the Senate failed to muster the 60 votes necessary to protect the dreams of hardworking students.
	LEADING KOSHER MEATPACKING PLANT DELAYS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
	October 17, 2007
	The United States’ leading kosher meatpacking company will appear in federal court today challenging a class action lawsuit filed against the company on behalf of its workers.
	CINCINNATI KROGER WORKERS PREPARE TO SHOW STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY THROUGH STRIKE VOTE
	October 09, 2007
	Grocery workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) are fighting back against the Kroger Company’s nineteenth century bargaining tactics. Kroger seems to be operating under that century’s model of “robber baron bargaining”— pushing workers to the brink and forcing strikes, all to justify greedy demands at the bargaining table and in the community.
	FARM BILL AMENDMENT WILL WEAKEN AMERICA’S FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS
	October 02, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) today joined forces with the Consumer Federation of America, Safe Tables Our Priority and other consumer and watchdog groups to oppose an amendment in the Senate Farm Bill that puts consumers and food workers at risk of foodborne illnesses.
	UFCW Reviving the American Dream for Meatpacking Workers
	September 12, 2007
	A new contract covering 4,000 Hormel workers in five locations secures big wage increases, health care improvements and greater pension security for meatpacking workers and their families. The contract sets a new standard for wages and benefits in the meat industry-one that will allow packing and processing workers to truly live the American Dream.
	Workers Sue to Stop Mass Arrests and Detentions by Federal Agents
	September 12, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), today, sought court intervention to protect the 4th Amendment rights of all Americans and enjoin the government from illegally arresting and detaining workers including U.S. citizens and legal residents while at their workplace.
	FARM BILL PROVISION WILL PUT CONSUMERS AND FOOD WORKERS AT RISK
	September 11, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) joined forces with the American Federation of Government Employees today to oppose a provision in the House Farm Bill that will put consumers at risk of food borne illnesses and further subject food workers to unsanitary work conditions.
	MAKING GROCERY JOBS CAREER JOBS
	August 29, 2007
	United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)-represented grocery workers in the Puget Sound area improved grocery jobs for workers and communities when they recently ratified a fair contract with their employers.
	Workers Decry Abusive ICE Misconduct
	August 16, 2007
	December Ice Raids Subjected Thousands of UFCW Members and U.S. citizens to Mass Detention and Other Constitutional Rights Abuses
	BUSH ADMINISTRATION IMMIGRATION PROGRAM WOULD LEGALIZE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
	August 10, 2007
	Planned Enforcement Actions Threaten To Disrupt Innocent Workers And Communities
	UFCW REPORT DETAILS MAJOR FOOD SAFETY CONCERNS AT LEADING KOSHER MEATPACKING PLANT
	August 09, 2007
	Investigation Uncovers Startling Violations at Agriprocessors Plant in Postville, Iowa
	NEW UFCW STRIKES NEW BARGAIN FOR GROCERY WORKERS
	August 03, 2007
	Food and Commercial Workers Union Leads Nationwide Revival of Worker Bargaining Strength in Key 21st Century Industry
	House Democrats Betray American Consumers
	July 27, 2007
	Despite recent food safety outbreaks, House Democrats betrayed American consumers last night when they added a provision to the Farm Bill (H.R. 2419) that effectively weakens food safety standards and increases the risk of food-borne illness in the U.S.
	Southern California UFCW Members Ratify Contract
	July 23, 2007
	By an overwhelming majority, grocery workers in Southern California represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) ratified a fair contract agreement yesterday with the country’s largest supermarkets: Kroger, Safeway, and Supervalu.
	UFCW MEMBERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REACH TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL GROCERS
	July 18, 2007
	Last night, over 60,000 grocery workers in Southern California represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) reached a tentative agreement with the country’s largest supermarkets: Kroger, Safeway, and Supervalu.
	ICE AGENTS ARREST WORKERS AT SWIFT PLANTS
	July 10, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) announced, today, that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents made a return visit to four Swift and Company plants where workers are represented by the UFCW and arrested approximately four individuals apparently on charges of identity theft, as well as questioning several others.
	TOLEDO GROCERY WORKERS STAND TOGETHER FOR FAIR CONTRACT WITH KROGER
	July 03, 2007
	Grocery workers in Toledo, Ohio, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 911, won a lengthy negotiations battle when they voted yesterday to ratify a three-year contract agreement securing affordable, quality health care and wages that workers can raise a family on.
	TEXAS KROGER WORKERS STAND FIRM TO SECURE HEALTH CARE FUNDING
	June 25, 2007
	(Houston, Tex.)—This weekend, grocery workers in Houston and Dallas represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Unions 540, 455, and 408 achieved a solid victory when they overwhelmingly voted to ratify a three-year contract agreement securing affordable, quality health care.
	KROGER TEXAS WORKERS HOLD FIRM FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
	June 22, 2007
	Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Locals 455, 408 and 540 in Houston and Dallas have reached tentative agreements with Kroger that protects affordable health care for workers and their families.
	HOUSTON COMMUNITY MEMBERS STAND WITH KROGER WORKERS IN FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
	June 21, 2007
	United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 408 and 455 members working at Kroger stores in the Houston area will join with local community leaders and supporters today in asking Kroger to stop attacking workers’ health care.
	IMMIGRATION DEBATE IS ABOUT WORKERS, UFCW LEADER SAYS
	June 20, 2007
	The immigration debate should focus on worker issues, according to United Food and Commercial Workers International President, Joseph T. Hansen. Hansen joined Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT); AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard L. Trumpka; Ed Sullivan, president of the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO at a press conference this afternoon that focused on how the proposed immigration bill could hurt workers in the U.S. and abroad.
	HOUSTON GROCERY WORKERS TO TERMINATE KROGER CONTRACT EXTENSION
	June 15, 2007
	Grocery workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Union 455 gave notice to the Kroger Company today that they will no longer extend their contract with the company.
	FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS APPLAUD CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT TO FORCE OSHA TO DO ITS JOB
	June 13, 2007
	The UFCW applauds Congressional efforts to force the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to regulate Diacetyl—a dangerous chemical that has killed at least three workers and injured hundreds of others.
	UFCW-Represented Kroger Workers in Dallas Authorize Strike
	June 09, 2007
	United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 540 members in Dallas have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a potential strike, and to join the fight with Houston UFCW Locals 455 and 408 members to stop Kroger from jeopardizing affordable health care.
	DETROIT WORKERS RATIFY FAIR AGREEMENT WITH KROGER
	June 08, 2007
	The company is up to its old tricks on the West Coast, in Texas, and Ohio, insisting on contracts that would, in effect, force workers and their families to choose between paying the rent and paying for health care.
	UFCW Urges Congress to Redouble Efforts on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
	June 08, 2007
	All workers deserve immigration reform that respects the fundamental American values of inclusion and democracy.
	Gerald Robert Menapace, former UFCW International Secretary-Treasurer, Passes Away
	May 31, 2007
	Gerald Robert "Jerry" Menapace, who rose from a production worker at the hog slaughter at Goetz Packing in Baltimore, Md., to the second highest office of the United Food and Commerical Workers International Union, passed away at his home on Sunday, May 27, from a heart attack.
	MEATPACKING WORKERS STAND UP FOR A VOICE ON THE JOB
	May 29, 2007
	Meatpacking workers at PM Beef stood strong against employer intimidation to vote in favor of representation by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1161 on Friday, May 25, 2007.
	KROGER WORKERS IN HOUSTON SHOW STRENGTH AND SOLIDARITY THOUGH STRIKE VOTE
	May 25, 2007
	Grocery workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) are fighting back against the Kroger Company’s nineteenth century bargaining tactics. Kroger seems to be operating under that century’s model of “robber baron bargaining”—pushing workers to the brink and forcing strikes, all to justify greedy demands at the bargaining table and in the community.
	Guestworker Undermines Fundamental American Values
	May 24, 2007
	The sad fact is that our nation is currently incapable of enforcing our country's most basic labor laws and workplace protections. To suggest that a new guestworker program can be constructed with adequate workplace protections is disingenuous," said United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) International Vice President Michael Wilson in testimony before the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law.
	Statement of Joseph T. Hansen, International President, UFCW International Union on Health Care Reform
	May 23, 2007
	Fixing our health care system is going to require us to come together—and act together—all across the country. In listening to the needs and concerns of Americans from every walk of life and every area of the country—as I did as part of the congressionally mandated Citizens Health Care Working Group—one thing became clear to me that we should always remember: First—“do no harm”.
	Grocery Coalition Launches Door-to-Door Campaign, Seeks “No Shop” Pledge From Public in Case of Strike or Lockout
	May 17, 2007
	Community and religious leaders today joined more than 100 grocery workers and union members in launching the “Walk for Respect” campaign, a massive public outreach effort designed to help restore good jobs among the supermarket industry’s top three chains.
	Immigration Deal Hurts Workers and Fails to Live Up to American Value
	May 17, 2007
	The UFCW is committed to working with all members of Congress on achieving meaningful immigration reform that is consistent with fundamental American values, protects all workers, provides immigrants an opportunity to fully participate in our democratic system and achieve the American dream.
	UFCW SUPPORTS KEY BANKING SENATE BILL
	May 10, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union is proud to announce its support for the bi-partisan legislation bill being introduced in the Senate today which will strengthen the regulation of industrial loan companies (ILCs).
	Statement by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union On Grocery Bargaining in Southern California
	May 09, 2007
	After seven months of unproductive negotiations with grocery employers, UFCW Southern California local unions left the bargaining table on Tuesday. The latest offer by the three grocery companies, Safeway, Kroger and Supervalu, was an insult to members, and left UFCW leadership with no choice but to break off negotiations.
	“In the National Debate on Healthcare Reform, Wal-Mart Has No Credibility”
	May 08, 2007
	Wal-Mart must go beyond public posturing and change its corporate practices before it can have any credibility in the national debate on healthcare reform.
	Statement by Joseph T. Hansen, International President, United Food and Commercial Workers Union
	May 07, 2007
	Today’s launch of the Coalition to Advance Healthcare Reform (CAHR) marks the first serious entry of the business community as full participants into the national healthcare reform debate.
	WAL-MART’S WAR ON WORKERS
	May 01, 2007
	A new report entitled Discounting Rights released by Human Rights Watch outlines the systematic denial of Wal-Mart workers’ right to organize. It confirms what Wal-Mart workers have been saying for years.
	Townsends Workers Put Focus on Wage and Hour Irregularities
	April 27, 2007
	Townsends workers fighting for better conditions at the Siler City and Pittsboro, North Carolina, poultry plants have begun investigating widespread worker claims of underpayment for time worked and other violations of federal wage and hour laws. Townsends workers have been working to organize a union with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).
	LABOR AND COMMUNITY GROUPS URGE LAWMAKERS TO COSPONSOR KEY BANKING BILL
	April 24, 2007
	Yesterday, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union, along with fellow labor unions and community groups, sent a letter to all members of the U.S. House of Representatives in strong support of the Industrial Bank Holding Act of 2007 (H.R. 698).
	SUPERMARKET WORKERS NATIONWIDE CALL FOR GOOD JOBS AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
	April 16, 2007
	Grocery workers are standing up to protect good jobs with affordable health care in communities across the country. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union in eight markets are holding store events today and sending a unified message to supermarket giants.
	TALKS BREAK OFF BETWEEN GROCERY WORKERS AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUPERMARKETS
	April 05, 2007
	The announcement of a mutual aid pact among Southern California Grocers—Albertsons (Supervalu), Ralphs (Kroger) and Vons (Safeway)—hastily ended contract talks between the supermarket chains and their employees represented by seven United Food and Commercial Workers Local Unions (UFCW).
	Responding to AFL-CIO, UFCW Lawsuit, Bush Administration Agrees to Issue Safety Equipment Rule for Employees
	March 16, 2007
	In response to a lawsuit filed by the AFL-CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), the Bush Administration has agreed to issue a final rule on employer payment for personal protective equipment (PPE) for employees.
	WAL-MART GIVES UP ON FIGHT FOR BANK
	March 16, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is pleased that Wal-Mart has withdrawn its application for an ILC and hopes that federal and state lawmakers will now pass legislation that will prevent retailers like Wal-Mart from entering the banking business and jeopardizing the nation’s economy.
	STOP & SHOP WORKERS STAND STRONG TO SECURE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
	March 12, 2007
	Yesterday, Stop & Shop workers represented by five United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local Unions achieved a solid victory when they ratified a three-year contract agreement securing affordable, quality health care with access for all Stop & Shop workers.
	UFCW Lauds the Protective Equipment for America’s Workers Act
	March 06, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) applauds and supports the ‘‘Protective Equipment for America’s Workers Act,’’ introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives.
	UFCW STATEMENT ON NAACP ENDORSEMENT OF EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT
	March 01, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union applauds the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) endorsement of the Employee Free Choice Act.
	STATEMENT BY UFCW INTERNATIONAL UNION PRESIDENT JOE HANSEN ON A&P’S PLANS TO PURCHASE RIVAL PATHMARK SUPERMARKETS
	February 28, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) represents 54,000 A&P employees nationwide and nearly 29,000 Pathmark workers.
	Federal Judge Orders Labor Department to Answer for Eight-Year Delay in Requiring Employers to Pay for Safety Equipment
	February 21, 2007
	A United States Court of Appeals ordered the Department of Labor (DOL) to respond in 30 days to a suit requesting the court to order OSHA to implement a long-delayed standard that would require employers to pay the costs of protective clothing, lifelines, face shields, gloves and other equipment used by an estimated 20 million workers to protect them from job hazards.
	Statement on Wal-Mart’s Call for Universal Health Care
	February 07, 2007
	Statement by Joseph T. Hansen International President, United Food and Commercial Workers Union on Wal-Mart’s Call for Universal Health Care
	EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT TO CLEAR PATH FOR WORKPLACE FAIRNESS
	February 06, 2007
	For most Americans, the suggestion of an election sounds like the most reasonable, fair decision-making process around. But in America’s workplaces, union elections turn into a process for terminations, intimidation, fear and abuse at the hands of employers.
	Jose Guardado, Meatpacking Worker and Union Activist
	February 06, 2007
	My co-workers and I wanted a union at work to fight back against the dangerous working conditions, the lack of respect, and abusive treatment. We all signed cards showing our support for the UFCW. The law wasn’t enough to stop Nebraska Beef from campaigning against us.
	JOSÉ GUARDADO, TRABAJADOR DE UNA EMPACADORA Y ACTIVISTA DE LA UNIÓN
	February 06, 2007
	Declaración ante la prensa en apoyo a la Employee Free Choice Act
	UFCW APPLAUDS FDIC DECISION TO EXTEND ILC MORATORIUM
	February 01, 2007
	The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) enthusiastically supports the recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) decision to give Congress another year to consider whether to prohibit companies such as Wal-Mart stores from acquiring their own banks.
	Statement from the UFCW on the settlement of Albertsons Off-the-Clock Class Action Lawsuit
	January 08, 2007
	After nearly a decade of litigation, an agreement-in-principle has been entered into for concluding the Albertsons’ off-the-clock case and distributing $53.3 among UFCW members and other workers and former workers who brought a class-action off-the- clock suit against the company.
	AFL-CIO and UFCW Sue Bush Administration to End Eight-Year Delay on Rule Requiring Employers to Pay for Safety Equipment
	January 03, 2007
	The AFL –CIO and the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) today sued the U.S. Department of Labor over its failure to issue a standard requiring employers to pay for personal protective equipment (PPE) - - a standard which has been delayed for nearly eight years.
2006
	NATIONAL GROCERY WORKER MOVEMENT UNITES WORKERS AND STRENGTHENS BARGAINING POWE
	December 27, 2006
	For the second month in a row, grocery workers across America are coming together in an unprecedented show of strength and solidarity.
	PECO POULTRY WORKERS RAISE LIVING STANDARDS WITH NEW UFCW CONTRACT
	December 21, 2006
	PECO POULTRY WORKERS RAISE LIVING STANDARDS WITH NEW UFCW CONTRACT
	Worker Impact of ICE Raids at Swift
	December 20, 2006
	UFCW STATEMENT BEFORE THE WORKSITE ENFORCEMENT PANEL BRIEFING U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
	ICE TERRORIZING IMMIGRANT WORKERS BECAUSE OF FAILED U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
	December 13, 2006
	United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) members working in Swift and Company meatpacking plants are reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents marched into plants Thursday morning with military weapons, herding, segregating, and terrorizing workers.
	FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS SEEKS FEDERAL INJUNCTION TO END ATTACKS AGAINST WORKERS IN MEATPACKING PLANTS
	December 12, 2006
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is seeking an immediate injunction in federal court, today, on behalf of workers employed by Swift and Company packing operations in Texas, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota.
	COAST-TO-COAST GROCERY WORKERS STICK TOGETHER FOR CAREER JOBS WITH HEALTH CARE
	November 21, 2006
	Grocery workers from across the country are sticking together for jobs with good wages and benefits.
	PETITION DRIVE DEMANDS PROTECTIONS FOR BROOKS AND ECKERD DRUGSTORE CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES
	November 15, 2006
	An intensive one hundred city and town petition drive is launching today aimed at customers and workers affected by the proposed purchase of Brooks and Eckerd drugstores by Rite Aid.
	FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS BRING FIGHT FOR HEALTH CARE, MINIMUM WAGE TO THE BALLOT BOX
	November 09, 2006
	-In the final weeks of the election, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) from across the country mobilized their co-workers, neighbors, and communities in a massive GOTV effort on behalf of pro-health care reform candidates and legislative initiatives that work for working families.
	Statement by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union President Joe Hansen on Royal Ahold Intention to Sel
	November 09, 2006
	The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) represents approximately 84,000 Ahold workers nationwide, employed under numerous company banners including Tops, Giant, and Stop & Shop.
	Food and Commercial Workers Stand for Safe Meat Industry Standards
	October 02, 2006
	Food and Commercial Workers Stand for Safe Meat Industry Standards
	KROGER WORKERS AND SUPPORTERS STAND TOGETHER FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
	September 28, 2006
	On Tuesday and Wednesday, UFCW Local 204 members in North Carolina ratified a new agreement with Kroger, protecting quality, affordable health care for workers and retirees.
	FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS LAUD NATIONAL CONSENSUS ON HEALTH CARE FOR ALL
	September 26, 2006
	Yesterday, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) lauded the recommendations of the Citizens Health Care Working Group (CHCWG) which shows remarkable consensus among Americans for public policy that ensures all Americans, regardless of their financial resources or health status, have affordable health care coverage.
	Coalition Calls on USDA to Revise Bird Flu Plan
	September 25, 2006
	A broad coalition of stakeholder groups issued a statement today criticizing the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan for responding to a U.S. outbreak of bird flu and called for revisions to adequately protect the public and poultry farmers.
	NORTH CAROLINA KROGER WORKERS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, AND SUPPORTERS "WALK THE BLOCK FOR HEALTH CARE"
	August 31, 2006
	After a Press Conference, Participants Spoke to Members of the Community about Kroger?s Plans to Raid Employee Health Care Funds
	EMERGENCY PETITION SEEKS IMMEDIATE ACTION ON LETHAL POPCORN FLAVORING
	August 28, 2006
	On August 23, 2006 the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union, Western States Council and the California Labor Federation petitioned the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to immediately issue an Emergency Temporary Standard for diacetyl, a deadly chemical used in flavorings.
	Kroger Workers Stand Firm Against Company’s Demand to Raid Employee Health Care Funds, Says UFCW
	August 17, 2006
	After a grueling 72 hours, contract negotiations between Kroger Company and Raleigh- Durham area grocery store workers broke off Wednesday evening.
	Statement by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) on H.J. Heinz Company
	August 07, 2006
	The UFCW—which represents 2,400 workers at six Heinz plants—fully endorses the Heinz management business plan for long-term growth in the food processing industry. The management plan offers the best opportunity for the kind of stable growth that will best benefit all stakeholders—employees, communities and shareholders.
	NORTH CAROLINA KROGER WORKERS FIGHTING BACK FOR HEALTH CARE
	August 03, 2006
	North Carolina Kroger workers are preparing to walk off the job, if forced, over company demands that would make health care unaffordable for workers and their families.
	North Carolina Kroger Workers Stand Up for Health Care
	July 31, 2006
	North Carolina Kroger workers are ready to fight to protect affordable health care. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 204 at stores in the Raleigh-Durham area will be voting to reject company demands that would make health care unaffordable for workers and their families.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM LAUNCHES 2006 "CHANGE WAL-MART, CHANGE AMERICA" CROSS-COUNTRY BUS TOUR
	July 31, 2006
	WakeUpWalMart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, is taking its national movement, and headquarters, on the road in a non-stop cross-country tour hitting 19 states, 35 cities, in 35 days.
	A Statement from the UFCW on the FDIC’s Moratorium on Applications for Deposit Insurance by ILCs
	July 28, 2006
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) applauds the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) decision to place a six-month moratorium on applications for deposit insurance by Industrial Loan Companies (ILCs).
	Emergency Petition Assails OSHA’s Refusal To Take Action On Lethal Popcorn Flavoring
	July 26, 2006
	On July 26, 2006, two affiliate unions of the Change to Win federation — the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — began petitioning the Department of Labor (DOL) to immediately issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to stop the continued risk of diacetyl exposure to workers.
	JUDGE APPLIES CODE OF UNIVERSAL IRRESPONSIBILITY TO RIP HEALTH CARE COVERAGE FROM MARYLANDAL-MART WORKERS
	July 20, 2006
	In a cynical catch 22 decision U.S. District Court Judge J. Frederick Motz determined that Maryland state government could not require companies operating in the state to provide adequate health care coverage for employees because federal law trumped Maryland’s Fair Share Health Care Act passed last winter.
	WAL-MART’S CAMPAIGN OF LIES AND DECEPTION CONTINUES
	June 28, 2006
	Despite multiple headlines in October 2005 which read "Wal-Mart Urges Congress to Raise the Minimum Wage," Wal-Mart announced today it does not support raising the minimum wage to $7.25 an hour.
	ARKANSAS KROGER WORKERS STAND UP FOR HEALTH CARE
	June 27, 2006
	Facing pressure from Kroger, Arkansas supermarket workers stood together to secure a new union contract that protects affordable health care for workers and their families.
	LARRY JOHNSTON TAKES MONEY AND RUNS, LEAVING WORKERS IN THE LURCH
	June 08, 2006
	Sale of Albertsons Nets CEO and Management Team Multimillion Dollar “Golden Parachute” Packages, while 37 Store Closings Leave Workers Jobless
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM RUNS A FULL-PAGE AD WITH AN OPEN LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS STATING “WAL-MART CAN DO BETTER”
	June 01, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, released a letter to Wal-Mart’s shareholders entitled, “Wal-Mart Can Do Better.” The letter will be handed out to shareholders at Wal-Mart’s annual shareholder meeting and will run in a statewide, full page ad in the Arkansas Democratic Gazette.
	NEW EVIDENCE SHOWS WAL-MART WORKING CLOSELY WITH RIGHT WING ATTACK GROUP
	May 26, 2006
	WakeUpWalMart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, has uncovered a close and working relationship between high-ranking senior Wal-Mart executives, Bob McAdam and Lee Culpepper, and right-wing radical Rick Berman.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM EXPOSES WAL-MART'S NEW HEALTH CARE PLAN FOR PART-TIME WORKERS
	May 26, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, released copies of Wal-Mart's new health care benefits plan for current part-time employees and full-time employees "transitioned" to part-time.
	Secret Wal-Mart Memo Obtained by WakeUpWalMart.com Exposes Wal-Mart Front Group
	May 12, 2006
	Today's New York Times reports on a 'secret Wal-Mart memo' obtained by WakeUpWalMart.com which shows how Wal-Mart is exerting corporate pressure to force suppliers to join a right-wing front group bought and paid for by Wal-Mart.
	UFCW Applauds Vermont’s Groundbreaking Universal Health Care Bill
	May 11, 2006
	Basic quality health care should be affordable to all people including families, children, the elderly and the chronically ill—regardless of how much money they make.
	Statement on Wal-Mart providing inaccurate testimony to the FDIC regarding its bank application
	May 10, 2006
	"How many times is Wal-Mart going to mislead America? Whether the issue is Wal-Mart's lack of affordable health care, gender discrimination, crime at its stores, child labor or shipping our jobs overseas, Wal-Mart consistently hides the truth and the American people pay the price."
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM RELEASES FIRST NATIONAL WAL-MART CRIME STUDY - "IS WAL-MART SAFE?"
	May 02, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, released the first national study on Wal-Mart and crime.
	IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ARE WORKER RIGHTS
	May 01, 2006
	Immigrants are workers, not criminals.
	Wayne Hanley elected as new UFCW Canada National Director
	April 28, 2006
	Wayne E. Hanley, the 48-year-old president of UFCW Canada Local 175 and International UFCW Vice-President, was elected National Director of UFCW Canada on Thursday by the UFCW Canada National Council.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM CALLS ON WAL-MART CEO LEE SCOTT TO "WORK TOGETHER" AND "SEIZE THE MOMENT FOR TRUE CHANGE"
	April 19, 2006
	In anticipation of CEO Lee Scott's speech before the national media, WakeUpWalmart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, called on Wal-Mart to "seize the moment for true change" and "work together to make Wal-Mart a better company."
	Response to Wal-Mart’s Health Care Announcement by Paul Blank, Campaign Director for WakeUpWalMart.com
	April 18, 2006
	"After more than a year of publicity stunts, the health care crisis at Wal-Mart continues to get worse, not better.
	UFCW STATEMENT ON FIRINGS AT WOLVERINE PACKING
	April 13, 2006
	Yesterday, the New York Times reported that least 21 Mexican workers of Wolverine Packing in Detroit, Mich., were fired when they missed work to attend an immigration rally in March.
	UFCW STATEMENT ON IMMIGRATION REFORM
	April 10, 2006
	Immigrant rights are worker rights
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM CELEBRATES 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
	April 05, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com celebrated its one year anniversary by announcing more than 210,000 supporters have joined America's campaign to change Wal-Mart in its first year - including 25,690 in just the last month alone.
	WakeUpWalMart.com Statement About Wal-Mart's "Jobs and Opportunity Zone" Initiative
	April 04, 2006
	In the face of a faltering public image, Wal-Mart seems determined to launch almost daily public relations stunts that speak loudly about change, but fall terribly short.
	A Statement from the UFCW on the FDIC’s Decision to Hold Hearing on Wal-Mart’s Application into Banking
	March 09, 2006
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) looks forward to participating next month in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) public hearings on Wal-Mart’s application for an industrial loan company (ILC) charter in Utah.
	Statement on Wal-Mart's use of bloggers as reported by the New York Times
	March 07, 2006
	"In an effort to salvage its declining image, Wal-Mart is now using conservative bloggers to promote its right wing agenda.
	17 WAL-MART WORKERS SPEAK OUT NATIONALLY ON THE "WAL-MART HEALTH CARE CRISIS" AT 15 EVENTS
	February 28, 2006
	Today, Wal-Mart workers, community leaders, and grassroots supporters of WakeUpWalMart.com, took part in a new national health care campaign initiative, called "Stop the Wal-Mart Health Care Crisis."
	WakeUpWalMart.com Statement In Response to Ambassador Andrew Young Joining Wal-Mart Front Group
	February 27, 2006
	Wal-Mart's front group is another well-funded ploy by Wal-Mart to try and cover up its record of driving down wages, not providing affordable health care, shifting costs onto taxpayers and shipping U.S. jobs overseas. As a consultant to Wal-Mart, Ambassador Young is now in a unique position to reach out to Wal-Mart and CEO Lee Scott and urge them to change.
	WHAT IS THE TRUTH? WAKEUPWALMART.COM CALLS ON WAL-MART TO COME CLEAN WITH ITS HEALTH CARE FACTS
	February 24, 2006
	WakeUpWalMart.com calls on Wal-Mart and CEO Lee Scott to explain to the American public why Wal-Mart deleted a company document published on Walmartfacts.com stating Wal-Mart only covered 43% of its employees under its health care plan.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM RESPONDS TO WAL-MART’S UPCOMING HEALTH CARE ANNOUNCEMENTS
	February 23, 2006
	The following is a statement by Paul Blank, campaign director for WakeUpWalMart.com, regarding Lee Scott’s upcoming speech to the National Governor’s Association.
	WAL-MART HEALTH CARE SPENDING ACTUALLY DROPPED IN LATEST PUBLIC FILING
	February 23, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's leading campaign to change Wal-Mart, released a new report detailing the "Wal-Mart Health Care Crisis."
	WakeUpWalMart.com Statement on Today's Lawsuits Filed by The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
	February 07, 2006
	Today's lawsuit is just another attempt by Wal-Mart and its allies not to pay its fair share for health care in the state of Maryland and elsewhere.
	NOW, NARAL, PLANNED PARENTHOOD, NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, & WAKEUPWALMART.COM ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT
	February 03, 2006
	Today, the National Organization of Women (NOW), NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the National Council of Women's Organizations, and WakeUpWalmart.com issued a joint statement calling on Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott and Wal-Mart to stop denying women their "right to access a legally-approved drug."
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE CAMPAIGN "FIRST WAL-MART, NOW BUSH"
	February 02, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, launched a new online grassroots effort calling on Wal-Mart and President George Bush to stop supporting health savings accounts, which are the first step by corporate America to destroy our employer-based health care system, where two-thirds of American workers currently get their health care coverage.
	Labor Movement Mourns the Passing of Coretta Scott King
	February 01, 2006
	Labor Movement Mourns the Passing of Coretta Scott King
	UFCW Statement on the Albertsons Sale
	January 23, 2006
	The UFCW welcomes the sale of Albertsons to the SuperValu-led consortium, and stands ready to play a positive role in making the new management team successful in serving the interests of workers, shoppers, and shareholders.
	MAJOR SUPERMARKET CHAIN JOINS CAMPAIGN FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM
	January 19, 2006
	Kroger to Encourage Worker and Customer Participation in Citizens Health Care Working Group
	WakeUpWalMart.com Statement on MD State Legislature's Override of Gov. Ehrlich's Veto on Fair Share Health Care Bill
	January 13, 2006
	This is a great day for workers, families and children in the state of Maryland and sends an inspiring message across America that billion dollar corporations, like Wal-Mart, will have to pay their fair share for health care.
	Workers Win with Fair Share Health Care
	January 13, 2006
	Workers gained a significant victory, yesterday, when Maryland legislators voted to override Governor Robert Erhlich’s veto of the state’s Fair Share Health Care Act.
	UFCW International Union Statement on Wal-Mart Fundraising for Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich
	January 11, 2006
	On the CNBC “Street Signs” program this afternoon, Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich danced around the issue of his financial relationship with Wal-Mart Stores.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM LAUNCHES "FAIR SHARE HEALTH CARE" TV AD CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND
	January 10, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, launched a TV advertising campaign as part of a statewide grassroots mobilization effort calling on state legislators to override Governor Robert Ehrlich's veto of Fair Share Health Care legislation.
	WakeUpWalMart.com's statement on racist recommendations made on Wal-Mart website
	January 06, 2006
	Once again, Wal-Mart faces a critical moral test of whether it will do the right thing or ignore the concerns of the American people.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM ANNOUNCES AGGRESSIVE EFFORT TO INTRODUCE FAIR SHARE HEALTH CARE BILLS IN 30 STATES
	January 05, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com announced it will work to introduce and pass Fair Share Health Care legislation in 30 states. Fair Share Health Care legislation, first introduced in Maryland last year, makes sure large, profitable companies, like Wal-Mart, pay their fair share for health care.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS/ WAL-MART REPORTS WEAK SALES AND TRAFFIC DECLINE FOR DECEMBER
	January 05, 2006
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com proudly announced it had exceeded all of its 2005 goals as part of its unprecedented national holiday campaign during the month of December.
2005
	Statement by Paul Blank, Campaign Director for WakeUpWalMart.com
	December 20, 2005
	In late October, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott gave a speech touting Wal-Mart’s new environmental initiatives. But, around the very same time, Wal-Mart learned a grand jury was looking into the improper transporting of hazardous waste.
	NATIONAL FAITH-BASED CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE WAL-MART GAINS MOMENTUM
	December 14, 2005
	13 BAPTIST LEADERS RELEASE NEW LETTER TO WAL-MART CEO LEE SCOTT/ OVER 93 LEADERS OF FAITH NOW CALL ON WAL-MART TO CHANGE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
	UFCW BACKS LEGISLATION TO PROTECT POULTRY WORKERS FROM BIRD FLU
	December 14, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union—the nation’s largest poultry workers’ union—applauds efforts by House Democrats to protect front line poultry workers in the event of an outbreak of Avian Flu.
	Wakeupwalmart.com's Response to Lee Scott's Statement:
	December 09, 2005
	Rather than address the genuine moral concerns raised by 65 leaders of faith, Lee Scott chose to ignore their concerns, insult them, question their sincerity, and cite manufacturing job losses his company has helped to create.
	LEADERS OF FAITH CALL ON WAL-MART AND CEO LEE SCOTT TO "CHANGE FOR THE BETTER" THIS HOLIDAY SEASON
	December 08, 2005
	Leaders of faith representing over 1.3 million Americans have joined WakeUpWalMart.com in a nationwide initiative to call on Wal-Mart and CEO Lee Scott to "change for the better" this Holiday season.
	WAL-MART SUFFERS STEEP DECLINE IN PUBLIC IMAGE
	December 01, 2005
	The first national survey of public attitudes and opinions about Wal-Mart by Zogby International finds American adults hold an increasingly negative view of Wal-Mart.
	UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION URGES PRESIDENT TO ADD WORKER COMPONENT TO BIRD FLU PLAN
	November 29, 2005
	If a bird flu pandemic were to break out in the United States, workers in America's poultry industry would be the first to notice sick birds, the first to risk exposure to the deadly virus, and the first to sound the alarm.
	NEWLY RELEASED PRICING STUDIES FIND WAL-MART CHARGING CUSTOMERS WRONG PRICE IN FOUR STATES
	November 21, 2005
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com and the National Consumers League sent a joint letter to Attorneys General in all 50 states calling on them to launch a full-scale investigation into Wal-Mart's pricing practices based on the findings of two newly released studies conducted by the University of Illinois-Chicago Center for Urban Economic Development and the University of California-Berkeley.
	WORKING FAMILIES JOIN NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR HEALTH CARE REFORM
	November 21, 2005
	Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) announced a national effort to engage its 1.4 million members in the first national dialogue on health care reform in a decade.
	WAL-MART VS. AMERICA NEWSPAPER AD OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES WAKEUPWALMART.COM'S EFFORTS DURING NATIONAL WEEK OF ACTION
	November 15, 2005
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, announced the launch of the next phase of its media campaign and its activities during Wal-Mart Week.
	WakeUpWalMart.com Releases New 30-second Ad
	November 09, 2005
	WakeUpWalMart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, launched a new 30-second advertisement that asks and answers the question “Who is the most corrupt in America?”
	Declaraciones de Joe Hansen, Presidente Internacional de la UFCW
	November 08, 2005
	Declaraciones del Presidente Internacional de la UFCW Joe Hansen sobre la decisión de la corte más alta del país de afirmar una postura mantenida por mucho tiempo por trabajadores y por la Union de Trabajadores de Alimentos y Entidades Comerciales (UFCW) – que indica que las empresas deben pagar a sus trabajadores por el tiempo utilizado para cumplir con requisitos de seguridad laboral.
	Statement of Joe Hansen, UFCW International President
	November 08, 2005
	Meatpacking, poultry and food processing workers finally have the backing and protection of the highest court in the land. Today, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the position long held by workers and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) - that employers must pay workers for time spent obtaining required safety equipment and reporting to their work location in the plant.
	Strike Ends at Lakeside Packers as Workers Win First Collective Agreement
	November 07, 2005
	Lakeside Packers employees have voted to ratify a first collective agreement ending their strike against the Brooks, Alberta slaughterhouse and processing facility that began on October 12.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM LAUNCHES WAL-MART WORKERS OF AMERICA (WWOA), THE FIRST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR WAL-MART WORKERS
	November 04, 2005
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, officially launched the Wal-Mart Workers of America (WWOA) – the first national association for Wal-Mart workers.
	WakeUpWalMart.com Launches Nation's First Campaign about the Movie & Secret Memo Walmart Does Not Want You to See
	October 31, 2005
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com launched the nation’s first advertising and multi-media campaign about “the movie and the memo Wal-Mart does not what you to see.”
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM LAUNCHES NATION'S FIRST HALLOWEEN FUNDRAISING DRIVE TO HELP WAL-MART WORKERS PAY FOR HEALTH CARE
	October 28, 2005
	WakeUpWalMart.com, America's leading campaign to change Wal-Mart, will hold an unprecedented series of public actions around Wal-Mart locations all across America as part of the "Nothing's Scarier than Not Having Health Care" campaign.
	Statement of Joseph T. Hansen, UFCW International President
	October 27, 2005
	(Washington, DC) The UFCW will lower the American flag to half staff at its International headquarters building in Washington, DC to memorialize the passing, and to commemorate the heroic contribution to the struggle for civil rights of Rosa Parks
	WalMart Memo: Unhealthy People Need Not Apply and 46% of WalMart Employees' Children Without Health Care or on Medicaid
	October 26, 2005
	The memo, authored by Susan Chambers, Executive Vice President for Benefits, robs Wal-Mart workers of their human dignity and instead treats them like products in their stores. It is simply appalling that Wal-Mart's senior management would actually write a memo suggesting not to hire certain workers because they may be unhealthy or obese.
	Statement by Paul Blank, campaign director for WakeUpWalMart.com on Lee Scott's Speech this Morning.
	October 25, 2005
	Today, Wal-Mart stole a move directly out of Karl Rove's playbook. Unfortunately, we have seen this kind of deception before. Just like Karl Rove, Wal-Mart pursues morally corrupt policies that hurt America.
	WAL-MART OFFERS SHAM HEALTH CARE PLAN AS PUBLICITY STUNT
	October 24, 2005
	Today, Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott is announcing Wal-Mart's "new" health care plans for 2006. Wal-Mart falsely claims its plans will increase the number of employees who can afford health insurance. In fact, Wal-Mart's so-called "new" Value Plan is simply a repackaging of the poor health care plans Wal-Mart already offers, which already leave over half of its employees without company provided health care.
	WakeUpWalMart.com response to Wal-Mart's Announcement to Toughen Standards
	October 20, 2005
	WakeUpWalMart.com issued the following response to Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott's announcement today that Wal-Mart would work to tighten standards at its overseas suppliers.
	Prime Minister Must get Involved "Before Someone Gets Killed" at Tyson Plant
	October 15, 2005
	The national director of the union on strike at Lakeside Packers in Brooks, Alberta has stepped up his call for Prime Minister Paul Martin to facilitate a resolution "before someone gets killed", in the wake of three picketers and the union's local president all being hospitalized after being attacked.
	Tyson Foods Force Thousands of Workers onto Picket Lines in Alberta, Canada
	October 14, 2005
	As the temperature begins to cool here in the United States, a bitter and brutal cold has crept into the air surrounding the Tyson beef plant in Brooks, Alberta, Canada. More than 2,300 workers, many of them workers who were recruited from the Sudan by Tyson, have been forced onto the streets and onto picket lines in a battle to preserve a decent standard of living.
	MOURNING THE FALLEN
	October 13, 2005
	One year ago today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union unveiled a massive display on in the heart of Washington DC to mark the sacrifices by the sons and daughters of working America serving at the call of their government in Iraq.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM REACHES RECORD MILESTONE AND ANNOUNCES NEW NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
	October 13, 2005
	In the last six months, over 103,052 Americans have joined the WakeUpWalMart.com movement. WakeUpWalMart.com also announced an exciting new partnership with two of the largest grassroots organizations in the country – Jobs with Justice and ACORN.
	UFCW HELPS MORE THAN 1,000 KATRINA-AFFECTED MEMBERS
	October 04, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) members, constituency groups and local unions have opened their hearts over the past few weeks and generously contributed to the wellbeing of Hurricane Katrina victims.
	The Question Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott Didn't Answer
	September 23, 2005
	In an interview with Business Week, posted on their website today, Wal-Mart's CEO did not answer a very important question.
	Statement by Paul Blank, WakeUpWalMart.com Campaign Director, on First-Ever "Congressional Hearing on Wal-Mart"
	September 19, 2005
	Today, in Cleveland, Ohio, Congressman Sherrod Brown will hold the first-ever Congressional field hearing on the negative impact of Wal-Mart's business practices. WakeUpWalMart.com is proud to be a part of this important national hearing and will work to hold additional hearings to highlight the cost Americans pay for Wal-Mart's so-called 'low prices.'
	UFCW KATRINA RELIEF FUND APPROACHES $350,000
	September 14, 2005
	The UFCW Katrina Relief Fund continues to grow with generous contributions from workers and organizations, and now approaches $350,000. Meanwhile, the UFCW began finding and helping more Katrina survivors in Alabama while continuing to help and to find affected members in Mississippi and Louisiana.
	Poultry Workers Win a Voice on the Job at Koch Foods
	September 13, 2005
	The 700 workers at the Koch Foods poultry processing plant voted overwhelmingly in favor of union representation by UFCW.
	Statement by Paul Blank, WakeUpWalMart.com Campaign Director, on Today’s “Wal-Mart Sweatshop Suit”
	September 13, 2005
	Today, the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of sweatshop workers at the retail giant’s suppliers in China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nicaragua and Swaziland.
	"Why Was Our Wal-Mart Ad Refused?"
	September 12, 2005
	Today, the Benton County Daily Record refused to publish a full-page advertisement paid for by WakeUpWalMart.com. The advertisement was a copy of an open letter sent to Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart, by WakeUpWalMart.com. The letter extended an offer by WakeUpWalMart.com to create a new working partnership and listed "six demands for change."
	STATEMENT BY UFCW INTERNATIONAL UNION PRESIDENT JOE HANSEN ON ALBERTSONS, INC., PLANS TO SALE COMPANY
	September 12, 2005
	Recent announcements by Albertsons, the Boise, Idaho, based supermarket chain, that the company would, then wouldn’t, and now apparently will sell the entire company seems to have been made without appropriate concern for the kind of uncertainty this causes store employees, communities the grocer serves or shareholders.
	WakeUpWalMart.com Reaches Out to Wal-Mart CEO With "Six Demands for Change"
	September 12, 2005
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, released a dramatic open letter to Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart.
	UFCW HELPS KATRINA VICTIMS
	September 09, 2005
	UFCW's fundraising nearing $250,000, and fund distribution is well under way to help members in need.
	Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott Addresses WakeUpWalMart.com at Boston Conference
	September 07, 2005
	After being greeted by more than 50 supporters of WakeUpWalMart.com, Wal-Mart's CEO Lee Scott addressed the WakeUpWalMart.com campaign directly.
	Statement by UFCW International Union President Joe Hansen on Alberstons, Inc., Plans to Explore Sale of Company
	September 02, 2005
	Should Albertsons decide to sell the company, UFCW expects any buyer to fully abide by the terms of our union contracts and respect the long-term dedication and experience of Albertsons employees.
	When Will Wal-Mart Demand An Investigation of Wal-Mart?
	August 29, 2005
	Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart and ASDA, its British subsidiary, achieved a new level of global irony this weekend calling for a government investigation into the market dominance of one of its foreign competitors, TESCO.
	WakeUpWalMart.com Joins with New York City Leaders to Celebrate Passage of Health Care Bill
	August 17, 2005
	Today, WakeUpWalMart.com, America's national campaign to change Wal-Mart, proudly joined with NYC Council Speaker Gifford Miller, Councilwoman Christine Quinn, Jobs With Justice, the Brennan Center, and other community, civic, and business leaders from all over New York City to celebrate the passage of the Health Care Security Act (HCSA).
	AMERICA'S TEACHERS & WAKEUPWALMART.COM OFFICIALLY LAUNCH NATIONAL "SEND WAL-MART BACK-TO-SCHOOL" CAMPAIGN
	August 10, 2005
	Today, all across America, over 2000 elected officials, teachers, civic and community leaders, and students officially launched a new campaign to highlight Wal-Mart's failures and its negative effects on our communities, our families, and the nation's children.
	WakeUpWalMart.com Statement on Gender Discrimination Hearing
	August 08, 2005
	WakeUpWalMart.com Statement on Gender Discrimination Hearing
	WakeUpWalMart.com Reaches Record Milestone of American Support
	August 04, 2005
	WakeUpWalMart.com, the group leading the national fight to change Wal-Mart, announced today it has achieved a record milestone of support. Over 66,215 Americans have now joined the WakeUpWalMart.com movement, which was launched on April 5th of this year. The WakeUpWalMart.com campaign now enjoys growing grassroots support in all 50 states.
	The 'Wal-Mart Health Care Crisis' Grows
	August 02, 2005
	The state of Arizona released new numbers showing Wal-Mart has over 2,700 employees and dependents, nearly 10% of its workforce in Arizona, receiving health care at the expense of Arizona taxpayers.
	UFCW Moves for a Revitalized Labor Movement, Disaffiliates from AFL-CIO
	July 29, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), its local unions and its officers are committed to rebuilding worker power.
	“Our Vision is Clear—Our Resolve Firm—The Time is Now to Bring New Hope to Working People”
	July 24, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), along with four Change to Win coalition partners—the Service Workers, Laborers, UNITE/HERE, and Teamsters—will not participate in the AFL-CIO Convention that begins tomorrow
	Koch's Foods Workers to Hld Election to Gain a Voice on the Job
	July 22, 2005
	Seven hundred and fifty workers at two Koch’s Foods poultry processing units in Morristown, Tennessee have filed a petition for a union election to be conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
	United Farm Workers of America Joins Change to Win Coalition
	July 22, 2005
	The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) announced today that it was joining the Change to Win Coalition, the new workers organization devoted to transforming the American labor movement.
	ENGAÑO DE SEGURIDAD AMENAZA VIDAS DE TRABAJADORES
	July 15, 2005
	El segmento de la fuerza laboral en los Estados Unidos con más probabilidades de sufrir lastimaduras o muerte en el trabajo es victima de una operación de engaño por parte de la agencia de Cumplimiento de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en ingles).
	SAFETY SCAM THREATENS WORKERS' LIVE
	July 15, 2005
	Immigration Officers Pose as Workplace Safety Officials to Entrap Immigrant Workers
	WAL-MART IGNORES INTERNAL INVESTIGATION FINDINGS
	July 15, 2005
	Statement by Paul Blank, WakeUpWalMart.com's campaign director on the startling new revelations from Wal-Mart's gender discrimination lawsuit, Dukes vs. Wal-Mart Stores.
	Kennedy, Corzine and Weiner Introduce New Health Care Legislation to Hold Companies, like Wal-Mart, Accountable
	June 22, 2005
	Today, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Jon Corzine and Representative Anthony Weiner announced the introduction of the Health Care Accountability Act (HCAA) to expose the growing problem of profitable companies, like Wal-Mart, forcing workers onto public health care designed for the needy.
	Statement of Joe Hansen, International President, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
	June 15, 2005
	The following is a statement by Joe Hansen, international president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, at the 'Change To Win' Coalition meeting:
	Omaha Community Calls for Free and Fair Elections at Nebraska Beef
	May 18, 2005
	Community leaders and activists from Omaha are urging Nebraska Beef to live up to community standards and guarantee its workers their democratic right to vote for union representation without coercion or intimidation.
	UFCW LOCAL 400 SAYS: EHRLICH PLAYS POLITICS WITH STATE’S ‘FAIR SHARE’
	May 18, 2005
	Gov. Robert Ehrlich’s announced decision to defy the public’s will and veto the Fair Share Health Care Fund Act tomorrow is a despicable example of the governor playing politics rather than addressing the critical issue of Maryland’s rapidly growing number of uninsured, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 said.
	WakeUpWalMart.Com: MESSAGE TO GOVERNOR EHRLICH – “VETO WAL-MART, NOT HEALTHCARE FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES”
	May 17, 2005
	WakeupWalmart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, called on its 50,000 supporters to immediately contact and pressure Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich not to veto the “Fair Share Healthcare” legislation.
	UFCW International President Joe Hansen Statement on AFL-CIO Reform
	May 16, 2005
	International President of United Food and Commercial Workers, Joe Hansen, today released the following statement on AFL-CIO Reform: The UFCW joins today with the Laborers' Union, SEIU, Teamsters, and UNITE HERE in rejecting the AFL-CIO Officers' Proposal and in calling for genuine reform that will build worker power.
	WAKEUPWALMART.COM: 51 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND 21,788 AMERICANS JOIN TOGETHER TO DEMAND WAL-MART CHANGE
	May 12, 2005
	As a sign of the growing political and grassroots pressure against Wal-Mart, 51 Members of Congress, led by Representative Rosa DeLauro, released a letter today calling on Wal-Mart to address their worrisome record on gender discrimination.
	No Wal-Mart Smile In Jonquiere
	May 06, 2005
	Hundreds of Jonquiere region citizens gathered to show the true face of Wal- Mart by forming a giant mosaic that transformed Wal-Mart's logo from a smile to a sneer.
	UFCW Statement Regarding Wal-Mart Whistleblower
	April 27, 2005
	Wal-Mart demonstrated its true colors with its firing of Jared Bowen who blew the whistle on the company’s “union project.”
	"LOVE MOM, NOT WAL-MART" CAMPAIGN GAINS SUPPORT
	April 26, 2005
	Today, on Capitol Hill, five distinguished Members of Congress - Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Rep. George Miller, Rep. Linda Sanchez, Rep. Hilda Solis, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky - joined with Linda Chavez-Thompson, Executive Vice-President of the AFL-CIO, a plaintiff in the Wal-Mart gender discrimination lawsuit, and former Miss America Carolyn Sapp to pledge their support for the "Love Mom, Not Wal-Mart" campaign.
	TRABAJADORES DE NEBRASKA BEEF GANAN EL DERECHO A NUEVA ELECCIÓN POR UNA VOZ EN EL TRABAJO
	April 21, 2005
	Respondiendo a cargos que la Union de Trabajadores Comerciales y de Alimentos (UFCW) presentó a nombre de trabajadores, la Junta Nacional de Relaciones del Trabajo (NLRB) ordenó una nueva elección en la planta Nebraska Beef en Omaha, Neb., al sancionar a la compañía por violar los derechos de sus trabajadores en las elecciones de Agosto del 2001.
	Workers Win New Election to Gain Voice at Nebraska Beef
	April 21, 2005
	The National Labor Relations Board ordered a new election at Nebraska Beef in Omaha, Neb., after citing the company for violating workers' rights in an August 2001 election, after the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) had filed charges on behalf of the workers.
	wakeupwalmart.com Launches Mother's Day Campaign Against Wal-Mart
	April 19, 2005
	WakeUpWalmart.com, America's Campaign to change Wal-Mart, announced today a new grassroots initiative to highlight Wal-Mart's systematic discrimination against women workers.
	Food and Commercial Workers File Charge against Wal-Mart On Coughlin "Union Project"
	April 13, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) filed a "Unfair Labor Practice Charge" against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
	UFCW Calls on Wal-Mart to Publicly Release Documents on Alleged Illegal Slush Fund
	April 08, 2005
	Today’s Wall Street Journal revealed that former Wal-Mart Board member and Vice Chairman Thomas M. Coughlin, the #2 person at the company, alleges that he operated an illegal anti-union slush fund as part of a company program to suppress the democratic freedom of workers to make a choice for a union voice at work.
	Wal-Mart Admits Their Health Care Program Falls Short
	April 06, 2005
	WakeUpWalmart.com, America's campaign to change Wal-Mart, challenged Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart, Inc. to explain his statement yesterday regarding Wal-Mart's health care coverage.
	UFCW Launches New Campaign to "Wake Up Wal-Mart"
	April 05, 2005
	The UFCW announced today it is launching a new grassroots, community-based campaign to wake up Wal-Mart. The campaign's website is "www.WakeupWalMart.com".
	Twenty-One Members of Congress Release Letter Calling on ABC to End Wal-Mart’s Sponsorship of “Only in America” Series
	March 29, 2005
	Twenty-one Members of Congress released a joint letter today calling on ABC News to drop Wal-Mart as a sponsor of Good Morning America’s “Only in America” series.
	Food and Commercial Workers Welcome Yucaipa’s
	March 25, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is extremely pleased by the announcement that Los Angeles based Yucaipa Companies will invest $150 million in Carteret, N.J., Pathmark Stores which has 142 stores in the New York and Philadelphia metro areas.
	UFCW calls for ABC News to drop Wal-Mart as “Only in America” Sponsor
	March 22, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Worker’s Union sent a letter to ABC News today demanding that Wal-Mart be immediately removed as a sponsor of their “Only in America” series, citing misleading and deceptive advertising.
	Wal-Mart Imposes KGB Style-Informant System on German Employees
	March 18, 2005
	According to workers at Wal-Mart stores in Germany, the giant retailer is attempting to impose a code of conduct on employees, complete with a secret informant hot line. Workers are under threat of job loss if they fail to report co-workers of suspected code violations.
	Wal-Mart to Pay Record Federal Fine for Illegally Exploiting Employees
	March 18, 2005
	Today's record $11 million fine against Wal-Mart should be a wake-up call to a corporation that has systematically bent and broken the law to increase their corporate coffers at the expense of the most vulnerable employees.
	Wal-Mart Has Highest Number of Employees on Welfare In Homestate
	March 17, 2005
	In Arkansas, the birthplace and headquarters of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the state’s Department of Human Services released damning figures yesterday stating that the retail giant leads the list of top 10 employers whose workers are receiving state welfare.
	UFCW Receives Leukemia Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award
	March 14, 2005
	United Food and Commercial Workers Union International President Joseph T. Hansen accepted the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of the UFCW’s 1.4 million members.
	Food and Commercial Workers Leader Tapped for Citizens’ Health Care Working Group
	March 09, 2005
	Joseph T. Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) was named to a 14-member Citizens’ Health Care Working Group.
	Wal-Mart on the Run from Its Record
	February 24, 2005
	In a ten-day period, Wal-Mart compiled a virtually unmatched public record of abusive, illegal and irresponsible conduct involving women, children and taxpayers. So what does Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott do? He delivers a speech attacking the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW).
	Stop Child Labor At Wal-Mart— Now
	February 17, 2005
	Joint Statement of the UFCW and Child Labor Coalition on Wal-Mart Child Labor Violations
	Grocery Workers To Vote On Vastly Improved Settlement
	February 14, 2005
	Denver-area UFCW members working at Kroger operated King Soopers supermarkets will be voting over the next few weeks on a settlement designed by a federal mediator.
	Wal-Mart Uses Children for Hazardous Jobs in U.S. Stores
	February 14, 2005
	The nation's largest employer, and one the nation's largest corporate political donors, was cited for using children in dangerous jobs in its U.S. stores; and, then got a sweetheart deal that gives the company fifteen days advance notice before the government will initiate any investigation of future violations of federal workplace laws.
	Freedom of Choice Delayed is a Freedom of Choice Denied for Wal-Mart Workers in Pennsylvania
	February 11, 2005
	Wal-Mart forced workers to wait four and a half years for an election in their Tire & Lube Express Department of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in New Castle, Pennsylvania.
	Wal-Mart Runs Away From Workers and Runs Over Workers' Rights
	February 11, 2005
	No one validates Wal-Mart criticism better than Wal-Mart itself. The retail giant announced plans to shutter its store in Jonquiere, Quebec rather than work with its employees and their certified representative, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).
	Food and Commercial Workers Name Michael J. Wilson Legislative & Political Affairs Director
	February 08, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) announced the appointment of Mr. Michael J. Wilson as Legislative & Political Affairs Director for the 1.4 million members of the UFCW.
	Reports Confirm Line Speed, Discrimination Put Meatpacking and Poultry Workers at Risk
	February 02, 2005
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) urges immediate action to correct dangerous line speeds in meatpacking and poultry plants where injury rates are three times that of other manufacturing sectors.
	Sisters of Mercy Health Care Facilities Targeted for Anti-Nurse Agenda
	January 05, 2005
	Sisters of Mercy medical facilities throughout the United States will be the target of handbilling by the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) in response to the unfair anti-nurse position the Sisters of Mercy have taken in St. Louis, Region 5 Director Al Vincent, Jr. announced today.
2004
	Food and Commercial Workers Union Supports Mike Johanns' Nomination for Secretary of Agriculture
	December 10, 2004
	Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) expressed its support for the nomination of Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns to take the helm at the Secretary of Agriculture.
	Nurses at St. John’s Set To Strike On December 15
	December 06, 2004
	Over 1,500 registered nurses at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center are set to strike on December 15 after giving their hospital the required 10-day notice, according to information released to the public at UFCW Local 655's press conference on Sunday.
	St. John's Nurses Standing Up To Employer Attack on Patient Care Standards
	December 01, 2004
	More than 1,700 registered nurses at St. John’s in St. Louis, Mo. are preparing for the fight of their lives – at a time when they would rather be helping patients fight for theirs. Negotiations between nurses and St. John’s administrators broke off today as hospital administration continues their attack on professional nursing standards. RNs are preparing to mobilize support from local unions in St. Louis and throughout the region whose members spend millions of health care dollars at St. John’s and other Sisters of Mercy Health System facilities.
	Food and Commercial Workers' President Takes Action to Protect Colorado Supermarket Workers
	November 18, 2004
	The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is taking action today to prevent three supermarket giants from forcing employees to give up their health benefit plan. The loss of affordable health benefits could leave UFCW members and their families on the brink of economic crisis. UFCW International President Joe Hansen announced today that he has permanently blocked the company proposals presented on November 1, 2004, from Safeway, King Soopers and Albertsons.
	Colorado Supermarket Contract Voting Halted
	November 09, 2004
	Joseph Hansen, International President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), exercised his authority under Article 23(A) of the International Constitution to halt voting on the offer presented on November 1, 2004, from Safeway, King Soopers and Alberstons to more than 13,000 UFCW members represented by Wheat Ridge, Co., Local 7.
	Working America Turns Out For Change
	November 02, 2004
	Working America turned out in unprecedented numbers to support an agenda of change. Working families are demanding a different direction for the next four years, regardless of the final vote count.
	Communities Back UFCW Members’ Right to Affordable Health Care
	October 28, 2004
	UFCW members aren’t alone in the fight for affordable health care, as an overwhelming percent of supermarket shoppers surveyed side with their local grocery store workers on employee concerns.
	UFCW's Top 10 List
	October 26, 2004
	Read our top 10 reasons to get out to the polls on November 2 and vote!
	On the Unveiling of a Public Display Marking the Body Count of U.S. Losses in Iraq in the Heart of Washington, D.C.
	October 13, 2004
	Today, the 1.4 million member United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) unveils a massive display in the heart of the nation's capital marking the daily body count of Americans killed and wounded in Iraq.
	Sobre la develación de un Memorial Público en el corazón de Washington, D.C., llevando la cuenta de bajas en Irak.
	October 13, 2004
	El día de hoy, la Unión Internacional, de 1.4 millones de miembros, Trabajadores Comerciales y de Alimentos Unidos (UFCW por sus siglas en inglés) develó en memorial gigantesco en el corazón de nuestra capital que lleva la cuenta de estadounidenses muertos y heridos en Irak...
	Food And Commercial Workers Leader Takes Helm Of Largest Working Women Network In The Country
	September 02, 2004
	Long-time labor activist Susan L. Phillips was elected as the fourth National President of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) on August 28, 2004. She succeeds Gloria Johnson, who served as CLUW president since 1993.
	New UFCW Contract Raises Living Standards for Dakota City Workers
	August 08, 2004
	Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union Local 222 turned out today to vote their approval for the agreement covering 3,000 workers at the Tyson Dakota City plant.
	Canada Wal-Mart Workers Stand Up for a Voice on the Job
	August 03, 2004
	A Wal-Mart located in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada is on its way to becoming the only unionized Wal-Mart in North America after a ruling on Monday by the Quebec Labour Relations Board (QLRC) to grant employees union certification with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Canada.
	Statement of Joe Hansen, UFCW International President, in Support of John Kerry
	July 27, 2004
	President Hansen Statement from the Democratic National Convention
	Wal-Mart's "Open Door" Slams Shut for Women Workers
	June 22, 2004
	The "door" in Wal-Mart's much touted "open door policy" of personnel management does not open wide enough to let women into higher paid jobs or management positions, according to allegations contained in a suit brought against the nation's largest private employer.
	UFCW Supports Nurse Staffing for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2004
	May 06, 2004
	Washington DC—The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) applauds nurses nationwide, today, on National Nurse Day, and every day, for their commitment and dedication to their patients and the nursing profession.
	Community Mobilization Secures Health Care for ACME Workers
	May 04, 2004
	Workers at Albertsons-Owned Chain Ratify New Contract Health care for working families is not a just workplace concern – it’s a community concern.
	Safe Jobs are a Dying Breed Under Bush Administration
	April 28, 2004
	Statement from the United Food and Commercial Workers International
	Kroger Risks Revenue Hemorrhage With Attack On Worker Health Benefits
	April 26, 2004
	Workers In Houston, Cincinnati, Louisville, Las Vegas, Northern California, Denver, Seattle And Detroit Mobilize For Fight To Save Health Care
	Wal-Mart Workers Want A Voice
	April 26, 2004
	A majority of workers at a Wal-Mart store in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada, signed membership cards for a voice on the job with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), and have applied to Saskatchewan Labor Relations Board for certification with UFCW Local 1400. It is the second UFCW certification request for workers at Saskatchewan Wal-Mart in the last two months.
	White House Dishes Up Pay Cuts For American Workers
	April 22, 2004
	George W. Bush's new overtime rules pick up his pace for lowering living standards for American workers and putting more dollars into the bank accounts of his corporate campaign donors.
	Working America Wants Answers
	April 13, 2004
	(Washington, DC) At tonight's prime time press conference, President George Bush claims to be prepared to address the important issues facing Americans. But working families won't be in that room. President Bush won't be facing the tough questions that most Americans deserve to have answered.
	Inglewood Voters Say No to the Walmartization of America
	April 07, 2004
	Inglewood, California, Voters Reject Wal-Mart's Effort for Expansion
	Kroger and UFCW Locals 455 and 408 Agree to Extend Contract
	April 05, 2004
	After weeks of marathon bargaining sessions, UFCW Locals 455 and 408 and Kroger supermarkets have signed an extension to the current collective bargaining agreement that covers 11,000 workers in the Houston area. The two parties have been working with a federal mediator who recommended the extension in order to permit bargaining to continue.
	Kroger Workers Ready to Hold the Line for Health Care
	April 02, 2004
	The Facts and Faces Behind the Potential Strike at Kroger
	Hansen Takes Charge at 1.4 Million Member Food and Commercial Workers Union
	March 02, 2004
	Doug Dority Retires After Four Decades Of Union Building
	Statement of UFCW Int'l President Doug Dority On the Southern California Strike
	February 27, 2004
	Today, I am pleased to join with the officers of the seven Southern California UFCW local unions in their announcement of a tentative agreement in the longest major strike in the history of the UFCW, the largest and longest strike in the history of the supermarket industry, and the first major strike of the 21st century.
	FIGHTING FOR AMERICA—FIGHTING FOR AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE
	February 26, 2004
	Senator John Kerry will be on the picket line with UFCW members today at 1:00 p.m. at the Vons store at 710 Broadway (Lincoln & Broadway) in Santa Monica, California to highlight his commitment to national health care reform.
	Renewed Support Re-Energizes SoCal Supermarket Strike
	February 03, 2004
	Over 15,000 March on Northern and Southern California Safeway Stores; Steve Burd May Be Forced to Resign; California Attorney General Sues Grocery Chains
	New York Actors Stage Reading of New Play at Actor's Gang Theater to Benefit 70,000 Striking Grocery Workers
	January 27, 2004
	The Three Same Guys, by playwright Joe Roland, a staged reading, one night only at The Actor's Gang in Los Angeles, CA, on February 3, 2004, 7pm and 10pm. Seats $50.
	Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice
	January 21, 2004
	We are dismayed that three Fortune 50 companies—Safeway/Vons, Kroger/Ralphs, and Albertsons—led by Safeway CEO Steve Burd have forced 70,000 Southern California supermarket workers into the streets in an attempt to effectively eliminate their health care benefits.
	Wal-Mart's War on Workers: Frontline Report from Las Vegas
	January 12, 2004
	Las Vegas -- The nation's largest retailer continues to violate its worker's rights. Wal-Mart faces new complaints and will have to defend itself before an NLRB judge for its illegal intimidation, harassment, and retaliation against workers organizing with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
	Bush Advising Employers How to Cheat Low Wage Workers Out of Earned Pay
	January 08, 2004
	Working families are under attack by the Bush Administration yet again. Throughout his term, George W. Bush has consistently attacked workers by allowing federal contracts to go to companies that broke labor laws, easing enforcement of workplace laws, and proposing changes in overtime rules to drop 8 million workers from overtime eligibility – his latest attack on working America.
2003
	Food Workers Union Offers Good Faith Gesture to Start Negotiations
	December 19, 2003
	In a dramatic gesture to reopen negotiations, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) announced today that its local unions would remove picket lines from distribution/warehouse facilities at Ralphs, Albertsons and Safeway/Vons. The move coincides with the renewal of negotiations on Friday, December 19, 2003.
	Are the Supermarket Employers Lying About Their Health Plan?
	December 16, 2003
	Striking supermarket workers continue to expose Safeway’s ‘big lie’ about the health care issues driving the three-month long strike in Southern California. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) will run full-page advertisements in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Register, Bakersfield Californian and the San Diego Union Tribune.
	UFCW North American Summit Mobilizes Support For Southern California Supermarket Strike
	December 16, 2003
	On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 400+ UFCW local union presidents from across the country and Canada will meet in Century City to discuss ways of supporting the Southern California local unions whose 70,000 members have been on strike or locked out since October 11th.
	Bush's Idea of Fairness--Cuts for Everybody: Tax Cuts for The Rich, Pay Cuts For The Workers
	December 13, 2003
	In a statement before a hearing on proposed rule changes on overtime pay eligibility, Dority charged that the Bush plan would be the "largest, single pay cut for workers in history," and has no rational basis except to "feed the greed of corporate America."
	Corporal John Miller, Annapolis Police Dept, Testifies on Overtime Regulations
	December 11, 2003
	Statement before the Democratic Policy Committee Hearing on Proposed Regulatory Changes to Overtime Exemptions in the Fair Labor Standards Act
	Doug Dority Statement on Overtime Regulations
	December 11, 2003
	Presented at the Hearing on Proposed Regulatory Changes to Overtime Exemptions in the Fair Labor Standards Act Before the Democratic Policy Committee
	Holding the Line for Health Care: Support Builds with Labor Movement Contributions
	December 09, 2003
	Two international unions and a major insurance company make sizeable contributions to UFCW strike fund.
	California Congressman Challenges Safeway’s Claims On Health Care
	December 04, 2003
	Congressman Lantos' letter to Steve Burd, Safeway CEO
	Entertainment Industry Unions & Celebrities to Join Striking and Locked Out Grocery Workers on Picket Line
	December 02, 2003
	Participants to Bring Unwrapped Toys for the Children of UFCW Workers Who May Face a Lean Holiday Season if Strike Continues...
	Picket Lines Spread to Supermarket Warehouses and Distribution Centers
	November 24, 2003
	The Southern California supermarket strike gaining new momentum and support with the extension of picket lines from coast to coast over the weekend will now expand the fight to hold the line for health care to the warehouse and distribution facilities of all three supermarket chains.
	California Supermarket Strike hits local Safeway stores
	November 21, 2003
	National Picket Lines to Hit Washington-Baltimore Area Safeway Stores this Weekend
	Southern California Supermarket Workers Extend Pickets to Sacramento
	November 21, 2003
	As they enter their sixth week on strike, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union are extending picket lines to Sacramento-area Safeway stores.
	Southern California Supermarket Workers Extend Picket Lines to Fresno
	November 16, 2003
	After five weeks on strike, members of the UFCW are extending picket lines to Fresno Safeway stores. Picket lines are now up at Safeways in San Francisco, Oakland, Castro Valley and Hayward.
	Southern California Supermarket Workers Extend Picket Lines to East Bay
	November 14, 2003
	A few days after extending lines to San Francisco, Southern California supermarket strikers have moved across the Bay and are setting up pickets at Safeway in Hayward and Castro Valley.
	Military Vets Challenge Award to Tyson Foods
	November 13, 2003
	Veterans will protest tomorrow, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., at the U. S. Chamber of Commerce building, 1615 H Street NW, Washington D.C. They will demonstrate their disgust over Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's decision to present Tyson Foods the "Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award."
	Southern California Supermarket Workers Extend Picket Line to Northern California Safeway/Vons Stores
	November 11, 2003
	Picket lines extended to Northern California Safeway/Vons stores.
	Supermarket Strike Spreads as Picket Lines Begin Move to Northern California Safeway Stores
	November 07, 2003
	Picket lines spread to Northern California Safeway stores.
	Contract with Schnucks, Dierbergs, Shop ‘n Save Is Ratified by UFCW Local 655
	October 31, 2003
	By a secret ballot vote of 4,174 to 945, members of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 655 today accepted a 47-month contract proposal made by the three major local food chains, Schnucks, Dierbergs and Shop ‘n Save.
	UFCW Supermarket Workers Withdraw Pickets from Ralphs Stores
	October 31, 2003
	Picket lines will be withdrawn by 12:00 noon from Ralphs stores in Southern California.
	Hold the Line on Health Care
	October 30, 2003
	Almost 90,000 UFCW members, 70,000 in Southern California alone, are in the streets in a fight to save health benefits at work. Make no mistake about the scope and the consequences of this struggle. It is corporate greed vs. human need and corporate greed is a killer.
	“Hold the Line for America’s Health Care,” National Leaders Say
	October 28, 2003
	AFL-CIO President John Sweeney, Union Presidents, National, Consumer, Civil Rights, Religious, and Women’s Community Leaders Will Announce Actions to Support Striking Grocery Workers
	Lies, Damn Lies and Company Lies
	October 22, 2003
	Setting the record straight about Safeway, Kroger and Alberton's plans to destroy health care benefits for Southern California grocery workers.
	Press Briefing: Lies, Damn Lies And Company Lies
	October 21, 2003
	Press Briefing - Media Advisory about the California Supermarket Strike
	Gephardt Health Care Stance Wins Support From
	October 15, 2003
	Davenport, Iowa—Today, the nation’s largest private sector union, and the largest union in Iowa, put the support of its 1.4 million members behind Dick Gephardt for President. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union endorsed the Gephardt campaign based on his plan to protect the employer-based health care system in the U.S.
	UFCW Unions in Southern California Sue Albertsons and Ralphs for Violation of
	October 14, 2003
	Statement from Southern California strike
	Kroger Employees Take Stand for Fairness
	October 13, 2003
	Press Statement from UFCW Local 400 on West Virginia grocery strike
	Corporate Greed vs. Human Need
	October 10, 2003
	Press statement on Southern California strike situation
	UFCW News 10/10: UFCW Supermarket Workers Reject Employers’ Offer Vote Overwhelmingly To Protect Health Care and Retirem
	October 10, 2003
	UFCW Supermarket Workers Reject Employers' Offer Vote Overwhelmingly To Protect Health Care and Retirement Benefits
	Hormel Workers Ratify New Contract
	October 01, 2003
	More than 3,000 workers at Hormel plants in Iowa, Georgia, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Minnesota approved a new four-year contract in a vote last night. Workers, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Union turned out to vote their approval for the agreement.
	Doing the Work of America: Food and Commercial Workers Mobilize for Immigrant Worker Rights
	September 25, 2003
	The nation's largest private sector union and the largest workers' organization in the food industry, the 1.4 million member United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), is mobilizing to protect the rights of immigrant workers who now comprise the majority of the workforce in much of America's meat and food processing industry.
	Fuerza Laboral Mayoritaria Se Moviliza a Favor de los Derechos de Los Trabajadores Inmigrantes de la Inudstria de ...
	September 25, 2003
	La unión más grande del sector privado y la organización de trabajadores con más integrantes en la industria alimentaría, United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), con 1.4 millones de miembros; se está movilizando para proteger los derechos de los obreros inmigrantes, quienes conforman en la actualidad la mayoría de la fuerza laboral en gran parte de la industria del procesamiento de carnes y alimentos de los Estados Unidos.
	Immigrant Workers Stand Up for a Voice on the Job
	September 24, 2003
	On the eve of the historic national Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride arriving in Omaha, a group of 250 mostly immigrant workers at the Casa de Oro plant stood up for a voice on the job with the UFCW Local 271. In an election Tuesday, September 23, 2003, workers voted overwhelmingly in favor of UFCW representation.
	Wal-Mart Workers' Right to Talk Union on Job Upheld By Judge
	September 16, 2003
	Wal-Mart’s effort to silence workers through a 'no solicitation’ policy its managers interpret as prohibiting any talk about union organizing is blatantly illegal, a National Labor Relations Board Judge has ruled in a case involving the Wal?Mart Supercenter in Aiken, South Carolina.
	Organizing Movement Grows Among Wal-Mart Workers
	August 20, 2003
	Worker efforts to get a voice on the job at Wal-Mart stores in North America are gaining ground. Canadian Wal-Mart workers in Thompson, Manitoba, narrowly lost their efforts to get a voice on the job with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) - 61 to 54.
	Wal-Mart's War on Workers: Frontline Report From Texas and Arkansas
	August 08, 2003
	U.S. District Court Investigating Overtime Abuse
	Las Vegas Wal-Mart Worker to Share Spotlight with Presidential Candidates
	August 05, 2003
	Fired Worker Making His Voice Heard
	Details on Candidates Forum At UFCW Convention
	July 30, 2003
	Democratic Party presidential candidates will appear in a forum on health care issues at the Convention of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
	Democratic Presidential Campaign Train 2004: West Coast Whistle Stop
	July 18, 2003
	Gephardt-Dean-Kerry-Edwards-Moseley Braun-Kucinich Will Give Their Answers To A Crowd Of 5,000 Working Americans In A Forum On Health Care Reform
	Nation's Largest Private Sector Union to Host Democratic Presidential Candidates Forum on Health Care Reform
	July 17, 2003
	Dean, Gephardt, Kucinich and Moseley-Braun Confirmed – Others Invited - for July 31st Forum – Bill Press To Moderate Candidate Discussion
	Wal-Marts's War on Workers: Frontline Report from Florida & Georgia
	July 10, 2003
	Company Settles Second Case in Georgia; Faces New Complaint in Ft. Myers
	Statement From Michael E. Leonard UFCW Executive Vice President and Director of Strategic Programs
	July 03, 2003
	Today, the Arkansas Supreme Court reversed and remanded the nationwide injunction Wal-Mart had obtained against the UFCW in 2001.
	Wal-Mart Ordered to Recognize the Union
	June 18, 2003
	Company Ordered to Turn Over Information to Union
	Wal-Mart Benefit Book Lies; Nearly a Million Workers Misled
	June 05, 2003
	Lawsuit Seeks to Inform All Workers of Their Rights
	Wal-Mart's War on Workers: Frontline Report From British Columbia
	May 14, 2003
	Wal-Mart's Attack on the Union Cited in Canadian Labour Board Complaint; UFCW Wins Meeting with Workers on Company
	Tyson Pepperoni Gives Heartburn to Pizza Hut
	May 05, 2003
	Mass Mailing Targets Pizza Hut Customers In Corporate Greed Dispute At Tyson Pepperoni Plant
	Kohl's Workers Launch Grassroots Campaign to Save Their Stores
	April 16, 2003
	Area Consumers Targeted to Join Workers' Effort
	"Next Action Undetermined"; Stalled OSHA Regulation Leaves Workers At Risk
	April 10, 2003
	UFCW Demands DOL Enact Rule to Protect Workers
	Whole Foods Workers Tell the Whole Story about Whole Foods
	April 04, 2003
	Nationwide Ad Campaign Exposes Worker Issues at Natural Food Giant
	Whole Foods Workers Rally for a Voice at Work
	April 03, 2003
	Rally and Press Conference on Friday, April 4, 2003 at 12:45 p.m. at the Whole Foods Market 24th Street and 7th Avenue in New York
	Tyson Foods Uses PETA Supporter To Supply Scabs in Jefferson, Wisconsin Pepperoni Plant Strike
	March 26, 2003
	Tyson Foods is using Scott Mayer, operator of QPS Staffing Services of Greenfield, Wisconsin, and an avowed supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to provide "scabs" in a pepperoni plant strike in Jefferson, Wisconsin.
	GENUARDI'S WORKERS TO LAUNCH "SOS" CAMPAIGN TO SAVE OUR STORES
	March 12, 2003
	(Philadelphia, PA) Genuardi’s workers will launch a campaign to Save Our Stores at a press conference and rally on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 12:30 p.m. Two years ago, Safeway bought the long-time Philadelphia family-owned grocery chain and has driven it into the ground. Customers and workers are deeply disappointed in Safeway’s management of our local chain. Workers are fighting back.
	WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS:
	March 11, 2003
	Labor Board Judge Rules Retail Giant Illegally Tried to Silence Workers Wal-Mart Ordered to Remove Anti-Union Language from Benefits Materials
	WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS: JUDGE ORDERS REINSTATEMENT, BACKPAY FOR WAL-MART WORKER
	March 11, 2003
	Wal-Mart Ordered to Remove Anti-Union Language from National Employee Benefits Materials
	Wal-Mart Snatches Domain Name to Block Union Talk
	March 04, 2003
	Wal-Mart takes domain name in order to block union talk
	Workers Strike Tyson Foods
	February 28, 2003
	Workers at the Tyson Foods plant in Jefferson, Wisc., set up picket lines after overwhelmingly rejecting a company offer that would cut wages and risk the loss of medical treatment for workers' families.
	WHOLE FOODS CAMPAIGN GROWS
	February 19, 2003
	Workers at the nation's largest natural food supermarket chain are building a movement for a voice on the job with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. Workers at the store in Tyson's Corner, Virginia, filed for Labor Board election to join UFCW Local 400 on January 31, 2003. The election date has not been set.
	WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS:
	February 05, 2003
	Retail Giant Faces Trial for Illegal Campaign to Suppress Worker Rights
	Wal-Mart Bull Buster
	January 29, 2003
	Facts about Wal-Mart
	Statement by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
	January 23, 2003
	UFCW Statement regarding President Bush's Smallpox Vaccination Program
	RAINBOW FOODS WORKERS TO STAND UP FOR FAIRNESS
	January 22, 2003
	Rally and Press Conference Planned on Friday, January 24, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. Rainbow Food Store, 6700 W. State Street—Wauwatosa
	DOMINO SUGAR WORKERS WIN SWEETER FUTURE
	January 13, 2003
	Domino Sugar Workers' Strike Ends with improved contract
	STRIKING DOMINO SUGAR WORKERS FROM BALTIMORE
	January 08, 2003
	On Wednesday, January 8, 2003, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) Local 392 member is stepping up its pressure on Domino Sugar by reaching out to sugar workers in Savannah, Georgia. Striking workers from the Domino plant in Baltimore, Maryland have formed "Truth Squads," named for their commitment to speak the truth to consumers, workers, and the community about Domino's attempts to undermine workers' family health care and retirement security.
	WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS:
	January 08, 2003
	Illegal Surveillance, Threats and Intimidation Marks Wal-Mart's Campaign to Suppress Worker Voices
	WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS:
	January 07, 2003
	Labor Board Finds Wal-Mart Orchestrating Illegal Surveillance of Employees Wal-Mart Breaks the Law, Again, and Denies Workers a Voice
	WAL-MART'S WAR ON WORKERS:
	January 07, 2003
	Labor Board Finds Wal-Mart Orchestrating Illegal Surveillance of Employees Wal-Mart Breaks the Law, Again, and Denies Workers a Voice
	STRIKING DOMINO WORKERS LAUNCH TRUTH SQUAD
	January 05, 2003
	On Sunday, January 5, 2003, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), Local 392 is stepping up its pressure on Domino Sugar. Striking workers from the Domino plant in Baltimore, Maryland are forming "Truth Squads," named for their commitment to speak the truth to consumers, workers, and the community about Domino's attempts to undermine workers' family health care and retirement security.
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