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Click on the links to read about UFCW members making the news and issues important to working families. If you and your local union have been in the news lately, send us an email and be sure to give us the URL internet address.

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April 18, 2005--USA Today
More Villian than Victim


December 1, 2004--Washington Post
Wal-Mart Loves Unions (In China)

March 6, 2004--Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Hometown Interview With UFCW International President Joe Hanson
June 30, 2003--Washington Post
Overtime Pay Proposal Stirs Storm of Debate
May 20, 2003--PR Newswire
UFCW Local 1776 Announces New Agreement With Hanover Foods in Center County
May 12, 2003--Newsweek
Over Worked, Under Paid?
March 12, 2003--Philadelphia Business Journal
Supermarket Workers Hold Rally
February 19, 2003--Washington Post
Storm Hits Where It Hurts Many Workers to Lose Pay For Sunday and Monday
February 9, 2003--USA TODAY
Wal-Mart Takes Hits on Worker Treatment
January 2003--Groceryheadquarters.com
The Labor Bogeyman
December 20, 2002--UFCW Local 1776 Press Release
UFCW Local 1776 Passes Resolution Opposing War With Iraq
November 26, 2002--The Nation
Wal-Mart Values
November 7, 2002--North West Indiana Times
Union issue mars store's grand opening
November 1, 2002--North West Indiana Times
Food 4 Less accused of bashing unions
September 1, 2002--Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
No Barrier Between Work, Faith
August 25, 2002--Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA)
Grocery Union President Gearing Up for Next Fight
August 23, 2002--PR Newswire
UFCW Local 1360 Launches Family First Free Child ID Program
August 21, 2002--The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky
Jim Beam plant in Bullitt is cited over bathroom breaks; Union says 45 workers disciplined, but company defends restrictions
July, 2002--WI Union Labor News
Workers Organize First Whole Foods Market in the U.S.
July 12, 2002--Philadelphia Inquirer
Students, others learn firsthand about unions
June 2, 2002--Courier-Journal
Poultry Workers Await Back Pay from Perdue
May 21, 2002--PR Newswire
UFCW Local 1776 Members at Excel Plant Ratify Their First Contract
May 5, 2002--Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Kroger pulls contract demand, averts strike
December 5, 2001--The San Francisco Chronicle
Suit against Wal - Mart can be heard in state / Possible class action accuses retailer of sex discrimination
November 29, 2001--Napa News
Federal mediator to aid stalled Krug negotiations
November 21, 2001--PR Newswire
UFCW Local 1776 Wins Another Victory Against Weis Markets
November 16, 2001--UNI
Wal-Mart Shop Stewards in Germany Discuss World-Wide Trade Union Cooperation with the UFCW and UNI
October 1, 2001--Labor Research Association
Teamsters, UFCW Join Forces to Help Wal-Mart Workers Challenge Low Wages, Lousy Benefits, and Disrespect
September 26, 2001--The Cincinnati Enquirer
Union appeals to shoppers in dispute with meatpacker
September 21, 2000--PR Newswire
Union for Striking Shop Rite Employees Says Company Is Lying; United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1360 Says Shop Rite Is Losing Business Due to Strike
July 14, 2001--Kentucky Courier-Journal
Poultry workers want pay for preparation, Industry says efforts don't constitute work
July 13, 2001--PR Newswire
Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions Picket Dunkin' Donuts in Ann Arbor
June 26, 2001--PR Newswire
PLCB Clerks to Handbill the Public June 27 - July 3
June 22, 2001--PR Newswire
Passage of Binding Arbitration Resolution by State Legislature Could Settle Stalled State Liquor Stores Contract Talks
May 11, 2001--The Washington Post
Perdue Settles With Chicken Catchers
May 4, 2001--Syracuse.com
Unions rally at North Syracuse supermarket
May 4, 2001--PR Newswire
Registered Nurses Rally to Demand Quality Care, Safe Hours and Safe Staffing
April 5, 2001--Washington Post
White House Backs Off Plan to Ease Meat Testing
March 14, 2001--Washington Post
Business in the Drivers Seat
February 21, 2001--Las Vegas Review-Journal
Union opens effort: Wal-Mart staff targeted for organization
February 16, 2001--Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Grocery contract talks start; Union is concerned about takebacks elsewhere, but negotiator for stores sees cause for optimism
February 2, 2001--San Francisco Chronicle
UNIONS DELIVER COMPLAINTS TO WEBVAN--Online grocer accused of restricting organizing activities
January 29, 2001--The National Law Journal
Lawyers Blamed for Bitter Union Drive in Slaughterhouse
December 6, 2000--BusinessWeek
Labor Finally Puts a Target on Wal-Mart
October 27, 2000--Washington Post
Charles Hits a Perfect Pound and a Half

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