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New England Grocery Store Workers Go on Strike
31,000 workers at Stop & Shop supermarkets across Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have gone on strike.
Organizing Victories for Teachers and Retail Clerks
2019 is here, and employees at these four workplaces will begin negotiating their first collective bargaining agreements thanks to their recent union votes.
Organizing Victories in TV, Sales and Construction
Union members know the value of working union. Whether it's better pay, better benefits, higher safety standards or increased training., most could not imagine working without a union. Across...
National Third Shift Worker Day
From stocking shelves to providing late-night medical care, when the rest of the world goes to sleep, many UFCW members’ work days are just getting started. To celebrate the hard work and...
NY, CA, and MA All See Union Organizing Victories
p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Calibri} span.s1 {text-decoration: underline ; color: #0079cd} Local unions are starting to reorganize their members, more women are...
Mommy, can I join the union?
Texas has never been the most union friendly state, but a new proposed law may just be overkill. Minors in Texas may soon need to get parental consent to join a union after the bill passed the State...
Organizing Whole Foods
UFCW 1189 Organizing Director Abe Wangnoo says even workers at worker-owned co-ops feel the need these days for union representation. The UFCW just won a union election at the Whole Foods worker co-...
Best Yet is anything but
Best Yet Market is a family owned, regional supermarket chain with 32 stores all over New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Currently headquartered in Bethpage, New York, the Raitses family has...
140 birds a minute
As millions of people go to their local grocer to buy a turkey for their Thanksgiving feast, UCOMM Blog, has decided to look at the people who brought you the turkey and sadly it is not always a...
New member videos
We got an email today from the good people over at your United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1500 who is 20,000 members strong. They work in many grocery retailers throughout the tri state region...