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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...
Jim Beam Union on Strike
Production of Kentucky bourbon has been soaring over the last few years, hitting the highest amount sold since 1967 acording to the Associated Press. While this is good news for the companies and the...
A Labor Day Art Contest
Every year, we celebrate Labor Day to honor working people and all their contributions to our country and its middle class. The UFCW is made up of hard-working men and women who serve in our...
Big Tony just got even bigger
Tony Speelman, a committed labor leader who has dedicated nearly four decades of fighting for hard working men and women, was unanimously elected President of the over 20,000 member United Food...
Hill Gets Big Donation from Walmart’s Alice Walton
By Zach Gorelick of Freebeacon.comA major anti-Walmart union is staying tight-lipped about billionaire Walmart heiress Alice Walton’s six-figure donation to Hillary Clinton.The United Food and...