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Union Puts Bullseye Back On Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Nlrb, Labor, Video, United Food and Commercial Workers, Queens, Target, Ufcw, Target Stores, National Labor Relations Board, Unions, New York, Labor Union, Business News

Late last week, an administrative law judge in New York ruled that big-box retailer Target had violated labor law in the runup to a union election at ...

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Workers Fear Plan To Speed Up Chicken Processing Lines

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Department of Agriculture, Chicken, Labor, Video, Usda Poultry Inspections, Workers, Labor Department, Tyson Foods, Poultry, Food Safety, Ufcw, Usda, Worker Safety, Cass Sunstein, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- When he was working on a poultry processing line in northern Alabama last year, Jorge Polanco-Mercado watched new workers come and go al...

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Big Poultry's Dangerous Push for Faster Line Speeds

Joe Hansen | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Poultry, Food Safety, Ufcw, Usda, Line Speed, Almanza, Politics News

The only thing worse than a chicken with its head cut off is one with its head in the sand. That was my initial reaction after reading Administrator Alfred Almanza's piece defending Big Poultry's push to dramatically increase line speed in our nation's plants.

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Paul Ryan's Class Warfare

Joe Hansen | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Labor, Ufcw, Class Warfare, Budget, Paul Ryan, Politics News

In the coming days, you will hear the Ryan plan called "bipartisan." Supporters will try to sell it as a plan to "fix Medicare." But all the poll-tested words in the world will not change the fact that this budget is no different than the one the American people soundly rejected last year.

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Union Blasts Target Closure

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Jobs Crisis, New York Organized Labor, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wages, Jobless Crisis, Target, Jobs, Ufcw, New York, Labor, New York Unions, Business News, Organized Labor, Unions Target Vote, Unions, Business News

Back in June when workers at a Target store just outside New York City were about to vote on whether to unionize, employees received an ominous pamphl...

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Walmart Expands Into South Africa

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Walmart, South Africa, Labor, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Walmart Massmart Deal, Massmart, Jobs, Retail, Ufcw, Business, Labor Unions, Business News

A South African appeals court issued a decision last week that greenlights a merger between Massmart, one of the largest retailers in the country, and...

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Daniels Wrong On 'Right to Work'

Joe Hansen | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Mitch Daniels, Ufcw, Workers, Right to Work, Indiana, Barack Obama, Indiana Labor Laws, Indiana Right to Work, Mitch Daniels Right to Work, Politics News

In responding to the State of the Union address, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels advocated the failed Republican policies of the past. But even more extreme than the plan he laid out last night is what he is trying to do in Indiana.

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Walmart Dumped By Pension Fund Over Poor Worker Conditions

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Abp, Walmart, Socially Responsible Investing, Divestment, Investment, Walmart Labor, Ufcw, Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds, Labor Issues, Pension Funds, Business News

A major pension fund and longtime investor in Walmart has blacklisted the retailing behemoth, citing poor labor practices and the company's anti-union...

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Fort Collins Medical Marijuana Workers Go Union

Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Fort Collins Mmj Workers Unionize, Video, Mmj Colorado, Medical Marijuana and Ufcw, Colorado Medical Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Ufcw, Mmj, Mmj and Ufcw, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Fort Collins News, Pot Shops, Mmj Fort Collins, Denver News

The workers at seven Fort Collins medical marijuana dispensaries have voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW), Colorado’s ...

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For Workers Stuck Part-Time, ‘Hours Are The New Bonus’

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Macy's, Walmart, Video, Labor, Workers, Retail Sales, Economy, Economic Crisis, Underemployment, Target, Retail, Ufcw, Unions, Sam's Club, Business News

WASHINGTON -- A little over two years ago, Floyd Kelly, then an associate at Walmart, transferred from one company store in Washington State to anothe...

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Southland Grocery Workers Poised to Strike

David Macaray | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Albertsons Strike, Ufcw Strike, Ufcw, Southland Grocery Strike, Ralphs Strike, Southland Grocery, Vons Strike, United Food and Commercial Workers, Business News

Unless last minute negotiations result in management backing off their demand that health care benefits be drastically altered, members of the United Food and Commercial Workers are ready to walk off their jobs.

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Union-Busting Tactics More Pervasive Than Thought, Study Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Target Unions, Labor Regulators, Labor Laws, Business News, Anti-Union Campaigns, Union Elections, Ufcw, Organized Labor, National Labor Regulations Board, Unions, Business News

In the last half-century of American organized labor, the deck has rarely been so stacked against workers, say labor historians. When it comes to u...

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WATCH: Tensions Rise Before Historic Union Vote At Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Jobs Crisis, New York Unions, Labor, New York Organized Labor, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wages, Jobless Crisis, Business News, Target, Jobs, Ufcw, Organized Labor, Unions Target Vote, Unions, New York, Video, Business News

VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. -- On the day before a historic union vote at a Target outside New York City, tensions at the store -- among employees, management...

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American Labor's Next Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: New York Unions, New York Organized Labor, Jobs Crisis, Labor, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wages, Jobless Crisis, Target, Jobs, Ufcw, Organized Labor, Unions Target Vote, Unions, New York, Business News

VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. -- Workers at a Target store in Long Island have a different twist on the discount retailer's famous catch phrase, "Expect More. P...

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A Picket Line Should Be a Symbol of Hope--Not the Butt of a Late Nite Joke

Mike Elk | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Walmart, John-Stewart, Ufcw, Daily Show, Autism, Aspergers, Healthy Living News

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Was the Mott's Strike "Victory" Really a Victory?

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ufcw, Strikes, Afl Cio, Mott, Trumka, Business News

By threatening massive wage cuts, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group was able to force the union to accept small benefit concessions and a two-tier employee system that saves Dr. Pepper Snapple money.

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Sour Apples: Mott's Workers Continue Strike as Harvest Season Looms

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Strikes, Mott's, Dr. Pepper, Dr-Pepper-Snapple, Apples, Ufcw, Labor-Strike, Labor Unions, New York, Manufacturing Jobs, Workers Rights, New York News

Pressure to resolve the dispute at Mott's apple processing plant in Williamson, N.Y. increased last week when the region's apple pickers said they'll cross the picket line to harvest this year's crop.

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Safeway Workers Reject Store's Offer; King Soopers Workers Accept

Colorado Springs Gazette | Wayne Heilman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Grocery Unions, King Soopers, Ufcw, Safeway, Colorado Local 7, Denver News

Unionized Colorado workers accepted a last, best and final contract offer from King Soopers but rejected a similar offer from Safeway in mail ballotin...

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United Food And Commercial Workers, Local 7, Can't Get Approval For Strike From National Leadership

The Denver Post | Steve Raabe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King Soopers, Ernest Duran, Ufcw, Safeway, Denver Grocery Strike, United Food and Commercial Workers, Denver Grocery Workers, Denver News

Friction between Colorado grocery-worker union officials and their national leadership could once again derail or delay a strike during the crucial ho...

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Safeway, King Soopers To UFCW Number 7

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King Soopers Strike, Ufcw, UFCW Local 7, Grocery Strike, Colorado Grocery, Safeway STrike, Denver News

DENVER — After months of talks, Safeway and King Soopers have given a union representing Colorado grocery workers their last, best, final contra...

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Immigration Reform is Critical Part of the Road to Recovery for America's Workers

Eliseo Medina | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Workers, Organized Labor, Ufcw, Labor Unions, Seiu, Politics News

Rep. Gutierrez's (D-Ill.) immigration bill, introduced this week, charts a new course for our country -- a course that protects workers, respects families, and reflects our nation's interests.

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Colorado Grocery Workers Appear Ready To Strike

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King Soopers, Colorado Grocery Workers, Lock Out, Ufcw, United Food and Commercial Workers, Laura Chapin, Grocery Lock Out, Safeway, Grocery Strike, Denver News

The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Wednesday that the Colorado grocery workers took one step closer to striking this week when they walked out on n...

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Safeway, King Soopers To Submit "Last, Best And Final" Contract On Monday

The Colorado Springs Gazette | Wayne Heilman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Grocery Workers, United Food and Commercial Workers International, Ufcw, Safeway, Kind Soopers, Alberston's, Denver News

Unionized grocery workers across Colorado expect to vote next week on a "last, best and final" contract offered by King Soopers and Safeway. The un...

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Safeway Submits "Final Offer" To Unions, Strikes May Ensue

Denver Daily News | Peter Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: King Soopers, Colorado, Ufcw, Safeway, Laura Chapin, Denver News

Safeway, Inc., presented Colorado grocery workers on Wednesday with a final five-year contract offer. But the union representing workers says it is "...

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Labor-Environmental Coalition Targets Wal-Mart

The Washington Post | Ylan Q. Mui | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Walmart, Environmental Groups, Ufcw, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart, Unions, Employee Free Choice Act, Health Care, Low Wages, Green, Business, Home News

Labor groups renewed their campaign against Wal-Mart on Tuesday, launching a coalition that calls for improvements in the company's wages, health care...

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