United Food and Commercial Workers

Dave Jamieson

Union Puts Bullseye Back On Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.25.2012

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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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Lila Shapiro

Union Blasts Target Closure

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.22.2012

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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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Lila Shapiro

The Walmart Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Walmart, Retail Industry, Our Walmart, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wake Up Wal-Mart, Walmart Wages, Walmart Labor, Occupy Wall Street, Walmart Unions, Walmart Watch, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- In his struggle to organize Walmart's workers, Philip Meza spends a lot of his time in chain restaurants. On a recent morning on the ou...

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Grocery Strike Averted In California

AP | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Southern California Grocery, United Food and Commercial Workers, Southern California Grocery Strike, Ellen Anreder, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — Southern California grocery employees have voted to ratify a new contract with supermarket chains, bringing an end to months of co...

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Southland Grocery Workers Poised to Strike

David Macaray | Posted 11.21.2011

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David Macaray

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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Labor Day Stories: Unions and Businesses Forging Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 11.04.2011

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Michael Likosky

Here are 5 ways that labor unions are advancing private-investment-driven solutions to our crisis, and promoting export-led growth -- in partnership with businesses.

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Lila Shapiro

WATCH: Tensions Rise Before Historic Union Vote At Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.17.2011

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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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Lila Shapiro

American Labor's Next Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.16.2011

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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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Macy's NYC Employees Could Strike For First Time In Nearly Forty Years

Posted 08.15.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Herald Square, Pension, Strike, Rwdsu, United Food and Commercial Workers, Macy's Inc, Work Conditions, Better Wages, Standard & Poor's, New York Times, Health Benefits, Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union, Business News

NEW YORK (Phil Wahba and Roy Strom) - Workers at four New York City area Macy's Inc stores, including its Herald Square flagship, could strike lat...

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Dave Jamieson

Walmart Forced To Bend To Workers In South Africa

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Walmart, South Africa, United Food and Commercial Workers, Retail Sales, Africa, Free Trade, Unions, Walmart South Africa, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Walmart, long known for its tough stance on labor, may be forced to make concessions to unions and suppliers in its bid for control of S...

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Chicago Wal-Mart: Aldermen Delay Showdown After Unions Request More Time

suntimes.com | Deric Bownds' MindBlog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wal-Mart Unions, Chicago City Council, United Food and Commercial Workers, Chicago Wal-Mart, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago Federation of Labor, Labor Unions, Unions, Wal-Mart, Chicago News

The City Council's Zoning Committee put off a vote today on Wal-Mart's planned Chicago expansion, acting at the behest of labor leaders who want more ...

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Chicago Wal-Mart: Unions Ask Aldermen To Delay Vote After Meeting

suntimes.com | WV Cycling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wal-Mart Unions, Illinois, Labor Unions, Chicago Federation of Labor, Unions, Wal-Mart, United Food and Commercial Workers, Chicago City Council, Chicago Wal-Mart, Chicago, Chicago News

Union leaders urged their City Council allies on Tuesday to put off today's showdown vote on Wal-Mart's planned Chicago expansion after their unpreced...

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Wal-Mart Will Talk With Organized Labor About Community Benefits

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wal-Mart has agreed to hold an unprecedented face-to-face meeting with organized labor in a last-ditch attempt to break the stalemate that has stalled...

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Supermarket Contract Stops 36,000 Workers From Strike

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brian Petronella, Strike, Stop & Shop, United Food and Commercial Workers, Ahold, Card Check, Connecticut, Local 371, US Chamber of Commerce, Unions, Labor Unions, New England, Business News
Mary Ann West

Due to the recession, supermarket workers are feeling the pain: low wages, escalating health care costs, and a reduction in pension benefits. However, unionized workers have locals watching their backs, and negotiating fair wages and benefits.

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Impending Stop & Shop Strike Gathers Steam and Supporters From Facebook

Chrissie Brodigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amber Sparks, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7, United Food and Commercial Workers, Facebook, Stop and Shop, Business News
Chrissie Brodigan

The more openness and democracy we have in our interactions with members, the better. I think being online also helps members feel that we're relevant, that we know who they are.

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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

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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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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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Colorado Grocery Store Union Rejects Latest Offer, Some Authorize Strike

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — A union representing Colorado grocery workers says members statewide have voted to reject the latest contract offers from Safeway and t...

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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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Big Business Bigotry

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Farm Workers, Eggs, Cesar Chavez, California, Animal Rights, United Food and Commercial Workers, California Politics, Proposition 2, Animals, Politics News
Michael Markarian

In a shameless display of xenophobia, it seems the factory farm fakers have launched an all-out attack on Mexico.

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Wal-Mart Plays Fear Factor and Workers Lose

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United Food and Commercial Workers, Federal Election Commission, Employee Free Choice Act, Vlad the Impaler, Texas, Canada, Teamsters, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Fec, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

In an effort to push their anti-worker agenda, the corporate behemoth has begun herding its employees into mandatory meetings where the topic is simple and clear -- vote Republican, or else.

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America's Middle Class Needs Right to Bargain, Secure Contracts -- Like CEOs Have

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Smithfield Foods, United Food and Commercial Workers, Wal-Mart, Employee Freedom Action Committee, Economy, Human Rights Watch, Employee Free Choice Act, Rick Berman, Middle Class, Free Trade, Usw, Medicaid, United Steelworkers, Walton Family, National Labor Relations Board, Global Corporations, Wall Street Journal, U.S. Supreme Court, Tobacco Lobbyist, Agriprocessors Inc. Immigration, Kosher, Minimum Wage, Union Busters, Lance Compa, Health Insurance, Meatpacking, Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, Union, Undocumented, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

When uninsured Wal-Mart workers get sick, American taxpayers foot the bill. They pay for coverage through Medicaid, the health insurance plan for the poor. That's what the Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, banks on.

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