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United Food and Commercial Workers

Anti-Whistleblower (AgGag) Laws Threaten Human Health, the Environment and Animals

Bruce Friedrich | Posted 03.31.2013 | Green
Bruce Friedrich

The industry's response to years of evidence of egregious, and often criminal, animal cruelty and of diseased and adulterated meat entering the market is to attempt to outlaw undercover investigations.

Christina Wilkie

Walmart Heir Accused Of Illegal Political Donations

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 11.02.2012 | Business

An advocacy group on Friday filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint alleging that Walmart heir Jim Walton violated campaign finance laws b...

Colo.'s Largest Union Endorses Legal Weed Amendment 64

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 10.15.2012 | Denver

The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 7, Colorado's largest union representing 25,000 members in Colorado and Wyoming, endorsed Am...

Dave Jamieson

NFL Refs Return While Other Lockouts Grind On

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 09.29.2012 | Business

Each week in Muscatine, Iowa, Tony Newton and his friends watch the trucks haul grain out of the local corn-processing plant, trying to gauge producti...

Dave Jamieson

Union Puts Bullseye Back On Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.25.2012 | Business

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 ...

Lila Shapiro

Union Blasts Target Closure

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 03.22.2012 | Business

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...

Lila Shapiro

The Walmart Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 12.13.2011 | Business

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...

Grocery Strike Averted In California

AP | Posted 11.24.2011 | Los Angeles

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

Southland Grocery Workers Poised to Strike

David Macaray | Posted 11.21.2011 | Business
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.

Lila Shapiro

WATCH: Tensions Rise Before Historic Union Vote At Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.17.2011 | Business

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...

Lila Shapiro

American Labor's Next Target

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 08.16.2011 | Business

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...

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

Posted 08.15.2011 | Business

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...

Dave Jamieson

Walmart Forced To Bend To Workers In South Africa

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.18.2011 | Business

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...

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

suntimes.com | Deric Bownds' MindBlog | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

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 ...

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

suntimes.com | WV Cycling | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

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...

Wal-Mart Will Talk With Organized Labor About Community Benefits

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

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...

Supermarket Contract Stops 36,000 Workers From Strike

Mary Ann West | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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.

Impending Stop & Shop Strike Gathers Steam and Supporters From Facebook

Chrissie Brodigan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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.

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 | Denver

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

Colorado Grocery Workers Appear Ready To Strike

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

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...

Colorado Grocery Store Union Rejects Latest Offer, Some Authorize Strike

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver

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

Labor-Environmental Coalition Targets Wal-Mart

The Washington Post | Ylan Q. Mui | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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

Big Business Bigotry

Michael Markarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Michael Markarian

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

Wal-Mart Plays Fear Factor and Workers Lose

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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.

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

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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.