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Updates from UFCW Local 23

  • New Contract!-Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:35:43 +0000

    You did it! Through tremendous union solidarity and by staying informed and together, UFCW Local 23 members mobilized like never before to inspire customers to support Giant Eagle, a local supermarket company, and to stand with its workers. Now Giant Eagle workers have a new contract that covers approximately 5,800 employees at 36 Giant Eagle [...]

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UFCW Press Releases

  • Time to Take Responsibility-Fri, 17 May 2013 12:45:08 +0000

    Many people would be surprised to know that garment making is quite possibly the most dangerous job “outside of war zones,” as Washington Post writer Harold Meyerson puts it in a recent article about the dangerous cycle that is the garment industry. The death toll from last month’s building collapse in Rana Plaza, a garment [...]

  • UFCW Local 455 Kroger Members Ratify New Three-Year Contract-Thu, 16 May 2013 12:56:15 +0000

    Last week, UFCW Local 455 Kroger clerks and meat cutters ratified a new three-year contract that improves healthcare benefits, increases wages, and preserves pensions. The new contract covers more than 13,000 Kroger clerk and meat workers, including part-time workers, in the Houston area. “The wage improvements are great,” said Kroger associate Lenda Cadoree. “These hard [...]

  • President Hansen on Decision of H&M and Others to Improve Workplace Safety in Bangladesh-Mon, 13 May 2013 21:28:55 +0000

    Washington, D.C. – The following is a statement issued by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) President Joseph Hansen regarding the decision of H&M and other retailers to sign a legally binding agreement to improve workplace safety in Bangladesh: “The UFCW applauds H&M and other retailers for accepting binding building safety standards at [...]

  • Walmart Associates, Community Supporters Launch New Website www.ReallyWalmart.org-Mon, 13 May 2013 19:26:04 +0000

    Washington, DC-  Today, the Making Change at Walmart campaign and its coalition partners announced the launch of a new website www.ReallyWalmart.org.  The website, which showcases a number of video interviews of Walmart employees, community activists, environmentalists and others sharing their experiences with and concerns about Walmart, comes on the heels of Walmart launching a new multimillion-dollar [...]

  • H&M Takes Responsibility for Workplace Safety in Bangladesh-Mon, 13 May 2013 17:31:41 +0000

    H&M has accepted binding building safety standards at Bangladeshi garment factories following the recent fire and building collapse that killed more than 1,000 garment workers in Bangladesh. By signing the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, H&M is taking the high road and putting people before profits at their supplier factories. Thousands of [...]