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Why Choose UMR?

Sep 22, 2020

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  • UFCW Attends Black CannaBiz Expo and Conference November 16, 2022
    Earlier this month, several UFCW leaders and rank-and-file members attended the Black CannaBiz Expo and Conference in New Orleans, La., to share their unique perspectives on how racial and social equity in the cannabis industry can only be achieved by prioritizing workers’ rights.  At the three-day conference, Aquila Barbosas Rodrigues from UFCW Local 1445, Zion […]
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  • UFCW Responds to Midterm Election Results November 16, 2022
    Last week’s midterm elections saw many workers’ rights supporters win their races in federal and state elections across the country.  “UFCW’s members helped deliver a powerful message by casting their votes for the candidates that best represent the needs of our nation’s hard-working essential workers,” said UFCW International President Marc Perrone in a statement. “Across the […]
    yviner
  • USDA Announces First-Round Investments into U.S. Meat and Poultry Industry November 9, 2022
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a set of first-round investments under their Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program. $73 million will be invested across 21 grant projects with the goal of increasing competition and expanding meat and poultry processing capacity in the United States. “As America’s meatpacking and food processing union, UFCW applauds the Biden […]
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  • UFCW Celebrates Native American Heritage Month November 1, 2022
    The month of November is Native American Heritage Month, a time to pay tribute to Native Americans and their contributions to our communities, country and union family.   While we currently have a month to celebrate and recognize the importance of Native American Heritage, it took nearly a century of hard work by indigenous advocates to […]
    yviner
  • OUTreach Offers Creating Change Conference Scholarships October 24, 2022
    UFCW OUTreach is offering five full-paid scholarships for rank and file UFCW members to attend next year’s Creating Change Conference in San Francisco. The conference, which will take place on Feb. 17 to 21, 2023, is organized by the national LGBTQ Task Force. This is the sixth year that UFCW OUTreach has provided scholarships to the […]
    yviner
  • Celebrate Halloween With Union-Made Candies October 24, 2022
    As U.S. consumers prepare to spend a record $10.6 billion to celebrate Halloween, here’s a way to support our union’s contribution to this beloved holiday. Attached below is a list of union-made candies made by UFCW members and our brothers and sisters at the BCTGM union: Hershey’s Nuggets / Kisses Kit Kat Butterfinger* Baby Ruth* Smarties […]
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  • Politics and Prose Workers in DC Ratify First Union Contract September 13, 2022
    On Sept. 6, members of UFCW Local 400 who work at Politics and Prose, the iconic bookstore and coffeehouse in Washington, D.C., ratified their first union contract. Politics and Prose employees became the first bookstore in Washington, D.C., to unionize after owners Bradley Graham and Lissa Muscatine agreed to voluntarily recognize the union in January. […]
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  • UFCW Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month September 12, 2022
    Thursday, Sept. 15 marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month—a time for the UFCW to pay tribute to Hispanic Americans and their positive contributions to our union, communities and country. This year’s theme for Hispanic Heritage Month is “Unidos: Inclusivity for a Stronger Nation.” The origins of this celebration date back to President Lyndon Johnson, […]
    mvukonich
  • More Michigan Cannabis Workers Join Local 876 September 12, 2022
    On August 26, workers at the Lume Cannabis Co. dispensary in Monroe, Mich., joined UFCW Local 876 for a better life. Lume Cannabis Co. is the largest cannabis company in Michigan, and workers at this store are the first unit of Lume workers to unionize. UFCW Local 876 also represents workers from the Authentic 231 […]
    mvukonich
  • Black Women’s Equal Pay Day Is Sept. 21 September 12, 2022
    For more than a quarter-century, the United States has recognized Equal Pay Day: the day that marks how far into the new year the average woman must work to match what her male counterparts made the year before.  This year, that day arrived earlier than it had in its 26-year history (March 15, 2022).  While […]
    mvukonich

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