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1979

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Website:	http://www.ufcw.org
Company Overview:	This is the official page of The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW). The 1.3 million members of the UFCW in the U.S. and Canada work in a wide range of industries from meat packing plants, grocery stores, retail stores and a number of other industries. Together, we're fighting for a better future for all workers.
Mission:	To provide a voice for workers on the job. To fight injustice and exploitation by employers. To secure living wages and good benefits for workers and their families. To create jobs that can be a career and put workers on the path to reaching the American dream.

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Colombian Workers Speak Out Against Colombia FTA | CtW Connect

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Paramilitary death squads in Colombia have systematically assassinated thousands of workers over the past twenty years for attempting to organize unions. But who is the real victim in this union-busting ...

The Chiquita CEO claims that corporate conglomerate’s contribution to the paramilitaries is some kind of "protection money." Change to Win asks, protection from what? Workers with an organized voice? Or fair wages and safe working conditions?

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Brussels: In response to the deepening global food crisis the ITUC has called on governments and world institutions to take far-reaching measures to guarantee food security for all. "This is an opportunity ...

Unions demand action on the global food crisis.

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Tamara wrote at 8:13am on May 7th, 2008

hello from local 1116 in Minnesota!

Joshua wrote at 6:24am on May 3rd, 2008

Hello from Local 227 in kentucky!

Tamara wrote at 1:03pm on April 24th, 2008

There's so many to choose from... Bob Dylan's Union Sundown, for sure... Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger's Union Maid, Seeger's Talking Union, Solidarity Forever also by Seeger... just to name a few more...

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union wrote at 10:05am on April 15th, 2008

my suggestions: Johnny Ryell by the Beastie Boys, No Shelter by Rage Against the Machine, Working Class Hero (either the original John Lennon or the Green Day version if you want to get more current--please avoid the terrible Tin Machine version), Worker's Song by the Dropkick Murphys, and Pay Me My Money Down by Springsteen. And probably a million others by Springsteen, too.

How about Fight the Power? :) j/k of course.

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union wrote at 9:19am on April 15th, 2008

i'm looking for some input from the ufcw on facebook crowd? what's your favorite song that makes you think about your union? if not your union, maybe your favorite song that gets you psyched up about your job? i'm soundtracking the revolution here and "i won't back down" is just too '80s.