Peter Rileyhttps://labornotes.org/2026/03/57-languages-meatpackers-strike-first-time-40-years
#EW4D #Greeley Colorado
#LabourMovement #MeatPackers #Organize #Solidarity #Strikes #UFCW
In 57 Languages, Meatpackers Strike for the First Time in 40 Years
In less than a quarter-mile stretch of sidewalk, chatter in 57 languages overlaps with the sound of dancehall, bachata, Thai pop, Haitian kompa, and Micronesian hip-hop. At sunset, dozens gather for iftar, breaking their Ramadan fast; the music, pulsing from boomboxes and cell phones held up to megaphones, swells into one shared hum. In this sliver of land across from the sprawling JBS beef processing plant—among the largest in the country—workers from around the world have united in the largest U.S. meatpacking strike in 40 years.
UFCW’s assets: $199 million in 2014 - $521 million in 2022.
Retail: 800,000 grocery workers
118,000 in other stores.
Food Processing, Meat-Packing and Manufacturing 250,000 workers.
Distillery, Wine and Allied Workers 5,000 Cannabis10,000
Health Care Division 55,000 workers.
https://labornotes.org/2025/05/ufcw-president-stepping-down-successor-be-appointed-week
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#frombelow #labormovement #organize #rankandfile #solidarity #unions
Essential Workers for Democracy #EW4D
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union #RWDSU a #UFCW affiliate.
UFCW President Stepping Down, Successor to Be Appointed This Week
United Food and Commercial Workers President Mark Perrone is expected to announce his retirement this week, according to sources close to the union’s leadership. UFCW has 1.3 million members in the U.S. and Canada, mainly in grocery and meatpacking. A special meeting of the union’s 55-person International Executive Board has been called for May 13. The board is expected to choose Perrone’s successor there. UFCW presidents are supposed to be elected by delegates to the union’s conventions, which occur every five years.
https://jacobin.com/2025/02/kroger-king-soopers-strike-ufcw
(Note: At 1.2 million members, the #UFCW is the largest private sector union in the country.)
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