Essential Workers for Democracy
@EW4Democracy
Essential workers need democratic unions that are accountable to members. General outreach: [email protected]. Press: [email protected].
UNITED WE BARGAIN, UNITED WE'LL WIN! On strike at Safeway in Colorado. Fighting for fair contracts in California, Indiana, and more. Now more than ever, we need grocery worker solidarity on a national scale — in this year's contracts and in every contract to come.
After 8,000 Kroger workers in Local 700 voted down their contract by 74% on May 31, they’re amping up the fight for a fair contract. Plus, 25,000 WA grocery workers reach a TA and Safeway workers strike in CO. Read more in Essential Voice: ew4d.org/blog/essential…
The reform organization @EW4Democracy has been building a network of rank-and-file union members across the UFCW to support the goals of coordinated bargaining, strike readiness, new organizing, and union democracy: labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/grocery-work…
NEW 🎙️: Grocery Workers at the UFCW are Organizing for a Fighting Union The UFCW is one of the biggest unions in the US—the second largest private sector union with over 1.2 million members! But its reform movement calls the union a “sleeping giant.” labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/grocery-work… 1/7
What's disgusting? UNION BUSTING! @Safeway stores in Northern California are hiring scabs starting at $27/hr — over $10 more than contractual starting pay for most union members — after UFCW Locals 5, 8-GS, and 648 set a strike deadline on 7/25.
Food and Commercial Workers Local 700 members across Indiana voted a second time to reject an offer that included a wage increase of just $0.90 over 3 years for starting pay and a $200 Kroger gift card that members called “insulting.” @lilacisms reports: labornotes.org/2025/07/8000-i…
labornotes.org/2025/07/8000-i… Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700 members across Indiana voted on July 10 and 11 to reject a tentative agreement covering 8,000 Kroger retail workers. Read more in @labornotes:
Members of UFCW Local 700 voted down a second tentative agreement with Kroger, citing subpar wage increases that threaten workers with poverty. ew4d.org/blog/local-700…
BREAKING: 8,000 rank-and-file Kroger workers in Indiana just REJECTED a subpar contract for the 2nd time. The offer included an insulting $200 Kroger gift card and $0.90 over 3 years for starting pay. Workers know they’re worth more — and they’re ready to fight for it.
An empty parking lot and a full picket line in Denver, CO 💪 @TeamsterRnF Steering Committee member Tyler Condo is out on the picket line building worker-to-worker solidarity with Safeway workers on strike in @UFCW_7!
WE'RE WORTH A LOT MORE THAN $0.25! Rank-and-file members at Kroger in Fishers, IN organized a Solidarity Shirt day for their corporate holiday walkthrough before the profit-making 4th of July. Members are united and won't back down.
Did you know that you have special legal rights as a union steward? Learn the basics in this training specifically for UFCW stewards. Click the link to register for the free online webinar on Wednesday, July 23. ew4d.org/blog/lega-righ…
We need more strike songs like this one by Thomas Graves, in solidarity with his fellow Safeway workers in CO on strike right now w @UFCW_7. "Drive up shoppers bust their backs/While corporate cash just stacks and stacks Who stocks the shelves? We do!"
WATCH: Strike Ready! 🎥 Watch the recording from last night's EW4D national webinar, featuring organizing stories from members in UFCW Locals 7, 700, 770, and 3000. Learn how to keep your coworkers informed and involved to win a fair contract! youtube.com/watch?v=jHamWk…
INDIANA KROGER WORKERS ARE UNITED FOR A LIVING WAGE! Workers in Indiana are standing up for a fair contract, after rejecting the company's previous offer by 74%. Hey, @kroger: the work that runs your stores is worth a lot more than $0.25!
“You wonder if you can make it on a job like this,” said Amy Reynolds, a 24-year Kroger worker in Fishers, near Indianapolis. “When my mom worked at Kroger in 1970, her wages were comparable to the UAW Chrysler plant. Today, we’re nowhere close.” labornotes.org/2025/06/kroger…
UFCW Local 700 members in Indiana voted down a tentative agreement May 31 covering 8,000 Kroger retail workers, with 74 percent voting no. Rank-and-file members bucked the recommendation for a ‘Yes’ vote by local union leadership. labornotes.org/2025/06/kroger…
UFCW Local 700 members in Indiana voted down a tentative agreement May 31 covering 8,000 Kroger retail workers, with 74 percent voting no. Rank-and-file members bucked the recommendation for a ‘Yes’ vote by local union leadership. labornotes.org/2025/06/kroger…
Members of UFCW Local 700 across Ind. successfully voted NO on a concessionary tentative agreement covering over 8,000 Kroger workers. Plus, UFCW Locals 7, 135, 324, 770, 1167, and 3000 are voting simultaneously this week to authorize a strike. Read more: ew4d.org/blog/essential…
BREAKING: UFCW Local 700 members have REJECTED a subpar contract with Kroger, with 74% voting NO. Members have sent Kroger a powerful message: we won't settle for pennies and we'll keep fighting until we win the contract we deserve. ufcw700.org/2025/05/31/mem…
