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organizing for union democracy w/ @EW4Democracy, formerly @TeamsterRnF • @ c.a.i.t.l.y.n on tiktok • bylines: @labornotes @jacobin @moreperfectUS
New in Labor Notes today 🇵🇸
As campus protests—and violent police repression—play out across the country, some unions are getting involved. Read the latest by Labor Notes writing fellow @lilacisms: labornotes.org/2024/05/unions…
For grocery workers who worked through COVID like Tari Blevins, a front-end cashier in Indianapolis, the tentative agreement felt like a slap in the face. “During COVID, we had million dollar [sales] weeks,” Blevins said. “We had customers fighting in the aisles over product.”
My latest for Labor Notes, on the UFCW members who voted down their contract by a whopping 74%, bucking leadership's recommendation for a 'Yes' vote. labornotes.org/2025/06/kroger…
My latest for Labor Notes, on the UFCW members who voted down their contract by a whopping 74%, bucking leadership's recommendation for a 'Yes' vote. labornotes.org/2025/06/kroger…
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…
It’s hard to overstate how unusual this is. UFCW has built itself around having a dues base of passive, high-turnover grocery workers not invested enough in the union to try and change things. But that seems like it might be changing…
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.
there are union militants everywhere for those with eyes to see (and organize)
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.
Read the piece by @lilacisms, also featured in the upcoming July issue of the Labor Notes magazine: labornotes.org/2025/06/kroger…
To organize the “vote no” campaign, grocery workers “gave out flyers at their home stores and neighboring stores that included information about the contract and a QR code that took you to a Zoom link for members to get together and discuss next steps.” labornotespodcast.podbean.com
NEW on the Labor Notes Podcast: Peek into the July Issue—grocery workers in Indiana fighting for a strong contract; stories on what it means to live under attempts at authoritarian rule, and how working people are organizing right now: labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/how-grocery-…
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!"
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🚨 BREAKING: UFCW President Marc Perrone gearing up to announce retirement, International Executive Board planning to hand-select new president in 2 weeks. 🚨 Join us Tues, May 6, 5 PM PT/8 PM ET for an Emergency Zoom Call to take action! ew4d.org/blog/1m1v-now-…
Unions stopped Kroger and Albertsons from pulling off the biggest supermarket merger in American history. But with contract expirations looming, the fight for grocery workers is just beginning. Read @sarahlazare on the struggle ahead. inthesetimes.com/article/grocer…
SOLIDARITY SATURDAYS: CO GROCERY WORKERS UNITED FOR A STRONG CONTRACT 💥 King Soopers UFCW members in Denver, CO kicked off Solidarity Saturdays last week by wearing red to show management we're STILL ready to fight for the contract we deserve. Read how they did it 👇
Last week, we took action because America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist oligarchs who undermine our democracy. Worker power has saved us before—let's do it again. #SaveOurServices.
After a 12-day strike, grocery workers across Colorado won 100 more days to win a fair contract. That gives us a chance to build a national bargaining table for 130,000+ grocery workers across the U.S. whose contracts are expiring in the next 3 months. Here's what's at stake: