The UFCW continued to stand up for workers’ rights and protections in an increasingly anti-worker political environment this year.
In March, the UFCW publicly denounced President Trump’s executive order to end collective bargaining with a number of federal unions. Also in March, the UFCW responded to the USDA’s announcement that it will instruct the Food Safety and Inspection Service to extend waivers allowing pork and poultry facilities to operate at higher line speeds.
In April, the UFCW spoke out as Congress considered slashing funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, by as much as $230 billion or 20 percent over the next 10 years. And in July, our union announced its opposition to the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which cuts SNAP and Medicaid funding and delivers real harm to working people. In August, the UFCW also announced its opposition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) decision to terminate union contracts that cover the department’s food safety inspectors.
And this fall, the UFCW urged elected leaders to put working families first and end the government shutdown. The UFCW also sent a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins imploring her to use contingency funding and funding for other USDA nutrition programs to fund SNAP for November as the government shutdown continued.
This fall, the UFCW also stood up for immigrant workers by urging lawmakers to reinstate Temporary Protected Status for individuals from designated countries experiencing crises. This call to action was part of the National TPS Alliance’s Week of Action, a coordinated effort to pressure Congress to act.
Here are the political articles that appeared in OnPoint this year:
UFCW Urges USDA to Fund SNAP Benefits for November – For Local Unions
UFCW Calls on Lawmakers to Restore Temporary Protected Status – For Local Unions
UFCW Presses Lawmakers to Resolve Government Shutdown Crisis – For Local Unions
UFCW Responds to New EPI Report on Pitfalls of H-2B Visa Program in Meatpacking – For Local Unions
UFCW Endorses The Tax Cut for Striking Workers Act – For Local Unions
UFCW Endorses the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act – For Local Unions
UFCW Denounces USDA’s Termination of Union Contracts for Food Safety Inspectors – For Local Unions
Tell Congress to Support the Food Secure Strikers Act – For Local Unions
UFCW Condemns Passage of Republican Reconciliation Bill – For Local Unions
Take Action to Protect SNAP Benefits – For Local Unions
UFCW Opposes Executive Order Targeting Federal Labor Agreements – For Local Unions
UFCW Responds to USDA Line Speed Decision – For Local Unions
UFCW Responds to USDA Line Speed Studies – For Local Unions
UFCW Responds to Federal Court’s Kroger-Albertsons Decision – For Local Unions