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The UFCW’s Communications Department is looking for best photos, member stories and member quotes so that we can share that information with our social media audience this election year.

To get the best quotes, here are some questions you can ask your members:

How has being a part of the UFCW made your life better?

Why will you be voting in November?

What issues should politicians be focusing on?

What’s the biggest stress right now for you and your family?

If you had one message for your elected officials, what would it be?

Be sure to get first and last name of the member, as well as the name of the worksite and how many years they’ve been a part of our union family and send that information along with your submissions to Amber Sparks and Mia Perry (asparks@ufcw.org and mperry@ufcw.org). With your help, we can spread the word about the benefits of belonging to our union family leading up to Election Day.

On August 9, UFCW International President Marc Perrone issued a statement after submitting comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in support of a petition to change “Product of the U.S.A.” policy.

The Organization for Competitive Markets and American Grassfed Association’s Petition to Change the Food Safety and Inspection Services Standards and Labeling Policy Book on “Product of U.S.A.” (FSIS-2018-0024) would revise “Product of the U.S.A.” label requirements so that it is limited only to domestically born, raised, slaughtered and processed meat. Currently, meat that is imported from other countries but further processed in the U.S. receives the “Product of the U.S.A.” label.

Perrone’s statement reads as follows:

“Allowing meat that comes from outside our country to be sold as a U.S. product is misleading, unsafe and wrong. American consumers deserve to know where their meat comes from.

“Updating current labeling requirements will not only bring families more certainty about the meat they are serving or eating, it will create and protect sustainable jobs for hard-working communities across the country.

“Our union family strongly supports this petition and encourages the USDA to do the same.”