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The Civil Rights and Community Action Department is asking locals to participate in a survey so that we can provide better assistance to our members.

The UFCW is committed to raising standards for all our members and their families. A key part of this is stopping exploitation of immigrant workers, including the threat of retaliation for speaking up about issues on the job.

Some of our members can benefit from programs like the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and others need updated information about Temporary Protected Status (TPS). DACA is a program that allows some individuals who were brought to the country as children (Dreamers) to receive a renewable period of deferred action from deportation and U.S. work authorization. Temporary Protected Status is a policy that provides work authorization to individuals from certain countries hurt by war, natural disasters, or other extraordinary conditions that prevent people from returning safely. These countries include El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Somalia and Yemen.

In order to adequately assess the scope of our immigrant members’ needs for information or support and assistance, we are asking that you complete a survey by December 15, 2020. The answers should be based on your familiarity with your bargaining units. Please note that directly asking a member about their immigration status is prohibited.

The survey was mailed to each Local Union President yesterday. You can access the survey here.

If you have any questions about the survey, contact Civil Rights and Community Action Department Director LaQuita Honeysucker at lhoneysucker@ufcw.org or Assistant General Counsel Sarai King at sking@ufcw.org.

UFCW OUTreach, in partnership with the UCLA Labor Center, is studying the workplace experiences of LGBTQ+ workers represented by the UFCW in the U.S. and Canada. UFCW leadership and members are encouraged to participate in the study, which will affect all of our members, by taking two separate surveys.

The study, titled “Measuring the Impact of Union Values on LGBTQ+ Workers,” will examine the impact of union values on LGBTQ+ workers, as well as union organizing and member priorities related to LGBTQ+ issues. The data will be compiled into a final report that will be released next year in the spring and will help direct the work of UFCW OUTreach moving forward.

“Our hope is to document the value of union representation to UFCW LGBTQ+ members; gauge interest and gain traction for our 2020 political program; and help determine the continued direction of the efforts of UFCW OUTreach to best serve our union and all our members,” said UFCW OUTreach Chair Michele Kessler.

From now to December 10, 2019, UFCW leadership and members are encouraged to take part in this study by participating in 10-minute surveys. The surveys are anonymous and UCLA researchers will do the post survey analysis.

You can access the leadership survey here and the membership survey here. You can also enter to win monthly raffle prizes of $50 gift cards (four per month), plus a grand prize of an iPad. The last day to complete the surveys is December 10, and you must be 18-years-old to participate.

For more information, contact Michele Kessler at mkessler@ufcw1776.org or Jean Tong at jean.tong@ufcw770.org.