{"id":22153,"date":"2008-04-08T19:23:44","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T23:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/?p=1462"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:12:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:12:45","slug":"ufcw-steward-aims-to-strengthen-membership-in-americas-heartland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/ufcw-steward-aims-to-strengthen-membership-in-americas-heartland\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Steward Aims to Strengthen Membership in America\u2019s Heartland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luis Rosiles, a Tyson Foods worker and steward for Local 1546, has found his calling as an organizer in training for the UFCW\u2019s Heartland Campaign.&nbsp; Rosiles is part of a coordinated effort to target thousands of non-union packing and processing workers in the Midwest who need a voice on the job.&nbsp; The new campaign is serving as a training ground for organizers like Rosiles, and the UFCW hopes to use the Heartland Campaign as a model for other UFCW organizers across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosiles is on leave from his job as a worker at the Tyson Foods plant in Joslin, Illinois, where he served as a steward for Local 1546.&nbsp; As a steward, Rosiles served as a significant link and conduit of information between union leadership and the workers at the Tyson Foods plant in Joslin, and had the advantage of knowing many of his fellow workers.&nbsp; His new role as an organizer in the state of Nebraska presents the challenge of meeting and connecting with workers he has never met before and who may not be familiar with the benefits of joining a union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome have a little bit of knowledge, some don\u2019t,\u201d said Rosiles.&nbsp; \u201cThat\u2019s what drives me\u2014winning campaigns and helping people be united at work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The changing demographics of the packing and processing industries have also posed a challenge for Rosiles, and many of the plants that he is working with in Nebraska have attracted immigrant workers from around the world.&nbsp; Many of the immigrant workers he has approached are afraid of losing their jobs or unsure of their rights as workers in the U.S.&nbsp; To counter that fear and uncertainty, Rosiles and other organizers have made a point to connect with workers outside of the workplace by visiting their places of worship and even their homes to show that the union is part of the larger community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rosiles believes that his experience as a steward has helped him hone his skills as an organizer, and encourages other UFCW stewards to get involved with organizing campaigns such as the Heartland Campaign in the Midwest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need more leadership and people getting involved in plants,\u201d said Rosiles.&nbsp; \u201cThat\u2019s what makes a union strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information about the UFCW\u2019s effort to provide workers with better wages and benefits in America\u2019s Heartland and around the country, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairnessforfoodworkers.org\/\">www.fairnessforfoodworkers.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luis Rosiles, a Tyson Foods worker and steward for Local 1546, has found his calling as an organizer in training for the UFCW\u2019s Heartland Campaign.&nbsp; 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