{"id":53226,"date":"2023-09-15T19:29:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=53226"},"modified":"2023-09-15T19:39:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T19:39:27","slug":"ufcw-stands-in-solidarity-with-uaw-workers","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-stands-in-solidarity-with-uaw-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Stands in Solidarity with UAW Workers"},"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\"><strong>WASHINGTON, DC<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\">United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/a>, which represents 1.3 million essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, retail, and other essential industries across North America, released the following statement regarding the United Auto Workers Union\u2019s decision to strike.<\/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\"><strong>UFCW International President Marc Perrone released the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><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\">\u201cFor years, the auto industry has made record-breaking profits while America\u2019s hard-working auto workers&#8217; pay has remained largely stagnant. From auto workers to grocery workers, it is the workers on the frontlines and the assembly line who generate the real wealth and success for corporate America and our economy. No union should stand silent as powerful corporations profit while workers\u2019 wages and benefits suffer.&nbsp;<\/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\">What is clear today is that this was a strike forced upon 150,000 workers by the failures of the Big 3 who left America&#8217;s auto workers no other choice than to stand together and fight for the better treatment they\u2019ve earned and deserve. United Auto Workers deserve a union contract that truly reflects their hard work and contributions, and our members stand firm and ready to support them in this fight.<\/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 UFCW and all our 1.3 million members will stand ready to support the United Auto Workers in  labor\u2019s latest defining struggle to lift up the working and middle class, not just for auto workers but for all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\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=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/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=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The UFCW International is the largest private sector union in the United States, representing 1.3 million workers and their families in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, healthcare, cannabis, retail, and other essential industries. UFCW members serve our communities in all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. Learn more about the UFCW at\u202f<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/\"><em>ufcw.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC&nbsp;\u2013 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.3 million essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, retail, and other essential industries across North America, released the following statement regarding the United Auto Workers Union\u2019s decision to strike. 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