{"id":53419,"date":"2023-10-17T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T14:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=53419"},"modified":"2023-11-13T21:20:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T21:20:21","slug":"ufcw-statement-on-rite-aid-bankruptcy","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-statement-on-rite-aid-bankruptcy\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Statement on Rite Aid Bankruptcy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"heading\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Our highest priority will always be to defend and protect our hard-working union members&nbsp;<\/em><\/h4>\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>Washington, D.C.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\">United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/a>, which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, including retail pharmacists, released the following statement in response to Rite Aid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/15\/business\/rite-aid-bankrupty-hnk-intl\/index.html\">filing<\/a>\u00a0for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday.\u00a0<\/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\">\u201cAs the union that represents more than 10,000 essential Rite Aid workers across the country, the UFCW\u2019s highest priority will always be to defend and protect our hard-working union members.&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\">We will vigorously protect all collective bargaining agreements to remain in place and through the bankruptcy process, where we also will petition the court to have a seat at the table when it comes to protecting our members wages and benefits.\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 1.2 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=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/\"><em>ufcw.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our highest priority will always be to defend and protect our hard-working union members&nbsp; Washington, D.C.\u00a0\u2013 The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, including retail pharmacists, released the following statement in response to Rite Aid filing\u00a0for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday.\u00a0 UFCW International President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":416,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[449,13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53419","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-official-statements","category-press-releases","category-retail"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Statement on Rite Aid Bankruptcy - The United Food &amp; 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