{"id":53972,"date":"2024-03-08T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=53972"},"modified":"2024-03-08T19:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T19:57:59","slug":"state-of-the-union-address","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/state-of-the-union-address\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Statement on State of the Union Address"},"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> \u2013 Today, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\/\"> United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/a>, which represents 1.2 million essential workers in grocery stores, meatpacking plants, and other essential industries across North America, released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address.<\/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\">\u201cNo President has fought harder for working people than President Joe Biden. While our members have been keeping our food supply chain running and providing essential services across the nation, President Biden has been fighting for historic victories for America\u2019s working people.&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\">\u201cFood prices are at a record high and our members witness that firsthand every day when they go to work. President Biden is right that consumers and our members cannot afford to keep paying more while getting less.<\/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\">\u201cTonight, President Biden made it clear that the only viable vision for our country\u2019s future is one that starts with standing together to build up our working class. The UFCW remains committed to fulfilling that vision, not just for our members, but for all retail, meatpacking, and food processing workers.\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, health care, 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 \u2013 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million essential workers in grocery stores, meatpacking plants, and other essential industries across North America, released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address. UFCW International President Marc Perrone released the following statement: \u201cNo President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":426,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[449,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53972","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-official-statements","category-press-releases"],"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 State of the Union Address - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, released a statement regarding President Joe Biden\u2019s State of the Union address.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/state-of-the-union-address\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFCW Statement on State of the Union Address - The United Food &amp; 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