{"id":55132,"date":"2024-07-19T19:23:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=55132"},"modified":"2024-07-19T19:23:04","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:23:04","slug":"ufcw-reaffirms-endorsement-of-president-biden","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-reaffirms-endorsement-of-president-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Reaffirms Endorsement of President Biden"},"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, D.C.<\/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, meatpacking, food processing, retail, and other essential industries, released a statement reaffirming the union\u2019s support for President Biden\u2019s reelection campaign.&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\"><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\">\u201cOver a year ago, the UFCW International Executive Board made the decision to endorse President Biden&#8217;s reelection bid. We did this because the president has been one of the most pro-union presidents in modern America\u2019s history. The impact his administration has had in uplifting our country\u2019s essential workers, especially throughout the pandemic, cannot be understated. President Biden stood with us on picket lines, organizing campaigns and on behalf of workers throughout this country.&nbsp;&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\">\u201cPresident Biden is the nominee of the Democratic Party and the only pro-labor candidate in this race, and we strongly support his candidacy over former President Trump.\u201d&nbsp;<\/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, D.C. \u2013 Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), which represents 1.2 million essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, retail, and other essential industries, released a statement reaffirming the union\u2019s support for President Biden\u2019s reelection campaign.&nbsp; UFCW International President Marc Perrone released the following statement: \u201cOver a year ago, the [&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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55132","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 Reaffirms Endorsement of President Biden - The United Food &amp; 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