{"id":55398,"date":"2024-09-03T13:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=55398"},"modified":"2024-09-03T13:47:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T13:47:47","slug":"labor-day-2024","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/labor-day-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Honors America\u2019s Workers on Labor Day"},"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\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> 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 the following statement in celebration of Labor Day.<\/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\">\u201cToday, we celebrate Labor Day and the millions of workers and union members across the country who keep this nation running. The UFCW is proud to represent essential workers who help to provide working families with the food, supplies, and care they need.&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\">\u201cAs American support of labor unions continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gallup\/status\/1828793176754409957\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grow<\/a>, more workers are realizing the power they have when they stand together. This is especially important as we head into an election where workers\u2019 rights are on the ballot.\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\">\u201cThis Labor Day, for the sake of workers everywhere, our union is committed to working hard to elect pro-labor candidates up and down the ballot. Working people are the backbone of the American economy and need elected officials who will give them the opportunity to build the better life they have earned and deserve.\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, 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 the following statement in celebration of Labor Day. UFCW International President Marc Perrone released the following statement: \u201cToday, we celebrate Labor Day and the millions [&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":[607],"class_list":["post-55398","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-official-statements","category-press-releases","tag-labor-day"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Honors America\u2019s Workers on Labor Day - The United Food &amp; Commercial Workers International Union<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), released the following statement in celebration of Labor Day.\" \/>\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\/labor-day-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFCW Honors America\u2019s Workers on Labor Day - The United Food &amp; 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