{"id":62571,"date":"2025-08-13T11:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=62571"},"modified":"2025-08-13T11:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:04:04","slug":"ufcw-endorses-u-s-rep-tlaibs-stop-price-gouging-in-grocery-stores-act","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-endorses-u-s-rep-tlaibs-stop-price-gouging-in-grocery-stores-act\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Endorses U.S. Rep. Tlaib\u2019s Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act"},"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>&nbsp;\u2013 Today, the<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\/\">United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/a>, America\u2019s largest private sector union representing 1.2 million workers in meatpacking, food processing, grocery, retail, and other essential industries across North America, endorsed&nbsp;<em>The Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act<\/em>, introduced by U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).<\/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 Milton Jones said:&nbsp;<\/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\">\u201cThe UFCW wholeheartedly endorses the Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act and applauds Congresswoman Tlaib\u2019s leadership on this issue.<\/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\">\u201cWith the cost of living continuing to rise, the last thing families need is price gouging at the supermarket. Technologies like electronic shelf tags threaten to usher in a new era where the price of an item you pick up from the shelf can change within the amount of time it takes to walk to the register. Even more concerning, customers could be charged different prices based on personal data like income, race, gender, and more. \u2018Surveillance pricing\u2019 is deeply unfair, potentially discriminatory, and must be banned.<\/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 legislation will protect consumers as well as the hard-working UFCW members who help families put food on the table each time they visit their local grocery store.\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=\"heading\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li><em>The Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act\u00a0<\/em>prohibits price gouging by retail food stores. The legislation bans surveillance pricing in retail food stores, with narrow exceptions for things like senior or student discounts; requires food stores to disclose the use of facial recognition technology; prevents electronic shelf labels in large stores; and tasks the Federal Trade Commission with enforcement.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Since 2020, grocery prices have gone up by more than 28 percent for families and now, across the country, families are struggling to put food on the table. More than 47 million Americans are food insecure, including more than 7 million children.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Electronic shelf labels (ESLs) allow stores to change prices in a matter of seconds and enable corporations to leverage new technology against consumers. ESL technology can incorporate vast amounts of personal data and set different prices for different people based on personal characteristics, like race, gender, and income. Everyone deserves to pay the same prices for the same goods.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Grocery retail chains are already using ESLs in pilots around the country. Kroger began using ESLs in dozens of stores in 2018, expanding to 500 in 2023. Wal-Mart has announced it will bring ESLs to 2,300 of its stores by 2026, and Schnucks is working to expand ESLs to all 115 stores by 2025.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>\u201cSurveillance pricing\u201d is the practice of changing prices for an item based on personal data and willingness to pay. Corporations can craft individualized profiles of their customers by collecting and purchasing a massive amount of sensitive personal information. This information, paired with mobile apps, online stores, smart carts, electronic shelf labels, and facial recognition or other biometric technology, allows companies to charge different people different prices for the same item.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\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><em><u><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/\">ufcw.org<\/a><\/u><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013 Today, the&nbsp;United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), America\u2019s largest private sector union representing 1.2 million workers in meatpacking, food processing, grocery, retail, and other essential industries across North America, endorsed&nbsp;The Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act, introduced by U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). UFCW International President Milton Jones said:&nbsp; \u201cThe [&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-62571","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 Endorses U.S. Rep. 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