{"id":62573,"date":"2025-08-14T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=62573"},"modified":"2025-08-14T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T13:00:34","slug":"ufcw-denounces-usdas-termination-of-union-contract-for-food-safety-inspectors","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-denounces-usdas-termination-of-union-contract-for-food-safety-inspectors\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Denounces USDA\u2019s Termination of Union Contract for Food Safety Inspectors"},"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\"><em>\u201cThis decision doesn\u2019t just erode labor rights \u2013 it damages the public\u2019s trust in the safety of our food supply.\u201d<\/em>\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>WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 Today, the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\/\"> <\/a><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, denounced the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s decision to terminate union contracts that cover the department\u2019s food safety inspectors.&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 Milton Jones\u00a0said:\u00a0<\/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\">\u201cAll workers deserve to have a voice on the job and strong union contracts with pay increases, guaranteed benefits, and safe working conditions. The USDA unilaterally breaking union contracts that have already been signed and ratified demonstrates a disturbing, illegal pattern of union busting across federal agencies.&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 safety inspectors work closely with UFCW members in meatpacking and food processing plants to make sure the meat, poultry, and eggs that reach families\u2019 tables are safe to eat. This decision doesn\u2019t just erode labor rights \u2013 it damages the public\u2019s trust in the safety of our food supply.&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\">\u201cWe stand with food inspectors at the USDA and their right to collective bargaining. Our federal agencies should be strengthening worker protections, not eliminating them.\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><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/\">ufcw.org<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis decision doesn\u2019t just erode labor rights \u2013 it damages the public\u2019s trust in the safety of our food supply.\u201d\u00a0 WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;\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, denounced the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s decision [&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-62573","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 Denounces USDA\u2019s Termination of Union Contract for Food Safety Inspectors - The United Food &amp; 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