{"id":62985,"date":"2025-10-08T18:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=62985"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:30:03","slug":"ufcw-calls-for-restoring-temporary-protected-status","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-calls-for-restoring-temporary-protected-status\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Calls for Restoring Temporary Protected Status"},"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. \u2013 <\/strong>Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/about\"><strong>United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/strong><\/a>, which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, released a statement urging lawmakers to reinstate Temporary Protected Status (TPS), as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilize.us\/ndlon\/event\/854858\/?timeslot=5564691\">National TPS Alliance\u2019s Week of Action<\/a>.&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 said:\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\">\u201cImmigrant workers have been the backbone of our country\u2019s economy and our food system for decades. They keep American families fed every day with their hard work at grocery stores, meatpacking plants, and other workplaces across the country.&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\">\u201cWorkers here under Temporary Protected Status not only have followed legal procedures to live and work in the country, but have also stepped in to fill critical labor shortages that have persisted in our food system for decades. Now, they are being stripped of that opportunity and face the threat of persecution, despite their service and compliance with the law.<\/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 prices continue to rise and squeeze working families, eliminating legal work authorizations will only drive prices higher and leave employers having to contend with labor shortages yet again. Workers left behind at their jobs will have to do the same amount of work with fewer skilled hands, which will make plants and stores more chaotic and jeopardize worker and food safety.&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\">\u201cOur leaders in Washington must restore employment authorizations and legal protections for these hardworking individuals, so they can continue sustaining the American food supply chain \u2013 ensuring both workforce security and our shared economic stability.\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, 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<\/em><em>\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 across North America, released a statement urging lawmakers to reinstate Temporary Protected Status (TPS), as part of the National TPS Alliance\u2019s Week of Action.&nbsp; UFCW International President Milton Jones said:\u00a0 \u201cImmigrant workers have been the backbone [&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":[388,449,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62985","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immigration","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 Calls for Restoring Temporary Protected Status - The United Food &amp; 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