{"id":63384,"date":"2025-11-04T11:49:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&p=63384"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:49:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:49:41","slug":"ufcw-warns-reduced-snap-payments-not-enough-for-families-food-workers","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-warns-reduced-snap-payments-not-enough-for-families-food-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Warns Reduced SNAP Payments Not Enough for Families & Food Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe USDA could use additional funding to make full payments this month, but it\u2019s deliberately chosen not to.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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ICYMI: UFCW <\/em>Urges<\/em><\/a> USDA Secretary Rollins to Fund Full SNAP Benefits for November<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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WASHINGTON \u2013 <\/strong>Today, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)<\/strong><\/a>, which represents 1.2 million essential workers across North America, including workers in grocery, retail, meatpacking, and food processing, released the following statement after news that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will comply with a court order to use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program\u2019s (SNAP) contingency fund and make reduced payments to SNAP recipients. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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UFCW International President Milton Jones<\/strong> said: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cOnly covering half of a family\u2019s food assistance still leaves them vulnerable to hunger and puts UFCW members at grocery stores, meatpacking plants, and food processing facilities at risk. Any fall in SNAP dollars being spent risks fewer hours and less take-home pay for UFCW members. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cThe lack of communication to SNAP recipients also puts an undue burden on UFCW members at grocery stores. When customers try to pay with SNAP, cashiers will be the ones to tell them their balance. They will be the ones who have to tell a family that they don\u2019t have enough to pay for the groceries they\u2019ve picked out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cThe USDA could use additional funding to make full payments this month, but it\u2019s deliberately chosen not to. This interruption in food assistance and the chaos and uncertainty it caused for SNAP recipients and food workers could have been avoided if Secretary Rollins had used the contingency fund proactively, as she was legally obligated to do. SNAP recipients still do not know when they\u2019ll receive their reduced benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cAs families try to get by, Thanksgiving is approaching. If families can only cover half of their November grocery bill, how will they be able to celebrate with a full Thanksgiving table? The USDA must use its authority over available nutrition funding to provide full SNAP benefits this month, and Republicans in Congress must work across the aisle to solve the impending health care crisis and end the government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n

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