People have always joined together—whether in community organizations, church groups, parent teacher associations, or neighborhood watches—to make positive changes in each other’s lives and find solutions to problems that would be difficult or impossible to tackle alone.
A proud union family.
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union made up of 1.3 million hard-working men and women in the U.S. and Canada. We are a 501(c)(5) nonprofit organization that believes in the power of ordinary people coming together to improve their lives and make a lasting difference for all working people.
Our members are your friends and neighbors. They work in grocery and retail stores, pharmacies, health care and manufacturing facilities, and in food processing and meat packing industries. From the rural heartland to teeming urban centers, our members are on the front lines working hard to feed, serve and strengthen the neighborhoods and communities we call home.
Whether it’s Campbell’s soup, Welch’s jelly, Kraft mac and cheese, or Quaker Oats—it’s the hard work of UFCW members behind the scenes that helps put some of our nation’s favorite foods on the kitchen table.
UFCW members are highly trained professionals who serve as an extra layer of protection for consumers when it comes to food safety.
Half of UFCW’s 250,000 food processing members work for the top ten food processing employers, including JBS USA, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, Cargill Inc., Continental Grain Co. (Wayne Farms), Hormel Foods Corp., Marfrig SA (Keystone), Foster Poultry Farms, National Beef Packing, and ConAgra Foods.