UFCW Local 152 Pass the #ProAct

Only one week to go until the largest one-day food drive in the nation! Next Saturday, letter carriers around the country will hit their routes ready to collect your bags of non-perishable food donations. Together we can #StampOutHunger! Learn more here: nalc.org/food

UPDATE: WE WON OUR ELECTION!!! An overwhelming majority of us voted in favor of starting a union here at REI Santa Cruz! Thanks so much to everyone who’s supported us in person and online as we’ve fought for this victory - your encouragement has meant a lot. Here’s to a future of making our store and REI a better place for ourselves and green vests across the country. We’re so proud of the community and union we’ve built, and we can’t wait to keep growing it! 🥳

And Santa Cruz, CA makes TEN unionized REI stores! Members of REI Union SoHo got together after our shifts last night to celebrate @reiunion Santa Cruz’s election! It’s official, we’re in the DOUBLE DIGITS now 🥹

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Happy 4/20 from your union buds! For nearly 2 decades now, UFCW & cannabis workers have been blazing new trails & setting high standards throughout the industry. If you ask us, that is something worth celebrating! ➡️ ufcw.org/cannabis!

BREAKING: Over 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Tennessee just joined the @UAW in a landslide. They’re the first American workers to win a union at a non-union car company in decades. This historic victory will change the auto industry, and the future of American labor.

Unions aren’t just good for workers, they’re good for women (& bad for the gender pay gap!) According to the @BLS_gov, women covered by a union contract earn, on average, $203 per week more than non-unionized women - that’s a 21.9% increase! This is #WhyUnionsMatter

Stadium food workers feed your family at the games, but we struggle to support our own. Our employer Aramark reported $18 billion in revenue in 2023, but many of us can’t afford health insurance. We're standing up for healthcare & family-sustaining wages. Will you stand with us?

President Biden continues to call on Congress to give public school teachers a raise. They deserve it.

When you get to my age certain things become clearer than ever before. My lifetime has taught me to embrace freedom, democracy, and a future based on the core values that have defined America. Honesty. Decency. Dignity. Equality.

Nevada cannabis is on a roll! Last month, workers at the Ayr Wellness cannabis dispensary in Henderson, NV, voted to join Local 711 & are now 1 of 3 unionized Ayr Wellness locations. Widespread representation is our favorite trend! Learn more: bit.ly/3Hif0o5

UFCW members can unlock the keys to financial empowerment with our Money Essentials Course. From crafting budgets to setting financial goals, navigating credit, and mastering loan applications – we've got you covered! Learn more: bit.ly/3N3FRri

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law to raise the minimum wage for health care workers across the state to $25 over the next 10 years. Over 400,000 Californians will get a raise as the law takes effect. calmatters.org/health/2023/10…

After over a year of organizing, 600 doctors have won the largest private physicians' union in the country. These doctors at Allina Health Systems in Minneapolis have unionized with @DoctorsCouncil. They join the wave of health care workers organizing to win better conditions.

💪💪💪#Solidarity #WorkerPower #WorkersRights #UFCW #JohannaFoods businesswire.com/news/home/2023…

🚨 Solidarity in action! 🥊 UFCW Local 152 members at the Johanna Foods facility in Flemington, N.J. have made a powerful statement, voting unanimously to authorize a strike. Let's stand with them in this fight for fair treatment and better working conditions.

Ready for a Cannabis Career opportunity? We are conducting interviews and actively hiring for our Jersey City location! October is gonna be 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #CannabisCommunity @UFCW_CWR @CannabisNews @Heady_NJ @ufcwlocal152 @JerseyCityODI @JerseyCityTimes @real_newjersey

We stand with @UAW ✊ because UAW is fighting for the working class!

BREAKING: The workers who power the MTV show ‘Ridiculousness’ have voted to unionize with @WGAWest. The vote was unanimous.

Thank you! 👏👏👏