United Food and Commercial Workers

United Food and Commercial Workers
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
AbbreviationUFCW
FormationJune 1979 (1979-06)
Merger of
TypeTrade union
HeadquartersWashington, DC, US
Location
    • Canada
    • United States
Membership (2013)
1,274,156[1]
President
Marc Perrone[2]
Secretary-Treasurer
Milton Jones
Affiliations
Websitewww.ufcw.org Edit this at Wikidata

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers[1] in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hospitality; agriculture; cannabis; chemical trades; security; textile, and health care. UFCW is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the AFL–CIO; it disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO in 2005 but reaffiliated in 2013. UFCW is also affiliated to UNI Global Union and the IUF.

  1. ^ a b US Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards. File number 000-056. Report submitted March 26, 2014.
  2. ^ "Marc Perrone Elected President of 1.3 Million Member United Food and Commercial Workers International Union". United Food and Commercial Workers. December 15, 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2015.

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