abstract:The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.2 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including agriculture, health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile, G4S Security, chemical trades, and retail food.
When the Hormel company proposed a pay cut for its laborers in the mid-eighties, Local P-9 of the UnitedFoodandCommercialWorkers International Union refused to give in.
The decision comes nearly two years after Local 371 of the UnitedFoodandCommercialWorkers filed charges against Costco for perceived violations of the National Labor Relations Act.