UFCW

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UFCW
Stands forUnited Food and Commercial Workers International Union
CategoriesOrganizations & Companies

UFCW stands for United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, a professional association and labor union abbreviation.

Labor union of about 1.2 million workers in grocery stores, retail, meatpacking, food processing, cannabis and health care in the United States and Canada.

Example: UFCW grocery workers at the supermarket chain approved a new three-year contract.

Usage notes

A 1979 merger joined the Retail Clerks International Union and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen. Its members work for major grocers such as Kroger and Albertsons. It has campaigned for safety protections for meatpacking workers.

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