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United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Cannabis Business Association thinks MMJ industry too young to unionize

    Update:After the announcement that Budding Health medical marijuana centers are unionizing, we reached out to the Cannabis Business Association, whose president, Bob Hoban, had said last year it was premature to mandate labor pacts in such a young industry. We've now spoken to Shawn Coleman, interim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Medical marijuana: Cheesecake Lady not buying into the Union just yet

    ​On October 17, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union announced that it was teaming up to represent employees of the medical marijuana industry in Colorado. Union organizer Mark Belkin said he'd seen overwhelming support for the move, but his enthusiasm now seems to be a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Medical marijuana workers joining UFCW Local 7: Is weed a growth area for unions?

    Mark Belkin.​The conflict between federal and state laws present a challenge to the medical marijuana industry, as last week's DEA raid on the Cherry Top Farms dispensary demonstrates. But there's also growing institutional acceptance, illustrated by today's press conference announcing the uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    What happens next after grocery workers contract vote?

    ​Update, December 17, 3:21 p.m.: King Soopers has issued an official response to the contract ratification; still nothing from Safeway. Look below for the latest. On Tuesday, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 announced a surprising split vote over the latest contract offers for area ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    Zero progress evident in grocery-worker negotiations

    An icon from the AlwaysHereForColorado.com site.​In early May, it looked like a strike against King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons by union employees was a real possibility. Since then, however, the situation has dragged out and out and out, with continued extensions creating little pressure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Grocery-workers union recalls Soopers' first King

    The contract dispute involving workers at King Soopers, Safeway and Albertsons has been quiet of late, with United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 7 seeking to maintain member loyalty during this period via releases about, for example, pension reductions that would go into ef ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    Union attacks pension cuts in latest grocery-chain contract offer

    The past few days have been relatively quiet ones in regard to the continuing standoff between union-represented grocery workers and chains such as King Soopers and Safeway over a new contract. However, the latest entry on the Twiter feed linked to AlwaysHereForColorado.com, a site launched by the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Grocery workers claiming victory in two legal faceoffs

    An image from the AlwaysHereForColorado.com website. Last week, King Soopers asked a federal court judge to stop United Food and Commercial Workers International Local No. 7 representatives from talking to staffers while they're on the job -- a tactic referred to in press accounts as "blitzing." Bu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    King Soopers looking to defend the blitz

    As noted yesterday, King Soopers is avoiding the nuclear option when it comes to negotiations with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Local No. 7, rapidly agreeing to go back to the bargaining table as opposed to locking out employees who overwhelming rejected the retailers lates ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    King Soopers avoiding nuclear option in grocery-worker contract negotiations

    Once it became clear that the overwhelming majority of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local No. 7 members across the Front Range had rejected King Soopers' latest contract offer, the company had the option to put further negotiations in the freezer section. Instead, King So ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    Grocery workers, management in potential-strike staredown

    An image from the AlwaysHereForColorado.com website. Just as they did in early May, King Soopers employees rejected the company's latest contract offer. In a press release, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7, characterized the margin of defeat as overwhelming and urged "the co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2009

    It's quiet on the potential grocery store strike or lockout front

    The latest contract extension between King Soopers and workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local #7 expired at midnight on May 30. But as of this writing, at least, nothing much has happened. It's been clear for weeks that neither management nor labor really want a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Management, union really don't want a grocery strike

    The decision by employees at King Soopers and Safeway to keep working amid continuing negotiations with management through at least May 30 despite the fact that their respective contracts have expired indicates an understanding that striking amid an economic downturn is a worst-case scenario for a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Grocery-workers union ratchets up web presence prior to possible strike

    Yesterday, King Soopers employees represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 7 rejected the chain's latest proposal, laying the groundwork for a potential May 9 strike. Taking such an action in this employment environment is risky, as witnessed by the long lines of folks ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Critical Condition

    Denver Health nurses are ready to unionize to save their profession.

  • News

    December 12, 2002

    Bring It On

    Despite union efforts, Wal-Mart is not a cheer-ocracy.

  • News

    February 5, 1998

    Union Busted

    A young woman gets $200,000 to settle a lawsuit against a union concerning a sexual assault.

  • News

    May 15, 1997

    An Unholy Union

    A young labor organizer was sexually assaulted by a colleague. Was Local 7 to blame?

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