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1.2 million hard-working members across the U.S. and Canada — grocery, meatpacking, food processing, retail, healthcare, cannabis, chemical, and distillery industries. The largest private-sector union for food workers in North America.
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union of 1.2 million hard-working men and women in the U.S. and Canada. A 501(c)(5) nonprofit organization, UFCW represents workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, retail, healthcare, cannabis, chemical, distillery, and many other industries.
Founded in 1979 through the merger of the Retail Clerks International Union and the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, UFCW has become the largest private-sector union for food workers in North America — and one of the most powerful organizing forces in the U.S. labor movement.
In May 2025, UFCW elected Milton Jones as its new International President, succeeding Marc Perrone who retired after a decade of leadership.
In a historic transition, Milton Jones was elected International President of UFCW in May 2025, succeeding Marc Perrone after a decade of leadership.
A career UFCW leader who rose through the ranks of UFCW Local 880 in Ohio, President Jones brings decades of organizing, bargaining, and political experience to the role — and inherits stewardship of the largest private-sector union for food, grocery, retail, healthcare, and cannabis workers in North America.
“At the time I needed help the most, it was my UFCW family that was there for me. Instead of wondering what I would do to pay the bills, my local worked with me, they fought for me.”
— Bonnie Flowers, UFCW Local 1262
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