https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail,_Wholesale_and_Department_Store_Union
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1937, the RWDSU represents about 60,000 workers in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like crossing guards, sanitation, and highway workers, warehouses, building services, and distribution.
Formation
1937
Type
Trade union
Headquarters
New York City, New York, US
Presidents
1937: Samuel Wolchok[16]
1949: Irving Simon[16]
1954: Max Greenberg[17]
1976: Alvin Heaps[18]
1986: Lenore Miller
1998: Stuart Appelbaum
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_Rights_Act
Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1937, the RWDSU represents about 60,000 workers in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry processing, dairy processing, cereal processing, soda bottlers, bakeries, health care, hotels, manufacturing, public sector workers like crossing guards, sanitation, and highway workers, warehouses, building services, and distribution.
Formation
1937
Type
Trade union
Headquarters
New York City, New York, US
Presidents
1937: Samuel Wolchok[16]
1949: Irving Simon[16]
1954: Max Greenberg[17]
1976: Alvin Heaps[18]
1986: Lenore Miller
1998: Stuart Appelbaum
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_Rights_Act
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Food_and_Commercial_Workers
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.
Abbreviation
UFCW
Formation
June 1979
Merger of
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Retail Clerks International Union
Type
Trade union
Headquarters
Washington, DC, US
Location
CanadaUnited States
Membership (2013)
1,274,156[1]
President
Marc Perrone[2]
Secretary-Treasurer
Milton Jones
Affiliations
• AFL–CIOCanadian Labour CongressIUFUNI Global Union
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.
Abbreviation
UFCW
Formation
June 1979
Merger of
Amalgamated Meat Cutters
Retail Clerks International Union
Type
Trade union
Headquarters
Washington, DC, US
Location
CanadaUnited States
Membership (2013)
1,274,156[1]
President
Marc Perrone[2]
Secretary-Treasurer
Milton Jones
Affiliations
• AFL–CIOCanadian Labour CongressIUFUNI Global Union
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