United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Who’s to Blame for a Factory Shutdown: A Company, or California?
VERNON, Calif. — Teresa Robles begins her shift around dawn most days at a pork processing plant in an industrial corridor four miles south of downtown Los Angeles. She spends eight hours on her feet cutting tripe, a repetitive motion that has given her constant joint pain, but also a $17.85-an-hour income that supports her family. […]
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Retail Workers Increasingly Fear for Their Safety
Assaults at stores have been increasing at a faster pace than the national average. Some workers are tired of fearing for their safety. June 28, 2022 There was the customer who stomped on the face of a private security guard. Then the one who lit herself on fire inside a store. The person who drank […]
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Business Booms at Kroger-Owned Grocery Stores, but Workers Are Left Behind
When Enrique Romero Jr. finishes his shift fulfilling online orders at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Bellingham, Wash., he often walks to a nearby plasma donation center. There, he has his blood drained, and a hydrating solution is pumped into his veins, a process that leaves him tired and cold. Mr. Romero, 30, said […]
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