United Food and Commercial Workers

United Food and Commercial Workers
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
Abbreviation	UFCW
Formation	June 1979
Merger of	Amalgamated Meat Cutters; Retail Clerks International Union;
Type	Trade union
Headquarters	Washington, DC, US
Location	Canada; United States; ;
Membership (2013)	1,274,156
President	Marc Perrone
Secretary-Treasurer	Milton Jones
Affiliations	AFL–CIO; Canadian Labour Congress; IUF; UNI Global Union;
Website	ufcw.org

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers 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.

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