Union Organizing Victories

....in the struggle for union, labor, and human rights for workers worldwide

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Change to Win (CTW), Non-Affiliated (Independent)

April 30, 2013--*In Texas, the Taxi Drivers Association of Austin (TDAA) announced their affiliation with the National Taxi Workers Alliance (NTWA) AFL-CIO*

March 26, 2013--Independent
At the Star Ticket Call Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan workers have opted to join the Star Ticket Workers Union / Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).

March 19, 2013--AFL-CIO
Voting to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) are state workers of Maryland employed in the Office of the Comptroller, Department of Education, Retirement and Pension System and Transportation Authority with Council 3, employees of Walker Care Suites, an assisted living facility in Edina, Minnesota with Council 5, maintenance mechanics of the Housing Authority of Indiana County, Pennsylvania with Council 13 and the United Nurses Associations of California / Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC / UHCP / AFSCME) was the union chosen by registered nurses at the Corona Regional Medical Center in California. Organizing victories by the UNITE HERE include workers with Restaurant Associates at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York and New Jersey, Local 100, cafeteria workers at Lesley University in Massachusetts with Local 26, campus dining workers at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga with Local 2850, food service workers at the University of La Verne in California with Local 11, campus food workers with ARAMARK at Butler University in Indiana, and concession workers employed by Host at the Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia, Canada, with Local 40. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) organized certified nursing assistants at Aspen Hills / Buttonwood Hospital in New Jersey with Local 1036, clerical workers and support staff at the University of Akron in Ohio with Local 4302, and workers at C&C Air Conditioning Co. in Puerto Rico with Local 3010. Registered nurses at Sierra Medical Center in El Paso, Texas will now have a voice on the job with the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Texas / National Nurses United (NNOC / NNU). Non-professional staff at Tompkins Community Action in New York voted to be represented by the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 4. In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, workers employed in the offices of the Register of Wills, Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, District Attorney, Sheriff and Coroner have elected to be members of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 1310. Reporters, producers, hosts, and news anchors at KPCC Public Radio in California will now be represented by Screen Actors Guild / American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG / AFTRA). Workers at Spirit AeroSystems in Chanute, Kansas that manufacture small aircraft parts, aircraft mechanics and other workers with four separate contractors at Luke Air Force Base in Phoenix, Arizona, and aerospace workers at GKN Aerospace in Amityville, New York opted to be represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM). At Oregon State University, graduate research assistants voted to join the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and social workers, teachers, and counselors at the César Chávez Academy charter school in Detroit, Michigan elected to be members of the Michigan Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (AFT). Workers at the IC Bus / Navistar, Inc. plant in Tulsa, Oklahoma and staff at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont have a voice at work with the United Auto Workers (UAW). At DTE Energy's Fermi 2 nuclear generating station in Newport, Michigan, nuclear supervising operators, senior turbine technicians, and contract contamination workers employed by Bartlett are now unionized with the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA). Workers at the U.S. Corrugated Inc. plant in Coal Center, Pennsylvania voted for union representation by the United Steelworkers (USW).

March 19, 2013--CTW
Workers at the Palm Terrace Nursing Home in Lakeland, Florida voted for a voice at work with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1625 and workers at another H&M store in New York City have decided to be members of Local 1102 of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU / UFCW). The following workers have elected to join and be represented at their workplace by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT): drivers, mechanics, and yard crew at the Waste Management operation in El Cajon, California, Local 683, school bus drivers and monitors with Durham School Services in Jay, Milton, Navarre and Pace, Florida, Local 991, maintenance workers at Overlook Masonic Health Center in Charlton, Massachusetts, Local 170, drivers and warehouse employees with Heidelberg Distribution in Columbus, Ohio, Local 284, drivers for American Bottling Co. in Holland, Michigan, Local 406, over 300 workers at Senior Flexonics manufacturing plant in Illinois, Local 330, workers at VWR Distribution in Visalia, California, Local 948, delivery drivers for Life Gas in Cohoes, New York, Local 294, employees of Serve Tech, a sanitation contractor that work at a Kroger/King Soopers grocery warehouse in Denver, Colorado, Local 455, workers at Avis Budget Group in Orlando, Florida, Local 385, by a vote of 29 to 0, health aides at United Cerebral Palsy in Baltimore, Maryland, Local 570, and drivers for Sherwood Food Distributors in Buffalo, New York, Local 264. Textile workers at Artistic Stitches in Chicago, Illinois voted to join Workers United / Service Employees International Union (SEIU) while service and maintenance workers at Touchette Regional Hospital in Illinois, LPNs at the Golden Living Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Wisconsin, and Morrison cafeteria workers at St. Louis University Hospital in Missouri will have a voice on the job with SEIU Healthcare. Also, certified nursing assistants, dietary and maintenance workers at Cambridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Massachusetts opted to join 1199 SEIU / United Healthcare Workers East.

March 16, 2013--*An independent nurses union, the National Federation of Nurses (NFN) with member associations in Montana, Ohio, Washington, and Oregon have voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) AFL-CIO*

January 03, 2013--*The members of the independent National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) voted to affiliate their union with the California Nurses Association / National Nurses United (CNA / NNU) AFL-CIO*

December 19, 2012--AFL-CIO
Miners at Cobalt Coal's Westchester mine in West Virginia voted to be represented by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). Bus drivers and monitors for Durham School Services in Burleson and Weatherford, Texas voted to have a voice at work with the Transport Workers Union (TWU). Drivers and dispatchers at TriMet Lift Region 3 in Oregon, employed by contractor First Transit, are now unionized with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 757. Workers at Magic Clean Carwash in Los Angeles, California voted to be members of the United Steelworkers (USW). Registered nurses in California have been organized at the Community Hospital in Long Beach and at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward by the California Nurses Association / National Nurses United (CNA / NNU). Service and custodial workers at St. Michael's College in Burlington, Vermont, employees for the Department of Job and Family Services in Williams County, Ohio, and human service workers for Person Directed Supports, Inc. in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, elected to join the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Janitorial workers at the Detroit News and Free Press in Michigan and certified American sign language interpreters at Purple Communications which are employed in Arizona, Colorado, and California voted to join The Newspaper Guild / Communications Workers of America (TNG / CWA). Housekeeping, food service, and maintenance workers at the Marian University in Indianapolis, Indiana voted to join and be represented at their workplace by UNITE HERE along with hotel workers at the St. Regis Bal Harbor near Miami Beach, Florida and Hudson bookstore employees at Miami International Airport with Local 355, workers for Currito at Newark International Airport in New Jersey and through card check agreement Levy workers at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn, New York with Local 100, in Chicago, Illinois hotel workers at the Waldorf-Astoria and the Palomar with Local 1, and finally after an intense anti-union campaign by management that resulted in a struggle that lasted approximately four years, workers at three Novotel hotels in Ontario, Canada will be members of Local 75. In Cottondale, Alabama, workers at the Johnson Controls plant that manufactures automotive parts have been organized by the United Auto Workers (UAW).

December 18, 2012--CTW
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) organized flight dispatchers at Allegiant Air that are now members of Local 986, drivers and warehouse workers with Roesel-Heck Company, Inc. in Maryland with Local 570, bus and shuttle drivers at Standard Parking in the Boston, Massachusetts area with Local 25, drivers for MDV, a division of Nash Finch in Midland, Georgia with Local 528, school bus drivers and monitors for the Illinois Central School Bus in Waukegan, Illinois with Local 777, and school bus drivers for First Student in Wayland, Massachusetts, Local 170. Medical cannabis dispensary workers at Greenway Compassionate Relief in Santa Cruz, California voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 5, and in Vermont, workers at the Brattleboro Food Co-op voted to have a voice on the job with UFCW Local 1459. In New York City, workers at the Webster Car Wash and the Sunny Day Car Wash, both in the Bronx, at the Lage Car Wash in SoHo, and at the Sutphin Car Wash in Queens have opted to join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU / UFCW). Family child care providers for Massachusetts Early Education are now members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509, through voluntary recognition, workers at the Asian Community Mental Health Services in Oakland, California are the newest members of Local 1021 and in Massachusetts, workers at Morton Hospital which includes LPN's, dietary, technicians, nurse assistants, respiratory therapists, and housekeepers voted to join 1199 SEIU / United Healthcare Workers East.

December 14, 2012--Independent
In Connecticut, nurses employed by the Ridgefield Board of Education are now unionized with the United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU).

October 12, 2012--Independent
Workers employed through Fed Consulting Incorporated at a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Center in Chicago, Illinois voted to join the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). Also, security alarm service and installation techs for Tyco Integrated Security in Delaware and Eastern Maryland opted to belong to Brotherhood of Alarm Technicians (UE) Local 165.

October 01, 2012--AFL-CIO
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) have organized the following: city sanitation workers for Lexington, Kentucky with Council 62, nursing home workers at Park River Estates Care Center in Coon Rapids, Minnesota with Council 5, registered nurses at Select Specialty Hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania with District Council 85, professional and paraprofessional staff at Journey Mental Health Center in Madison, Wisconsin with Council 40, municipal employees of Forest City, Iowa, approximately 1,800 Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers at American Medical Response in Northern California and paramedics, emergency medical technicians, nurses, fleet and vehicle supply techs at Rural/Metro also of Northern California with United EMS Workers (AFSCME) Local 4911, and also around 500 EMS Workers at New England EMS. Workers at Puna Geothermal Venture in Hawaii voted to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1260. Over 60 workers at the IKEA warehouse in Port Wentworth, Georgia, bus drivers at Shiloh Services, Inc. / Phoenix Management, Inc. at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, boilers operators at Zeon Chemicals and Lubrizol in Louisville, Kentucky, workers with Strategic Resourses, Inc. at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, mechanics at VSE Corporation in Hamel, Illinois, and baggage and ticket agents for Greyhound in Albuquerque, New Mexico will be represented on the job by the International Association of Machinists (IAM). Registered nurses at the Faxton Campus of St. Luke's Healthcare in Utica, New York voted to be members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 1126. Other CWA organizing wins include workers at CenturyLink in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania with Local 13000, over 700 AT&T Mobility retail employees in Louisiana, health care workers at Aspen Hills/Ocean Healthcare in New Jersey, and cable television installers for Brooklyn Cablevision contractor Vision Pro in Brooklyn, New York. Through card check agreements, Restaurant Associates workers at Ernst & Young in Secaucus, New Jersey, and at Citigroup in New York City have a voice on the job with the UNITE HERE Local 100.

September 28, 2012--CTW
The United Farm Workers of America scored an organizing victory with workers that harvest fresh tomatoes for Gargiulo Inc. in Firebaugh, California. In Long Island, New York, industrial laundry workers at JVK Operations voted to join Workers United / Service Employees International Union (SEIU). By card-check recognition, approximately 500 security officers in the Portland, Oregon area at four companies, Allied Barton, Securitas, ABM, and Wackenhut are now members of SEIU Local 49. Workers at ConAgra Foods in Delhi, Louisiana voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 455 and workers at Astoria Car Wash and Hi-Tek 10 Minute Lube Inc. in Queens, New York are now unionized with the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU / UFCW). The following workers chose union representation with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT): workers at the Pepsi Beverage company in Huntington, West Virgina with Local 175, drivers and monitors at Carrier Coach in Tonowanda, New York with Local 449, dairy workers at Danone's YoCream plant in Portland, Oregon with Local 305, operators, loaders, and mechanics at Republic Services waste transfer station in California with Local 396, dairy production workers at Marquez Brothers Inc. in Hanford, California with Local 517, transport drivers for Hope Network, a non-profit Christian organization in Michigan with Local 406, drivers for wholesale food distributor Nash Finch in Norfolk, Virginia with Local 822, workers at Republic Services/Allied Waste which serves the Cape Cod, Massachusetts area with Local 59, employees of the General Cable manufacturing plant in Des Plaines, Illinois with Local 727, over 300 workers at two Canada Bread plants in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with Local 647, and bus aides and drivers for Alpha School Bus Company in Crestwood, Illinois with Local 777.

June 27, 2012--CTW
Product quality assurance employees at Bird's Eye Foods Inc. in Darien, Wisconsin voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1473. Through card-check recognition, workers at Americold cold storage in Rochelle, Illinois are now organized by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU / UFCW) Local 578. Other RWDSU organizing wins through elections include about 50 certified nurse aides at the Blossom View Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Sodus, New York with Local 220, and over 1,000 workers at Pilgrim's Pride poultry plant in Russellville, Alabama. The following workers chose to have a voice at work with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT): bus drivers and monitors with Durham School Services in Grandview, Missouri with Local 838, sanitation workers at Allied Waste in Fall River, Massachusetts, Local 251, workers that fuel aircraft for Atlantic Aviation in Louisville, Kentucky, Local 89, drivers and monitors for Illinois Central School Bus in Channahon and Wilmington with Local 179, and in Mt. Prospect with Local 777, police officers for Troy Borough in Pennsylvania, Local 529, officers and detectives for the Newburgh, New York Police Department, Local 445, school bus drivers and monitors with Dorchester County District Two in South Carolina, Local 509, and port truck drivers in Southern California that are employed by Australia's Toll Group. The United Farm Workers of America (UFW) scored an organizing win with over 340 workers at the George Amaral Ranches Inc., a Monterey County vegetable company, at their fields in Chualar, California.

June 26, 2012--AFL-CIO
Registered nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital and at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis have elected to be represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Missouri / National Nurses United (NNOC / NNU). Language teachers at three Kaplan ESL centers in New York City voted to join Local 31003 of The Newspaper Guild / Communications Workers of America (TNG / CWA) along with workers at two Dunkin' Donut shops, which are operated by Hudson News at New York's Penn Station. Also opting to be members of the CWA are approximately 400 AT&T Mobility retail store workers in Mississippi and Wyoming. Workers of Albion Borough in Erie County and court related workers for Monroe County, Pennsylvania voted to have a voice on the job with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 13. School bus drivers, monitors, and maintenance workers of Durham School Services in Weatherford, Texas are now unionized with the Transport Workers Union (TWU). Pilot and flight instructors at the Boeing Company in Washington State voted to join the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace / International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (SPEEA / IFPTE). Workers at Spirit AeroSystems in Kinston, North Carolina and drivers for Town Car International in Long Island, New York chose to become members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM). At Corbel, a subcontractor for Cablevision in New York, installers voted to be represented on the job by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). At Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Michigan, part-time faculty voted to join the KVCC Federation of Teachers / American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and over 1,800 faculty members at the University of Oregon will be represented by United Academics / (AFT) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Workers at the Hilton Downtown hotel in Boston, Massachusetts voted for unionization with UNITE HERE Local 26, food service employees of Chartwells-Thompson Hospitality at Chicago State University with Local 1, and through card-check recognition food service employees of Levy Restaurants at the new Marlins Stadium in Florida with Local 355.

June 14, 2012--*Administrative employees at Merck Sharp and Dohme, a pharmaceutical corporation in West Point, Pennsylvania voted to affiliate their Merck Independent Union (MIU) with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) AFL-CIO*

April 18, 2012--*Police officers, members of the Unified Police Federation in Greater Salt Lake City, Utah voted to affiliate with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) AFL-CIO*

April 12, 2012--Independent
Security officers employed by contractor AlliedBarton at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia decided to be represented by the Philadelphia Security Officers Union (PSOU).

April 06, 2012--*Members of the independent New York Professional Nurses Union have voted to affiliate with NorthEast Nurses Association / National Nurses United (NENA / NNU) AFL-CIO*

April 02, 2012--AFL-CIO
Approximately 280 drivers for Western Cab in Las Vegas, Nevada will now have a voice on the job as members of the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 711A and workers at two South Los Angeles, California car washes, the Vermont and the Navas, with the Carwash Workers Organizing Committee (USW). Bakers employed by the Bread of Life Franchise/Panera Bread Cafes in Soutwest Michigan, have voted to be represented by the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM). Registered nurses (RNs) at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois voted to join National Nurses United (NNU) and RNs at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital in Northern California will be members of California Nurses Association (CNA / NNU). Food service workers employed by SSP America at the Sacramento International Airport in California have been organized by, and will be members of UNITE HERE Local 49. Other UNITE HERE wins include workers at the Delphine Restaurant in the W Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, California with Local 11, workers at the Park Hyatt Toronto hotel in Ontario with Local 75, and approximately 1,000 employees at Resorts World New York City casino at Aqueduct Racetrack with Local 6 / Hotel Trades Council. Emergency Medical Service professionals at Rural/Metro in Santa Clara County and at Medic Ambulance in Solano County, California have elected to join United EMS Workers / American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 4911. Grain handler employees for EGT at the Port of Longview, Washington will have union representation with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 21. In Kansas City, Missouri, workers at General Electric Transportation are now unionized with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). Bus drivers, mechanics, and maintenance at Colonial Intermediate Unit 20 in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania have voted to have a voice at work with Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 282. Teachers at Evergreen Charter School in Hempstead, New York have chosen to become members of New York State United Teachers / American Federation of Teachers (NYSUT / AFT) while teachers and staff at the Arts Academy in the Woods charter school in Fraser, Michigan voted to join Michigan Alliance of Charter Teachers and Staff (AFT). Through majority sign-up workers at AT&T Mobility locations in Montana, Minnesota, Colorado and New Mexico will have union representation with Communications Workers of America (CWA) as will workers at Capital Child Care in New Jersey that voted to join Local 1039 and technicians and dispatchers at Cablevision in Brooklyn, New York with Local 1109. Also, workers at the non-profit Washington Empowered Against Violence in Washington, D.C. voted to join The Newspaper Guild (TNG / CWA). Organizing victories of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) include material coordinators of military equipment of Allsource Global Management at Bluegrass Station base, over 200 workers at Huntington Ingalls Shipyard in Newport News, Virginia, warehouse workers at an Ikea distribution center in Perrydale, Maryland, maintenance workers for defense contractor URS Corp. in DuPont, Washington with District Lodge 751, and passenger and reservation workers of the former Continental Airlines that were not unionized before the merger of Continental and United.

March 30, 2012--*Members of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have voted to officially merge the two organizations. The new SAG-AFTRA will maintain affiliation with the AFL-CIO*

March 20, 2012--CTW
Human service workers at Alternative Supports Inc. that provide support to individuals with developmental disabilities at group homes and day-care programs in the areas of Waltham and Lowell, Massachusetts have voted to become members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 509 and adjunct professors at American University in Maryland are now unionized with SEIU Local 500. Workers at fourteen medical cannabis dispensaries in Los Angeles, California have decided to join the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 770. Organizing wins for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) include nursing employees at the Wittenberg Village senior living center in Crown Point, Indiana, bus drivers for Durham School Services in Hayward and Livermore, California with Local 853, workers at Central Parking in the Boston, Massachusetts area with Local 25, public works employees of the City of Oak Harbor, Washington with Local 231, waste drivers for Republic Services in Los Banos and Atwater, California, Local 386, and in Fort Mil, South Carolina with Local 71.

March 16, 2012--Independent
Van drivers for Renzenberger Inc. in New Jersey that shuttle railroad workers to and from their worksites, and workers at the Water and Pollution Control Authority of Stafford, Connecticut will have a voice on the job after voting to join the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). At Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital in California, eighteen pharmacists have elected to be represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW).

February 07, 2012--*In New York, members of the Commack School District Secretarial Association voted to affiliate with the independent United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU)*

January 27, 2012--Independent
In Connecticut, teacher assistants with the New Canaan Board of Education have chosen to be represented by the United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU).

December 22, 2011--AFL-CIO
Through majority sign-up, workers at AT&T Mobility locations in Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, and in Elko, Nevada will be members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Other CWA representation wins include drivers for Super Shuttle at the Denver International Airport in Colorado with Local 7777, call center workers at the Fund for the Public Interest in Portland, Oregon with Local 7901, dieticians at the University of California with the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE / CWA), and flight attendants for Omni Air International with the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA / CWA). The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) scored organizing wins with the civilian personnel specialists at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and physicians, pharmacists, and medical techs at the Veterans Affairs' Edward Hines Jr. Hospital in Hines, Illinois. Registered nurses at Palmetto General Hospital in Florida will be represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United (NNOC / NNU). Two separate worker units within the Benton Area School District in Columbia County, Pennsylvania have voted to join Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). In Alaska the supervisory unit of the Fairbanks North Star Borough opted to join the Alaska State Employees Association (ASEA / AFSCME). In Florida at the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District's Citrus Connection, maintenance and bus drivers have been unionized with the Transport Workers Union (TWU). Bakery workers at Safeway Retail Bakeries in Burlingame and Los Gatos, California now have a voice on the job with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM). Workers at Hytek Finishes, a metal finishing and coating company in Kent, Washington gained union representation with the International Association of Machinists (IAM).

December 22, 2011--CTW
The following workers have elected to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT): firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs of the East Dundee and Countryside Fire Protection District in Illinois with Local 330, metal-finishing workers at Micron Metal Finishing in Chicago, Illinois with Local 781, warehouse, manufacturing and packaging employees at Threshold Enterprises in California with Local 912, corrections officers of the Florida Department of Corrections, Local 2011, Waste Management workers in Moreno Valley, California, Local 396, checkers and merchandisers at American Bottling in Norcross, Georgia, Local 528, Megabus drivers in Illinois with Local 777, and warehouse workers at McKesson Pharmaceutical of Lakeland, Florida with Local 79. Salespeople at four Bob's Discount Furniture stores in New Hampshire and New York, workers at two beef processing plants, JBS Packerland in Plainwell, Michigan and at National Beef in Dodge City, Kansas, and employees of the H&M Clothing store in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada now have a voice on the job with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Also, supermarket workers of Master Food in Flatbush, Brooklyn, are the new members of Local 338 of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU / UFCW).

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