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Essential Workers for Democracy

@ew4democracy

Essential workers need democratic unions that are accountable to members. General outreach: [email protected]. Press: [email protected].

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WATCH: Strike Ready! 🎥 Watch the recording from last night's EW4D national webinar, featuring organizing stories from members in UFCW Locals 7, 700, 770, and 3000. Learn how to keep your coworkers informed and involved to win a fair contract! youtube.com/watch?v=jHamWk…

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We need more strike songs like this one by Thomas Graves, in solidarity with his fellow Safeway workers in CO on strike right now w UFCW Local 7. "Drive up shoppers bust their backs/While corporate cash just stacks and stacks Who stocks the shelves? We do!"

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After 8,000 Kroger workers in Local 700 voted down their contract by 74% on May 31, they’re amping up the fight for a fair contract. Plus, 25,000 WA grocery workers reach a TA and Safeway workers strike in CO. Read more in Essential Voice: ew4d.org/blog/essential…

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Did you know that you have special legal rights as a union steward? Learn the basics in this training specifically for UFCW stewards. Click the link to register for the free online webinar on Wednesday, July 23. ew4d.org/blog/lega-righ…

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UNITED WE BARGAIN, UNITED WE'LL WIN! On strike at Safeway in Colorado. Fighting for fair contracts in California, Indiana, and more. Now more than ever, we need grocery worker solidarity on a national scale — in this year's contracts and in every contract to come.

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WE'RE WORTH A LOT MORE THAN $0.25! Rank-and-file members at Kroger in Fishers, IN organized a Solidarity Shirt day for their corporate holiday walkthrough before the profit-making 4th of July. Members are united and won't back down.

WE'RE WORTH A LOT MORE THAN $0.25!
Rank-and-file members at Kroger in Fishers, IN organized a Solidarity Shirt day for their corporate holiday walkthrough before the profit-making 4th of July. Members are united and won't back down.
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An empty parking lot and a full picket line in Denver, CO đź’Ş Teamsters for a Democratic Union Steering Committee member Tyler Condo is out on the picket line building worker-to-worker solidarity with Safeway workers on strike in UFCW Local 7!

An empty parking lot and a full picket line in Denver, CO đź’Ş 

<a href="/TeamsterRnF/">Teamsters for a Democratic Union</a> Steering Committee member Tyler Condo is out on the picket line building worker-to-worker solidarity with Safeway workers on strike in <a href="/UFCW_7/">UFCW Local 7</a>!
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BREAKING: 8,000 rank-and-file Kroger workers in Indiana just REJECTED a subpar contract for the 2nd time. The offer included an insulting $200 Kroger gift card and $0.90 over 3 years for starting pay. Workers know they’re worth more — and they’re ready to fight for it.

BREAKING: 8,000 rank-and-file Kroger workers in Indiana just REJECTED a subpar contract for the 2nd time.

The offer included an insulting $200 Kroger gift card and $0.90 over 3 years for starting pay. Workers know they’re worth more — and they’re ready to fight for it.
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Members of UFCW Local 700 voted down a second tentative agreement with Kroger, citing subpar wage increases that threaten workers with poverty. ew4d.org/blog/local-700…

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Food and Commercial Workers Local 700 members across Indiana voted a second time to reject an offer that included a wage increase of just $0.90 over 3 years for starting pay and a $200 Kroger gift card that members called “insulting.” yung hegelian reports: labornotes.org/2025/07/8000-i…

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labornotes.org/2025/07/8000-i… Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 700 members across Indiana voted on July 10 and 11 to reject a tentative agreement covering 8,000 Kroger retail workers. Read more in Labor Notes:

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What's disgusting? UNION BUSTING! Safeway stores in Northern California are hiring scabs starting at $27/hr — over $10 more than contractual starting pay for most union members — after UFCW Locals 5, 8-GS, and 648 set a strike deadline on 7/25.

What's disgusting? UNION BUSTING! 

<a href="/Safeway/">Safeway</a> stores in Northern California are hiring scabs starting at $27/hr — over $10 more than contractual starting pay for most union members — after UFCW Locals 5, 8-GS, and 648 set a strike deadline on 7/25.
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WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN! Rank and file Kroger workers in UFCW Local 700 and community supporters rallied for a fair contract and a strong, democratic union in Indianapolis. Thanks to our guests from Teamsters Local 135, BCTGM Local 372A, and Jesse Brown is fighting fascism!

WHEN WE FIGHT, WE WIN! 

Rank and file Kroger workers in UFCW Local 700 and community supporters rallied for a fair contract and a strong, democratic union in Indianapolis. Thanks to our guests from Teamsters Local 135, BCTGM Local 372A, and <a href="/JesseForIndy/">Jesse Brown is fighting fascism</a>!
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"We're in a union, we shouldn't have food banks in our break rooms. Our union is bringing us these contracts, and the members are turning them down." Hear UFCW Local 700 member Andrea Reynolds on why she and her coworkers rallied for a fair contract and a strong union!

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TDU member and Teamsters Local 135 Steward Tim Jones standing with Kroger UFCW members fighting for a better contract in Indianapolis! Solidarity gets the goods 🎯

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"We know what's best for us," Reynolds said. "We know when a contract is not good for us, and we know we're going to fight like hell for the contract we need, even when our union leadership refuses to show up for us." wfyi.org/news/articles/…

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In a major win for coordinated bargaining, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 to dismiss Kroger chain King Soopers’ lawsuit against UFCW Local 7 in Colorado. ew4d.org/blog/local7-la…

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Strike benefits are an important part of supporting striking workers to last one day longer than the company. But many UFCW members are left in the dark about their strike benefits. Read more: ew4d.org/blog/strikepay