UFCW Endorses The Tax Cut for Striking Workers Act

“The UFCW strongly endorses the Tax Cut for Striking Workers Act and appreciates Senator Gallego’s solidarity with striking workers,” said UFCW International President Milton Jones in a statement.

“UFCW members are essential to the economy, and although the decision to go on strike can be an incredibly difficult one to make, it can become necessary when an employer forces workers to take action for the better wages, benefits, and working conditions they deserve or to stand up against unlawful practices.”

“Strike pay helps keep workers afloat while they are taking the ultimate collective action to withhold their labor in order to make their workplaces better. And while union members contribute their own pay into strike funds, under current tax law, strike pay faces double taxation. Senator Gallego’s bill will end the double taxation of strike pay and give workers and their families peace of mind as they fight for a better life on the picket line.”

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Together, we protect our work, our wages, and our future.

Together, we are the Union.

Is your employer putting your hard earned job & benefits at risk?

Across our stores, a troubling trend is growing — employers outsourcing our work to third-party vendors. This is more than a cost-cutting tactic; it’s a direct attack on our jobs, our hours, and the benefits we’ve fought for through our Union contracts.

Homeland: Precut Meat, Fewer Union Hours

At Homeland stores across Oklahoma, the company has started introducing precut meat into seven locations — the same stores that employ skilled Meat Cutters who have proudly served their customers for years. These changes don’t stop at the meat counter. One Market Manager recently reported that he’s been pulled into other departments just to keep his hours, while a Meat Wrapper in his department saw their hours cut by 14 each week.

What begins with one department can ripple across the store — and across our membership. When management replaces bargaining unit work with outside vendors, everyone loses.

Kroger: Vendors Doing Union Work

Members at Kroger are seeing the same pattern. At stores across North Texas & East Texas, Snow Fox workers have taken over cutting fruit — a job historically done by Kroger employees. Boar’s Head workers were in the Deli, front porch floral vendors are being used, and most recently a new coffee shop inside the soon-to-open Fort Worth Kroger — all are examples of non-Kroger workers performing what should be Union work.

Ask yourself this: if you’re a Starbucks barista at Kroger today, how would you feel if tomorrow management told you that someone else would be making the same coffee, in the same store, but for $5 less an hour — without affordable healthcare, guaranteed hours, paid time off, or a pension? That’s what outsourcing looks like.

Our Strength Is Standing Together

Local 1000 leadership is fighting these changes — pressing our employers to honor the Collective Bargaining Agreement and respect the workers who make these companies successful. But a Union’s power doesn’t come from an office — it comes from you.

If you see outside vendors doing your bargaining unit work, speak up.

Tell your Shop Steward or Union Representative. Make it clear in your store:

We’re not giving up our jobs so someone else can come in and do the same work for less.