To kick off Labor Day weekend, the Union Mask Brigade delivered homemade face masks and face masks provided by the National AFL-CIO saying “Union Members are Essential Workers” to United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1473 frontline grocery store workers at two Pick N Save locations in the City of Kenosha. Through the togetherness and solidarity spirit of the Union Mask Brigade, we support working people in Kenosha. The Union Mask Brigade shows that when our government fails, working people will step up.
Join the Union Mask Brigade and get involved with our worker-powered efforts to get workers PPE today at unionmaskbrigade.org.
UFCW Local 1473 members have been working around the clock in grocery stores and food processing plants around the state to keep shelves stocked, customers content, and our families fed despite significant challenges and increased safety risks from COVID-19.
“Thank you to all the volunteers of the Union Mask Brigade for turning sewing skills into solidarity,” said UFCW Local 1473 President John Eiden. “Since day one of the coronavirus pandemic, UFCW workers have been speaking out and standing together to push for needed safety and COVID-19 protections on the job. We will continue to fight for safe work places and for social, economic, and racial justice for all. This week we continue to call on our nation’s grocery companies to reinstate hazard pay for all essential grocery workers.”
“The Union Mask Brigade is a collective of union members who are donating their time and sewing talent to get fellow workers virus protection,” said Stephanie Bloomingdale, President of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO. “UFCW members have showed up day in and day out to keep our families fed at grocery stores and food processing plants around the state. We are proud to deliver masks in Kenosha as we continue to call for safety and support for all working people.”
To learn more about the Wisconsin AFL-CIO Union Mask Brigade, visit unionmaskbrigade.org.
Workers make this country run and Americans know it. That’s why new 2020 research from Gallup released this just week shows union approval at 65%, the highest since 2003.
This Labor Day weekend, we thank workers who make our country strong. This year, more than ever, we celebrate the sacrifices working people are making to power our communities through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Celebrate workers, celebrate solidarity. Join the AFL-CIO for a Labor Day conversation with Vice President Joe Biden at 3:15 p.m. CST on Monday, September 7. RSVP here. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka will moderate the discussion and questions will be asked by rank and file union members across the country. Click here to view more events and online Labor Day celebrations.
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