UFCW Bosses Busted For Racketeering, Extortion, Money Laundering & More…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 28th at 02:30 PM  | 

A powerful United Food & Commercial Workers local union (348s) in New York was closed for business on Thursday as police arrested three family members who run the union local. Police arrested the president, former president, and treasurer of Local 348 United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) on Thursday. Anthony Fazio Sr., John Fazio Jr., and Anthony Fazio Jr. were charged with racketeering, | Read More »

Union Targets Target and Misses

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  June 18th at 12:20 PM  | 

The United Food & Commercial Workers, following years of failed efforts at unionized mega-retailer Wal-Mart, grocer Whole Foods and seeing some of its unionized employers like A&P file for bankruptcy, had set its sights on a new target: Target. On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board conducted a secret-ballot election in Valley Stream, NY at one of Target’s approximately 1750 U.S. stores.  If the union won, | Read More »

Marxists Meet, Part I: UFCW Rep. Calls for Seizing Private Property & World Socialism

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 28th at 04:00 PM  | 

Most people realize that the electoral victories on November 2nd were but a brief respite in the battle for America. What many do not know, however, it that a mere eleven days after the GOP swept the House of Representatives, the Workers World Party held its annual conference on November 13th and 14th in New York City to discuss the fight for worldwide socialism and | Read More »

Another Fine Example of Union Hypocrisy

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 22nd at 12:00 AM  | 

You know that old adage about throwing stones and living in glass houses, right?  Well, when it comes to hypocritical moments, today’s union bosses sometimes just outdo themselves in ways that leave you just shaking your head in astonishment. Take, for example, the United Food & Commercial Workers union (UFCW).  Even if you’ve never heard of the UFCW, you’re probably familiar with their work.  You | Read More »