Washington, D.C.- This Thursday, May 23rd, United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International staff represented by their internal staff union, the Washington-Baltimore News Guild (WBNG) Local 32035, will hold a one day strike and picket outside of UFCW headquarters for 12 hours in response to unfair labor practice charges filed by the Guild against UFCW.
This is the 30th strike by NewsGuild-CWA members this year.
UFCW International Guild members have been working under an expired contract since January 7th and have been bargaining with UFCW since October 26, 2023. At the core of the Guild’s contract priorities are a reasonable telework policy and inflation-beating wages that help combat the yearslong inequalities experienced by UFCW Guild members.