Every time we turn the corner, UNFI gets beat.

Building union power as negotiations approach.

On Thursday, January 16, in Austin, Texas, a delegation of Oxfam, Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) and Teamsters Union representatives joined forces, demanding Whole Foods take real steps to clean up abusive labor practices in its food supply chain.

Fighting to protect our contracts in the grocery industry.

One the last several months, our Union has been in a fight with United Natural Foods, Inc (UNFI), a ruthless employer that has shown little regard for our members' livelihoods or their contractual rights.

UNFI arrived without their lead negotiator and unprepared to bargain with Teamsters Local 117 when they met with the Union on Thursday and Friday in Tukwila to discuss a severance package for Teamsters who had been recently laid off by the Company.

UNFI can't get rid of the Teamsters. As many times as the anti-union company has tried, we’re still here to protect our members.

Teamsters at UNFI’s warehouse in Tacoma celebrated yesterday after an arbitrator ruled that union members shall be allowed to transfer to Centralia under the same contractual terms and conditions that they have in Tacoma.

Meet Monty Johnson, the Teamster who dedicated tireless twenty-four years of his life to make the company he considers his home successful.

Mari Jane Friel and Anthony McKinney are a couple of stand-out union activists. Both have excelled at building a strong union in their workplaces and organizing their co-workers.