United Food and Commercial Workers controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2015
Federal case involving former cannabis-organizing official Dan Rush
Federal prosecutors indicted former UFCW Local 5 official Dan Rush in connection with allegations that he accepted improper payments from cannabis employers. Rush later pleaded guilty and served a federal prison sentence. UFCW and the local disowned his conduct.
1986
Hormel strike and control of Local P-9
UFCW's handling of the 1985–1986 Hormel meatpacking strike, including its settlement with Hormel and intervention in the striking Austin, Minnesota, local, drew criticism within the labor movement and damaged the union's reputation among some observers.