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December 18, 2009 Volume 110 Number 24
Shop union this holiday season If
you’re planning a holiday meal or party this year, don’t
forget to look for the union label on food and produce that you buy,
and purchase goods at unionized stores.
Grocery, meat and in-store bakeries are unionized at most Safeway,
Albertsons, Fred Meyer, Haggens, and QFC stores. (See the list of
bakeries in the photo caption right.)
Additionally, Naps Thriftway in Newburg has unionized clerks and
meat cutters, while Roth’s Family Markets and Wizer’s
stores have unionized meat departments.
Other unionized meat markets include: Gartners Country Meats in
Portland, M&M Inc. in Dallas, Oregon, Jack’s Family Market
in Salem, Rick’s Food Market in Jefferson, Rudy’s Newport
Avenue Market in Bend, Long’s Meat Market in Eugene, and the
Red Apple Market in St. Helens.
Grocery clerks and meat cutters at these stores are members of
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555. In-store bakery workers
are members of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain
Millers Local 114.
Baked goods from Oroweat, Franz, Williams, Fred Meyer Clackamas
Bakery, and Safeway Clackamas Bread Plant are made by members of
Bakers Local 114.
Teamsters and Operating Engineers represent workers at Tillamook
County Creamery, where some of the best cheese in the world is produced.
Teamsters also represent workers at Darigold, Umpqua, Franz Bakery,
and Bimbo.
Foster Farms produces poultry at plants in Corvallis, Oregon,
and Kelso, Washington, and Hill Meat Co. in Pendleton produces fresh
and smoked pork products that can be purchased at local grocers.
Workers at all these plants are represented by UFCW Local 555.
Candy/stocking stuffers: Hershey’s; Jolly Rancher; Pot of
Gold chocolates; Ovation mint sticks; Fifth Avenue; Zagnut; York
Peppermint Patties; Nestlé Treasures; Russell Stover Candies;
Laffy Taffy; Baby Ruth; Butterfinger; BB’s and Pearson’s
Nips; Jelly Bellies; Chocolate Dutch Mints; Chocolate Temptations;
Dimples; Sweet Temptations; Herman Goelitz malted milk balls and
licorice; NECCO Wafers; Mary Jane Peanut Butter Chews; Sky Bar;
Thin Mints; Bolster Bar; Masterpieces and Clark Bar; See’s
Famous Old Time Candies; Frito-Lay chips and snacks; Orville Redenbacher
popcorn; Kraft snack products; Godiva chocolates; Coastal Berry
Co. fruit and nuts; Montpelier Almonds; Sunkist citrus fruit; Sunworld
citrus fruit; Maui Pineapple Co.; Ghirardelli chocolates; Brown
& Halley candies; Corn Nuts; Franz Cookies (made in McMinnville,
Oregon by members of Bakers Local 364), all Nabisco products, Hostess,
Entenmanns, and Kellogg-General Mills cereals.
Liquor: 4 Roses Bourbon; After Shock; Amar Di Amore; De Sabroso;
Bakers; Baronof; Barren Vonschoter; Barton; Basil Hayden; Beam;
Bellows; Benchmark; Blanton’s; Brigadier; Budweiser; Bush
Pilot; Cactus Juice; Calvert; Calypso Dark Rum; Canada House; Canadian
Barclay; Canadian Hunter; Captain Gold Tequila; Captain Morgan;
Carribean; Chi Chi; Coronet; Crystal Palace; Dekuyper; Dubonet;
Fleischmann’s; Gilbey’s; Godiva; Grand Dad Bourbon;
Imperial Blend; Jim Beam; Kamachatka; Kentucky Gentlemen; Knob Creek;
Labatt’s Blue; McNaughton; Molson; Moosehead; Mr. Boston;
Old Crow; Pallo Viejo; Parrot Bay; Ron Rico; Royal Club Blend; Sazerac
Bourbon; Schenely; Seagram’s; VO; Wild Turkey; Windsor; Wolschmidt.
Coffee/Tea: Kivu bulk beans in Fred Meyer stores are roasted by
members of Portland-based Bakers Local 114; Boyd, USA, Melitta,
Maxwell House, Peerless, Superior coffees; Tetley Tea, Mr. &
Mrs. Tea, S.S. Pierce Teas, Great Value, Best Choice, Darj Green.
Roses: Armstrong, Jackson and Perkins (J&P), Meilland Star.
The Northwest Labor Press has compiled a list of Web sites that
promote union-made and American made products. It is by no means
an all-inclusive list, but it does offer products made by members
of both the AFL-CIO and Change to Win labor federations.
Union Label & Service Trades, AFL-CIO Change to Win Union House Apparel How to Buy American Made in USA Buy American.com Mid-WestMarketing Union Made Shop for America All American Clothing Co. UnionPlus Union Made Clothing Pointer Brand Powell’s Book Store Union Vacations © Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc.
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