United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
US and Canadian Labour union representing retail, food-processing and grocery workers.
On 18 September, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union joined a federal challenge seeking to keep immigration agents away from polling places.
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Mentioned in: NAACP sues DHS over ICE at the polls
US Midterms 2026Background
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a Labour union representing workers in grocery retail, food processing, meatpacking, healthcare and retail across the US and Canada.
Its membership spans industries where employment conditions, food supply chains and consumer-facing services meet. That broad base gives the Union a stake in public policy affecting workers and communities, including election access. On 18 September, it joined other groups in a court challenge over immigration agents at polling places.
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