The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in many industries, including health care, meatpacking, poultry and food processing, manufacturing, textile and chemical trades, and retail food. UFCW is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, where it is the second largest union by membership, and with the Canadian Labour Congress, where it is also one of the largest unions.

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	Good review of standing requirements for associations - United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 751 v. Brown ... (4016 words) Petitioner union filed this suit, alleging that respondent company began to lay off workers in connection with the closing of one of its plants before giving the union the closing notice required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act), and seeking backpay for each of its affected members. The Court of Appeals here concluded that the union's members would have had standing to sue on their own (the first prong), and recognized that the interests the union sought to protect were germane to its purpose (the second prong). The complaint alleges that United Food Local 751, not the International or its employee, is the exclusive representative of the affected employees and is thus statutorily entitled to notice of the closing and mass layoff. United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99 (726 words) The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) is one of the largest and strongest private sector Unions in North America. The UFCW is a strong union, with an informed, active and loyal membership and a progressive and responsive leadership. We are a union whose voice is heard and respected in the labor movement, in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa, in state and provincial capitals, and in international forums overseas: a union that serves its members and that is respected by employers at the collective bargaining table.
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