Originally published in Labor Notes by Caitlyn Clark

Ouano Tante worked the afternoon shift at the Tyson beef plant in Joslin, Illinois, for five years. But when she and hundreds of her co-workers arrived at work on August 14, they found the plant closed.

Nate Mann works in the sanitation department at JBS in Greeley, Colorado, one of the largest meatpacking plants in the country. Earlier this year, Nate went on strike with 3,800 of his coworkers for three weeks. Read Nate’s reflections on attending his first Labor Notes Conference with EW4D.

After more than 6 months, members of UFCW Local 700 in Indiana have reached a victory in the fight against Kroger’s use of non-union subcontractors. Members organized to enforce the contract, file grievances, and educate their coworkers. Then, in August, Kroger announced it would be ending the Retail Odyssey DSD program entirely.

Read the interview with Andrea Reynolds and Kristen Jackson, two shop stewards in Kokomo and Zionsville, about how they did it.

Each year, EW4D compiles a nonpartisan report on UFCW finances to bring greater transparency to our union.

So, you just became a steward...now what? Sign up for EW4D’s Stewards’ Summer School training series this August to learn skills for shop stewards and union activists.

UFCW International leads court to say: “Rank-and-file UFCW members have no voting rights at all.”

EW4D helped bring more than 25 rank and file UFCW members from 12 local unions to the Labor Notes Conference, where nearly 100 UFCW members gathered to build union power — the largest UFCW showing in Labor Notes history.