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United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW)
United Food & Commercial Workers
UFCW
Address
1775 K STREET NW
WASHINGTON, DC 20006
UFCW's Locals and Other Affiliated Organizations
| Union | Unit Name/Location | Members |
|---|---|---|
| United Food & Commercial Workers National Headquarters | Washington, DC | 1,291,663 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers State Council 60 | Buena Park, CA | 184,052 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers District Council | New York and Northern New Jersey Little Falls, NJ | 173,609 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Council | United Local Unions Madison Heights, MI | 147,443 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Regional Council 4 | Erlanger, KY | 146,610 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Regional Board | Southwest States Superfund Buena Park, CA | 141,370 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Council | Mid-Atlantic Regional Suwanee, GA | 118,424 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Council | Region 5 Grapevine, TX | 80,052 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Regional Council 6 | Schaumburg, IL | 67,752 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Council | Indiana-Kentucky State Indianapolis, IN | 63,456 |
Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards
Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
Financial Information
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA), which is enforced by the Office of Labor-Management Standards, requires labor unions to file annual reports detailing their operations. Contained in those reports are breakdowns of each union's spending, income and other financial information.
Total Assets Trend
Basic Financials
Assets (Change from previous report)
Liabilities
- Loans Payable?: $0.00
- Accounts Payable?: $4,379,541.00
- Other Liabilities?: $563,835.00
- Mortgages?: $0.00
Income
- Dues?: $0.00
- Per Person Tax?: $209,505,989.00
- Investments?: $26,969,599.00
- Supplies?: $7,824.00
- Loan Repayment?: $0.00
- Interest?: $3,856,089.00
- Dividends?: $86,013.00
- Rents?: $3,880,103.00
- Fees and Fines?: $1,564,382.00
- Loans Obtained?: $0.00
- Other Receipts?: $21,414,427.00
- Affiliates?: $4,697,288.00
- Members?: $0.00
- Reinvestments?: $1,022,310.00
- All Others?: $364,716.00
Source: Office of Labor Management Standards
Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
Spending
The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. For the first five, OLMS requires unions to provide detailed information on any recipient that received more than $5,000 per year.
Total Spent in 2011: $295,836,980.00
Search All Spending
Spending Breakdown
- Representational?: $65,285,974.00 (22.07%)
- Political Activities and Lobbying?: $8,321,275.00 (2.81%)
- Contributions, Gifts, and Grants?: $2,207,150.00 (0.75%)
- General Overhead?: $23,479,377.00 (7.94%)
- Union Administration?: $6,449,179.00 (2.18%)
- Strike Benefits?: $1,390,085.00 (0.47%)
- To Union Officers?: $3,539,454.00 (1.20%)
- To Union Employees?: $31,160,590.00 (10.53%)
- Education?: $0.00 (0.00%)
- Fees?: $0.00 (0.00%)
Source: Office of Labor Management Standards
Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
Membership
Total Members: 1,285,415
Membership Trend
| Year | Members |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1,380,507 |
| 2003 | 1,358,723 |
| 2004 | 1,338,625 |
| 2005 | 1,311,548 |
| 2006 | 1,304,061 |
| 2007 | 1,310,996 |
| 2008 | 1,319,966 |
| 2009 | 1,310,474 |
| 2010 | 1,291,663 |
| 2011 | 1,285,415 |
Income per Member: $212.38
Dues
13.54/18.80 per month
Source: Office of Labor Management Standards
Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
Officers and Employees
- Average Total Compensation: $0.00
- Total Employees: 0
- Employees Making more than $75,000: 0
Source: Office of Labor Management Standards
Year Covered: 2011 Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
Political Activities
FEC
Overall Contributions
Democrats: $16,896,907.00 (0.9784)
Republicans: $263,216.00 (0.0152)
UFCW's Political Action Committees
| Political Action Committee | Total Contributed |
|---|---|
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $14,463,061.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $2,578,531.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Advcy | $171,328.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers 951 | $40,030.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $8,808.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $6,004.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers 1428 | $2,459.00 |
Source: Federal Elections Commission by way of the Center for Responsive Politics
Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
State-level Political Operations
Democrats: $46,000.00
Source: National Institute on Money in State Politics by way of Transparency Data.
Last Updated: October 29th, 2012
527 Spending
A union's 527 committee makes contributions to political candidates and other organizations for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. Unlike Political Action Committees, which are strictly regulated by the Federal Election Commission, 527s are regulated by the IRS. These committees are often considered a form of "soft money."
Total 527 Expenditures: $12,467,920.00
UFCW's 527 Committee(s)
| 527 Committee | Total Spent |
|---|---|
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $10,440,899.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers 7R | $1,099,567.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers 881 | $647,849.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers 464A | $167,955.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers 880 | $110,000.00 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers 880 | $1,650.00 |
Source: Internal Revenue Service by way of the Center for Responsive Politics
Last Updated: March 1st, 2011
Lobbying
Federal Lobbying
Total Spent Lobbying: $6,630,000.00
Lobbying Expenditures Trend
UFCW's Major Issues
| Issue | Total Spent Lobbying |
|---|
UFCW Lobbying Groups
| Client | Total Spent Lobbying |
|---|---|
| United Food & Commercial Workers Union | $6,630,000.00 |
Source: Center for Responsive Politics
Last Updated: March 1st, 2011
Crime, Corruption, and Racketeering
Corruption and Embezzlement Charges
The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts investigations to determine if violations of the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) provisions have occurred.
Investigations are initiated based on various sources such as complaints from union members; information developed by OLMS as a result of reviewing reports filed; information developed during an OLMS audit of a union’s books and records; and information obtained from other government agencies. Investigations may involve civil matters (such as an election of union officers) or criminal matters (such as embezzlement of union funds).
| Type of Criminal Activity | Number of Incidents |
|---|---|
| Embezzlement Charges | 6 |
| Guilty Pleas | 4 |
| Indictments | 2 |
| Officials Sentenced | 2 |
Some incidents may be accounted for in multiple categories.
Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards
Last Updated: March 1st, 2011
Financial Audits
The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) has responsibility under the Labor-Management Relations and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) to conduct audits to determine if unions are complying with the law.
OLMS uses a streamlined audit approach called the Compliance Audit Program (CAP) to audit local unions which utilizes specialized records review and investigative techniques to verify LMRDA compliance.
| Local | Violations | View Audit |
|---|---|---|
| UFCW Local 271 | 1 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 688 | 1 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 34-D | 4 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 110-C | 2 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 436 | 1 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 536 | 7 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 498-C | 4 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 94-C | 11 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 88T | 2 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 419-C | 1 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 222 | 1 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 261C | 3 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 392 | 7 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 480 | 5 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 1064 | 7 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local | 2 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 74 | 3 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 440 | 1 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 976 | 7 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 23 | 0 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 251C | 4 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 428 | 3 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 218 | 2 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 21 | 9 | Full Audit Text |
| UFCW Local 432 | 7 | Full Audit Text |
Source: Office of Labor-Management Standards
Last Updated: January 1st, 2010
Union Decertifications
Unionized employees can elect to revoke a union's right to represent them through a process called a decertification. In order to decertify a union, a majority of the unionized employees must vote to remove the union in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
Total Decertification Petitions: 484
Recent Decertification Petitions
| Case Number | Name/Union | Date Filed |
|---|---|---|
| 30-RD-01510 | Skogen's Festival Foods United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1473 | March 4th, 2009 |
| 03-RD-01556 | Robinson Terrace United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, District Union Local One | February 10th, 2009 |
| 01-RD-02123 | Foss Manufacturing United Food and Commercial Workers International Local Union No. 348-s, AFL-CIO | February 9th, 2009 |
| 22-RD-01511 | Builders General Supply Local 300-S Production Service and Sales District/UFCW | February 4th, 2009 |
| 18-RD-02669 | Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1116 | January 30th, 2009 |
| 19-RD-03811 | Nikkei Concerns d/b/a Seattle Keiro UFCW Local 21 | January 28th, 2009 |
| 31-RD-01588 | United Food and Commerical Workers, Local 1036 Federation of Agents and International Representatives | January 26th, 2009 |
| 30-RD-01509 | Woodmans Food Market United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1473 | January 12th, 2009 |
| 03-RD-01553 | Rite Aid of New York United Food and Commercial Workers International Union District Union Local One | January 12th, 2009 |
| 27-RD-01220 | New Albertson's UFCW, Local 7 | January 9th, 2009 |
Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System
Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Allegations
Unionized employees, business owners, managers, and others often bring labor law charges against unions. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) oversees the porcess of determining if the union violated the National Labor Relations Act.
Please notes a single case may fall into multiple allegation categories.
Source: National Labor Relations Board; Case Activity Tracking System
Recent Strikes
| Employer/Location | Union | Days on Strike | Employees on Strike |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Red Cross (Toledo) nt Toledo, OH | UFCW Local 911 | 5 | 180 |
| Angelica Textiles Somerville, MA | UFCW Local 1445 | 6 | 425 |
| Transport Drivers Inc Montgomery, AL | RWDSU UFCW Local AL | 111 | 61 |
| Fancy Foods Inc. Bronx, NY | UFCW Local 342 | 8 | 60 |
| Case Farms of Ohio Inc Winesburg, OH | UFCW Local 880 | 270 | 305 |
| Rubber Associates Barberton, OH | UFCW Local 880 | 302 | 85 |
| Empire Merchants Corporation Brooklyn, NY | UFCW Local 1 | 14 | 375 |
| Empire Merchants Corporation Brooklyn, NY | UFCW Local 2D | 9 | 375 |
| CHICAGO ALLIS MFG CORP Chicago, IL | UFCW Local 1546 | 1 | 25 |
| MGP Ingredients Atchison, KS | UFCW Local 74D | 14 | 160 |
Pensions
Pensions Linked to the Union
| Pension Name/Sponsor | Members | Funding Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Ufcw Intl Union Employees Annuity Plan Ufcw International Union | 347 |
Associated Pension Funds
These pension funds are tied to the union according to their name only. There is no formal system for identifying all pension funds associated with a union. As a result, some of these pension fund may not be associated with the union.
| Pension Name/Sponsor | Members | Funding Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Ufcw Union and Partcipating Food Industry Employers Tri-State Pension Fund Board of Trustees of Ufcw Tri-State Pension Fund | 33,501 | 49.20 |
| Ufcw Unions and Participating Employers Pension Plan Board of Trustees of the Ufcw Union and Participating Employers Pensio | 14,524 | 67.6 |
| Ufcw Unions and Food Employers Pension Plan of Central Ohio Trustees of the Ufcw Unions and Food Employers Pension Plan of Central | 24,158 | 69.80 |
| Ufcw Intl Union Pension Plan for Employees Executive Committee of the U.f.c.w Intl Union | 7,520 | |
| Ufcw - Northern California Employers Joint Pension Board of Trustees, Ufcw No. Calif. Employers Joint Pension Plan | 121,527 | 67.60 |
| Ufcw Local 174 Commercial Pension Fund Board of Trustees-Ufcw Local 174 Commercial Pension Fund | 1,626 | 84.70 |
| Ufcw Pension Fund of Northeastern Pennsylvania United Food and Commercial Workers Pension Fund of Northeastern Pennsylv | 1,866 | 59.0 |
| Ufcw Local 1500 Pension Plan Ufcw Local 1500 Pension Fd Trustees | 29,807 | 74.0 |
| Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Pension Plan Trustees of the Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Pension Plan | 37,444 | 78.8 |
| Ufcw L1262 and Employers Pension Fund Trustees Ufcw Local 1262 Pension Fund | 29,737 | 64.10 |
| Kunzler and Company, Inc. Ufcw Union Employees' Pension Plan Kunzler and Company, Inc. | 305 | |
| Ufcw 1360 Shop Rite Pension Fund Ufcw 1360 Shop Rite Pension Fund | 2,313 | 0.0 |
| Ufcw Local One Pension Fund Brd of Ttees Ufcw Local One Pension Fund | 22,061 | 67.40 |
| Indiana Ufcw Unions and Retail Food Employers Pension Plan Trustees of Indiana Ufcw Unions and Retail Food Employers Pension Plan | 9,915 | 77.6 |
Source: Internal Revenue Service.