Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer is an American administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002 under Governor Tony Knowles,becoming the first woman elected to statewide office in Alaska,and lost the 2002 gubernatorial election against Republican Frank Murkowski. In 2007 she became the Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA),before serving as Chair of the United States Arctic Research Commission between 2011 and 2020,appointed by President Barack Obama.
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail;meatpacking,food processing and manufacturing;hospitality;agriculture;cannabis;chemical trades;security;textile,and health care. UFCW is affiliated with the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the AFL–CIO;it disaffiliated from the AFL–CIO in 2005 but reaffiliated in 2013. UFCW is also affiliated to UNI Global Union and the IUF.
UNITE HERE is a labor union in the United States and Canada with roughly 300,000 active members. The union's members work predominantly in the hotel,food service,laundry,warehouse,and casino gaming industries. The union was formed in 2004 by the merger of Union of Needletrades,Industrial,and Textile Employees (UNITE) and Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE).
Peter William Barca is an American Democratic politician from Kenosha,Wisconsin. He was the 14th secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (2019–2024) in the administration of Governor Tony Evers. He is a candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in 2024;he previously represented the district during the 103rd Congress (1993–1995).
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters (AMC),officially the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America,1897–1979,was a labor union that represented retail and packinghouse workers. In 1979,the AMCBW merged with the Retail Clerks International Union to form the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
The Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU) was a North American labor union that represented retail employees.
Jason Rae is an American activist and Democratic National Committee (DNC) member from Wisconsin. He is the youngest person ever elected to the DNC. On February 5,2017,he was elected to serve as secretary of the DNC.
The President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness,originally the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB),was an ad hoc panel of non-governmental experts from business,labor,academia and elsewhere that President of the United States Barack Obama created on February 6,2009. The board reported to Obama and his economic team on possible ways to improve the nation's economy. Obama announced this new board on November 26,2008,and also announced that it would be chaired by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker with campaign economic adviser Austan Goolsbee as staff director and chief economist.
UFCW Local 1776 represents workers in the state of Pennsylvania for the United Food and Commercial Workers. The larger majority of their members work in grocery stores. The number 1776 refers to the year that the United States Declaration of Independence was drafted in Philadelphia,rather than it being a sequential number of local unions.
The Ninety-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3,2007,through January 5,2009,in regular session,though it adjourned for legislative activity on June 11,2008. The legislature also held five special sessions during the term.
Huguette Plamondon was a trade unionist in Quebec,Canada. A trailblazer and leader in the Quebec,Canadian and international labour movements,she dedicated the bulk of her efforts to representing the United Packinghouse Workers of America and then the United Food and Commercial Workers,after the UPWA merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters in 1979 to create the UFCW. She also served as a vice-president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1956 until 1988.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate from Wisconsin. The party primaries were held on August 9,2022. Incumbent Republican Senator Ron Johnson won election to a third term,defeating Democratic Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes by 26,718 votes—a one-point margin of victory.
William H. "Bill" Wynn was the first president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW),and the last president of the Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU),after the latter merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America in 1979,to create the UFCW. He is best known for playing a leading role in completing the above merger,and,through that effort,making a pivotal contribution to the creation of the largest union affiliated to the AFL–CIO at the time. Wynn is also credited for instituting a fierce organizing culture at UFCW.
Clifford Russel Evans,was a Canadian trade unionist,pension plan innovator,and a key player in the creation of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
Romeo Mathieu was a Canadian trade unionist,progressive political activist,and leading solidarity builder for the Quebec labour movement.
Fred Dowling (1902–1982) was a Canadian trade unionist who is best known for leading the effort to organize meatpacking workers in Canada during the late 1930s and early 1940s. He was a founding leader of the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA),and served the union as international vice-president and Canadian director for nearly 30 years.
The Canadian Food and Allied Workers (CFAW) was a Canadian meatpacking labour union which existed from 1968 until 1979. It was created as a result of a merger between Canadian locals of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters (AMC) and the United Packinghouse Workers of America (UPWA). In 1979,it merged with the Retail Clerks International Union (RCIU) along with its American counterpart to form the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).
Wendell W. Young III was an American labor unionist who served as president of the UFCW Local 1776 for 43 years. During his term in office,he exerted influence over Philadelphia politics and was active in social justice issues.
Anthony "Marc" Perrone is an American labor union leader.
Harry Ralston Poole was an American labor union leader.
