UFCW 8 – Golden State

Specialties

UFCW 8 — Golden State is dedicated to maintaining, improving, and enforcing collective bargaining agreements.

They are our foundation.

We devote our energy to the steady growth and progress of our organization.

That is our mission.

We foster camaraderie and the spirit of family among all we encounter.

Our unity is our strength.

Together we uphold these principles that have forged our remarkable history and ensure our future. Planning our work and working our plan we demonstrate again and again…

Solidarity Works!

History

Established in 1937.

Subtract today’s Union wages, pensions, health & welfare plans, vacations, night premium pay, holiday pay and today’s 40-​hour week and you’ll have the conditions under which a handful of Food Industry clerks worked when they organized and gave birth to UFCW 588 In June of 1937.

Clerk’s wages in that far-​off day were pegged at anywhere from $ 16 to $ 24 per week — when the workweek consisted of a minimum of 60 hours and many times stretched to 70 hours — at no increase in pay. Store Managers earned $ 25 — $ 30 per week and a vague promise of a «bonus.»

The merger of UFCW 588 and UFCW 1288 on May 1, 2006 to form UFCW 8-​Golden State further strengthened an already strong Union.

Truly, UFCW 8-​Golden State has come a long way since 1937 when 17 dedicated, farseeing volunteers laid the groundwork and signed the first pact covering 319 members for an organization that today numbers in excess of 30,000 members.