FOOD CHAIN WORKERS ALLIANCE

We are workers in the food system, employed on farms, in factories, warehouses, trucks, supermarkets, restaurants, cafeterias, selling food on the streets and much more. We are organizing locally and globally to improve our working conditions and have a say in our workplaces and in our communities.

NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES

¡Mahoma, Presente!

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The former and current staff of the Food Chain Workers Alliance are heartbroken that we lost our compañero and dear friend Mahoma López Garfias last week.  Mahoma's work with FCWA…

ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA! ICE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES!

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(español abajo) The Food Chain Workers Alliance stands with unions, community organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses in Minnesota who have called for a general economic strike on Friday, January…

International Food Workers Week: NSLU Contract Fight

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Another year gone by and NSLU is still fighting for their first contract!  New Seasons Labor Union is an independent union of workers at Portland grocery chain New Seasons Markets.…

International Food Workers Week: Immigration Rapid Response

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"There are virtually no limits on what federal agents can do to achieve President Donald Trump's goal of mass deportations." — ProPublica Right now, ICE is bursting at the seams…

International Food Workers Week: Oppose H-2A Expansion!

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We established #InternationalFoodWorkersWeek to honor food workers during the week of Thanksgiving, when most Americans are focused on grocery shopping, cooking, and eating. At the grocery store, we think carefully…

2025 Summit in Portland!

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Last week, 54 workers and organizers from across FCWA membership traveled to Portland for our annual Worker Leaders Retreat! Every year, FCWA members get together in-person for relationship-building, peer sharing,…

Meet Our Members

We represent over 375,000 farmworkers, warehouse, meatpacking and distribution workers, restaurant industry and workers all along the food chain and all across the country.

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For all the latest news, actions, groundbreaking reports and timely opportunities to speak up for food workers, join our listerv. Be part of the movement and take action to ensure a fair, healthy, local, sustainable, humane food system.

Our Programs

The Food Chain Workers Alliance focuses on four areas of work in order to improve the lives and communities of food system workers and their families. Each member organization participates in at least one of the four program committees.

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We’re a small and mighty team. Your dollars go far in an organization as lean and effective as we are. Make a tax-deductible donation today and support the work of the Food Chain Workers Alliance.