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.
Food workers by the numbers
food workers in the United States
median annual income
more likely than other workers to be food insecure
more likely to lack healthcare coverage
in stolen wages (2010-2023)
covered by a union contract
Source: Food Chain Workers in 2025: Labor and Exploitation in the Food System
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FCWA Stands with The People’s Forum
Statement from the Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA) on U.S. Government Persecution of The People’s Forum | For nearly a decade, The People’s Forum has been a bastion of solidarity and assistance to liberatory movements and activists. From assisting the movement for Palestinian liberation, to delivering mutual aid to Cuba amidst the genocidal oil blockade,…
