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
The latest
Food work gets hotter and hotter
Extreme heat is killing workers across the food system and beyond. We need protections now. Every summer, our members tell us about the realities of working in extreme heat: Then there is the very real risk of death. “Heat kills, and long before it’s fatal, it impairs cognition, increases fatigue, and increases the risk of…
