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Set your holiday table with union-made goods If you’re planning a holiday meal or party this year, don’t forget to look for the union label on food and pro- duce that you buy. Grocery, meat and in-store bak- eries are unionized at most Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, Haggens and QFC stores. Grocery checkers and meat cutters are members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, and in-store bakery workers are members of Bakery, Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Local 114. In addition to the stores listed above, there are unionized in-store bakeries at Roth’s Family Markets, Rosauer’s (Hood River), and Sherm’s Thunderbird (Roseburg). Roth’s and Wizer’s stores also have unionized meat departments. Gartners Country Meats in Port- land, M&M Inc. in Dalles, Oregon, Jack’s Family Market in Salem, Rick’s Food Market in Jefferson, Rudy’s Market in Newport, Long’s Meat Market in Longview, and the Red Apple Market in St. Helens, also are union meat markets. compiled a union shopping list for your food, beverage and dessert pur- chases. It is by no means an all-inclu- sive list, but it does include products made by members of both the AFL- CIO and Change to Win labor federa- tions. Products are selected from union Web sites, the Union Industries Show participants and from lists sup- plied by local unions. WHAT TO BUY Baked goods from Oroweat, Franz, Williams, Fred Meyer Clackamas Bakery and Safeway Clackamas Bread Plant are made by members of Bakers Local 114. Teamsters and Operating Engi- neers represent workers at Tillamook County Creamery, where some of the best cheese in the world is pro- duced. Teamsters also represent workers at Smuckers, Darigold and Franz Bakery. Foster Farms produces poultry at plants in Corvallis and Creswell, and Hill Meat Co. in Pendleton produces fresh and smoked pork products that can be purchased at local grocers. Workers at all these plants are repre- sented by UFCW Local 555. The Northwest Labor Press has COFFEE/TEA: Boyd, USA, Melitta, Maxwell House, Peerless, Superior coffees; Tetley Tea, Mr. & Mrs. Tea, S.S. Pierce Teas, , Great Value, Best Choice, Darj Green. HAMS: Alexander & Hornung, Appleton, Armour, Armour Golden Star, Ashley Farm, Best Choice, Best Yet, Big V, Big Y, Black Forest, Boar's Head, Brookside, Carando, Cooks, Copperfields, Eckrich, Extra Tender Fresh Pork, Farm Fresh, Farmland, Gallery Gourmet, Harriet & David, HEB, Hormel, Kroger, Lancaster, Levonian, Lykes Sunny- land, Margaritta, Master Choice, Our Family, Patrick Cudahy, Perfect Choice Honey Ham, Peter Eckrich, Prestige, Ridge Creek, Rosewood Farms, Safeway, Sahlen's, Shaws, Sherwood, Shoppers, Smithfield Sugar Tree, Swift, Tops, Wilson Continental Deli. WINES/CHAMPAGNES: Chateau Ste. Michelle; Columbia Crest; Saddle Mountain; Farron Ridge; North Star; Snoqualmie; St. Supery; E&J Gallo; Scheid Vine- yards, Inc.; Gallo of Sonoma; Gallo Estate; Rancho Zabaco; Anapamu; Marcelina; Indigo Hills; Turning Leaf; B&J (Bartle & James); Boone’s Farm; Carlo Rossi; CC Vineyards; Chateau Lafayette; Cor- bett Canyon; Cresta Blanca; Eden Roc; Estate Cellars; Estate In- glenook; Franzia Wine in the Box; Inglenook Premium Select; Le Do- maine; Livingston Cellars; Oakridge Vineyards; Mogen David; Paul Masson; Sonoma Cask Sebastiani; Vintner’s Choice. CANDY/STOCKING STUF- FERS: Hershey Products; Jolly Rancher Candies; Pot of Gold choco- lates; Ovation mint sticks; Fifth Av- enue; Zagnut; York Peppermint Pat- ties; Nestle Treasures; Russell Stover Candies; Laffy Taffy; Flips Pretzels; Baby Ruth; Butterfinger; BB's and Pearson's Nips; Jelly Bellies; Choco- late Dutch Mints; Chocolate Tempta- tions; Dimples; Sweet Temptations; Malted Milk Balls — Herman Goelitz; Licorice — Herman Goelitz; NECCO Wafers; Mary Jane Peanut Butter Chews; Sky Bar; Thin Mints; Bolster Bar; Masterpieces and Clark Bar; See’s Famous Old Time Candies; Frito-Lay chips and snacks; Orville Redenbacher popcorn; Kraft snack (Turn to Page 5) (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 at Portland, Oregon as a voice of the labor movement. 4275 NE Halsey St., P.O. Box 13150 Portland, Ore. 97213 Telephone: (503) 288-3311 Fax Number: (503) 288-3320 Editor: Michael Gutwig Staff: Don McIntosh, Cheri Rice Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non- profit corporation owned by 20 AFL-CIO unions and councils includ- ing the Oregon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and SW Washington. Subscriptions $13.75 per year to AFL-CIO union members. Group rates available to trade union organizations. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE: Three weeks are required for a change of address. When ordering a change, please give your old and new addresses and the name and number of your local union. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS, P.O. BOX 13150-0150, PORTLAND, OR 97213 Member Press Associates Inc. WESTERN LABOR PRESS ASSOCIATION DECEMBER 15, 2006 NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS PAGE 3
