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
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