Vote UFCW
As American citizens, voting is not just a right, it’s also a responsibility. If you care about education and jobs, workers’ rights, health care and immigration reform and paying down the national debt, you owe it to yourself and your country to vote!
Awake Bushwick
Read about the campaign to bring justice to workers at stores along Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, New York.
UFCW Young Workers
The UFCW has the youngest membership of any union in North America. Forty percent of us are under 30 - that's about 450,000 people. We are the cashiers and clerks in your local supermarkets, and we process the hamburgers you eat - along with thousands of other food products - in plants across the country.
Future Vote Gets Young People Involved
Posted On: Jun 10, 2010 (12:56:16)
During the 2006 Maryland Gubernatorial Elections, the Montgomery County Board of Elections developed the Future Vote Initiative to train and assign 6th-12th grade students to county precincts for the purpose of assisting voters, becoming prepared and engaged as a future voter and actively participating in the election process through Election Day support. In 2004, MCBOE approved and launched the Future Vote Initiative pilot, as conceived by Gilberto “Dr. Z” Zelaya II, Ph.D., Community Outreach Liaison. By 2006, the program was expanded to all voting precincts in the County. Although 18 years is the voting age in the United States, in Maryland, children up to age 12 are permitted to accompany their parents or guardians into the voting booth, leaving a 6-year gap of no Election Day opportunity for polling place based civic experience. Interested parents/guardians can register online at www.777vote.org.
