UFCW 227 is the Union for Meat Packing Workers
The meat packing industry was hit hard by the pandemic. Our union contracts provide the protection hard working people in the meatpacking industry deserve.
UFCW Local 227 represents thousands of meat packing and food processing workers across Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Local 227 currently represents workers at Tyson, Smithfield, Dawn Foods, Farbest Foods, JBS, Teasdale Foods, and Pilgrims Pride. UFCW 227 works with employers in Kentucky and Southern Indiana to make sure workers have a say when it comes to their health and safety, pay, schedules, health insurance and retirement benefits - backed by a union contract.
If you have no experience with unions or are not sure how to organize a union in Kentucky or Southern Indiana, no problem! We are here to answer your questions and give you the information you need to understand what it means to start a union at your job. You can start a union at almost any company when you and your coworkers decide your job would be better with a union.
UFCW 227 contracts give employees’ rights and protections that include things like union access to perform worksite inspections, training, health and safety committees - with both employee and management representatives, stewards that can accompany government inspectors during their visits, and reimbursement for protective gear.
Kentucky and Indiana workers benefit from joining UFCW 227 because our union provides safety protections and opportunity for career development through job trainings and leadership opportunities.
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