{"id":2974,"date":"2024-08-06T13:48:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T18:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/?p=2974"},"modified":"2025-02-24T16:59:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:59:24","slug":"ufcw-local-663-endorses-tim-walz-for-kamala-harriss-vice-president-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/06\/ufcw-local-663-endorses-tim-walz-for-kamala-harriss-vice-president-pick\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Local 663 Endorses Tim Walz for Kamala Harris\u2019s Vice President Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 6, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minneapolis, MN <\/strong>\u2013 Today, the President and Executive Board of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 which represents 17,000 essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, and retail in Minnesota released the following statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe come together and strongly support Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s choice to select Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as the Democratic party\u2019s presumptive vice presidential nominee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governor Walz fights for workers\u2019 rights. Governor Tim Walz supports UFCW Local 663 workers and families, and he\u2019s done so by supporting our priorities. During his leadership, he has shown that to our members and all Minnesotans by passing laws that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Protect children by strengthening child labor provisions&nbsp;<\/li><li>Support families by passing Paid Family Leave and Paid Sick Leave for families<\/li><li>Encourage children&#8217;s healthy development by passing free school meals program&nbsp;<\/li><li>Protect workers by signing the first meat packing worker safety bill in the nation<\/li><li>Strengthen workers\u2019 rights by supporting laws by banning captive audience meetings<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Harris\/Walz ticket has proven that they fight for working families across the United States. Our futures depend on working together to elect Vice President Kamala Harris as President of the United States and Tim Walz as Vice President. Workers can win what workers are willing to fight for. Let\u2019s choose to fight for democracy and the power of workers to control our own destinies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">###<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\"><em>UFCW Local 663<\/em><\/a><em> represents more than 17,000 hard-working retail, meat packing and processing, food preparation and manufacturing, healthcare, and other workers in Minnesota and Iowa. We strive to improve the lives of our members and of all working families by fighting for economic, political, and social justice in our workplaces and communities. UFCW Local 663 is part of the 1.3 million-member United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact: Jessica Hayssen, <a href=\"mailto:jessicah@ufcw663.org\">jessicah@ufcw663.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>651-261-8559<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2024 Minneapolis, MN \u2013 Today, the President and Executive Board of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 which represents 17,000 essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, and retail in Minnesota released the following statement. \u201cWe come together and strongly support Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s choice to select &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/06\/ufcw-local-663-endorses-tim-walz-for-kamala-harriss-vice-president-pick\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UFCW Local 663 Endorses Tim Walz for Kamala Harris\u2019s Vice President Pick<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[59],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Local 663 Endorses Tim Walz for Kamala Harris\u2019s Vice President Pick - UFCW 663<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ufcw663.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/06\/ufcw-local-663-endorses-tim-walz-for-kamala-harriss-vice-president-pick\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UFCW Local 663 Endorses Tim Walz for Kamala Harris\u2019s Vice President Pick - UFCW 663\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2024 Minneapolis, MN \u2013 Today, the President and Executive Board of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 663 which represents 17,000 essential workers in grocery, meatpacking, food processing, and retail in Minnesota released the following statement. \u201cWe come together and strongly support Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s choice to select &hellip; 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