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UFCW Local 1776

Field	Value
name	UFCW Local 1776
location_country	United States
members	Approximately 20,000
full_name	United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 1776
image	[[File:UFCW 1776 logo.jpg	300px]]
founded	1937
parent_organization	United Food and Commercial Workers
headquarters	Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania (Main)
Pittston, Pennsylvania (North East)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (South Central)
Mountain Top, Pennsylvania (Mountain Top)
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)
key_people	Wendell W. Young IV, President
website	[www.ufcw1776.org](http://www.ufcw1776.org/)

Pittston, Pennsylvania (North East) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (South Central) Mountain Top, Pennsylvania (Mountain Top) Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)

UFCW Local 1776 represents workers in the state of Pennsylvania for the United Food and Commercial Workers. The larger majority of their members work in grocery stores. The number 1776 refers to the year that the United States Declaration of Independence was drafted in Philadelphia, rather than it being a sequential number of local unions.

History

In 1937, The Retail Clerks & Managers Protective Association (retail clerks) Local 1357 was founded in Philadelphia by employees of American Stores and A&P. In 1963, Local 1357 of the retail clerks had 4,000 members in Philadelphia area supermarkets. By the end of the decade, through the organizing power of president Wendell Young III over 10,000 non-food retail workers and department store employees joined Local 1357.

In 1971, Pennsylvania State Liquor Store clerks joined the ranks of the expanding union. In 1979 the Retail Clerks International Association had merged with the Amalgamated Meat Cutters to create the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) International Union.

Notable representations

Retail food

Acme Markets
Giant Eagle
Rite Aid
ShopRite
Super Fresh Food Markets

References

(April 23, 2021). "The Social Justice Unionism of Wendell Young III".
(2009-07-09). "Local union temporarily suspends contract negotiations with Acme - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Business". pressofAtlanticCity.com.
(January 2026). "US: Giant Food opening supermarket in Philadelphia this month". Freshplaza.com.
(2011-01-21). "Unionized workers in Pennsylvania reject offer from Acme Markets - Philly.com". Articles.philly.com.

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