As the strike at the Mott’s plant in Williamson, New York, continues through its second month, UFCW locals across the country are standing united with the striking RWDSU Local 220 members.

UFCW members have distributed flyers at hundreds of supermarkets and discounters, informed customers about the greedy, union-busting tactics of Mott’s and owner Dr Pepper Snapple Group, and let RWDSU Local 220 members know that they have the full support of the 1.4 million member UFCW.

Members of RWDSU Local 220 on strike for nearly 8 weeks against Mott’s are taking their picket line to the National Fruit manufacturing plant in Winchester, Virginia, to protest Mott’s outsourcing and co-packing of applesauce due to slowed production in the Mott’s Williamson, New York, plant.  Strikers and union members will be leafleting National Fruit production workers about the ongoing labor dispute at Mott's.

Filene’s Basement is a popular clothing retailer known for its exceptional prices on brand name clothes. Now, thanks to the largest successful organizing campaign in Local 1102 history, when shoppers take advantage of the great prices and products at the store, they’ll be shopping RWDSU.

Over 1,400 workers at Filene’s Basement have joined RWDSU Local 1102, signing up for the union by an overwhelming margin. The new RWDSU members work at all Filene’s Basement locations including the retailer’s distribution center.

United Food and Commercial Workers President Joseph T. Hansen (above center) joined the members of Local 220 on the picket line in Williamson, New York, on Tuesday, pledging the support of the 1.4 million members of his union for the striking Mott’s workers.

"There is no more just fight in the United States right now than the one against what Dr Pepper Snapple is doing to you right now,” Hansen said.

Former Scoop NYC employee Romuald "Romeo" Llboudou talks about discrimination at the upscale retailer at a rally in front of the store last year.

On June 28, paid-on-call firefighters for the Township of Georgian Bluffs and part of the Municipality of Meaford, all in Ontario, Canada, voted overwhelmingly in favour of joining RWDSU Local 431.

Striking Mott's workers have the strength of the 220,000 member New York State Building and Construction Trades Council behind them, according to a pair of letters from NYBCTC President Edward J. Malloy.
 
In a letter to RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, Malloy states that the NYS Building Trades is "proud to stand with the RWDSU in this fight for fairness."
 
In his letter to Dr Pepper Snapple CEO Larry Young, Malloy scolds the executive for attempting to "rake in the profits at the expense of labor."
 

In a letter released today, New York Attorney General and Gubernatorial Candidate Andrew Cuomo calls upon Mott’s and its owner, Dr Pepper Snapple, to “come back to the negotiating table, bargain in good faith and reach a fair and equitable solution for the workers, company and state.”

“We are grateful for the support and strong public comments by Attorney General Cuomo," said RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum.

Read the full letter here