FRESHFARM Workers Union

🌾 We staff 20+ farmers markets in the DMV! ❇️🍅 #WeRunMarkets @ufcw400 @ufcw ✉️ Email: [email protected] 🥕 Proud first US farmers market union!

[FRESHFARM Workers Union @FRESHFARMunion]

We did it! Today we became the first farmers market workers in the country to secure a union contract! https://t.co/Q8Tr88LHIG

[UFCW @UFCW]

Ratification Alert!

Members of @UFCW400 who work at nearly 30 local FRESHFARM farmers markets in the DMV voted in favor of ratifying their first union contract!

The 3 yr contract includes wage increases, vacation time, & improved safety standards.

➡️ https://t.co/mDNSz1Trfx

[WeMakeWAMU is a union @WeMakeWAMU]

This morning, @wamu885 management informed us they are laying off 15 vital people from our organization. These individuals are the lifeblood of our journalism. Our hearts are broken. We can’t believe we are losing our colleagues and friends.

[Amanda Michelle Gomez @amanduhgomez]

FRESHFARM contract ensures...
-min wage $20.15 for market staff, $21 for operator
-sick/vacation leave
-more $ if staff speaks Spanish or Mandarin
-designated bathroom/access to water
-employer-provided card for operator to purchase supplies
-hiring policy around seasonal work

[UFCW Local 400 @UFCW400]

Congratulations to our members at @FRESHFARMunion on being the first farmers market workers in the country to win a union contract!

https://t.co/IqHUlNXCkD

[UFCW Local 400 @UFCW400]

BREAKING: Your favorite DMV farmers markets have become the first in the country to win a union contract! Congratulations @FRESHFARMunion! ✊

https://t.co/TMGm8Yei6O

[AFL-CIO ✊ @AFLCIO]

There are more than 9,000 @ATULocal689 @WMATA members whose critical jobs are at risk if the Metro system is not fully funded in FY2025. Can you take 30 seconds and write to our lawmakers and tell them to invest in our transit workers? 🚆https://t.co/cIIzcRpyhj

[FRESHFARM Workers Union @FRESHFARMunion]

A great professional development opportunity for market managers is happening tomorrow! Come and share ideas for farmers market promotion with fellow managers.

Thank you to @VAFarmersMkts and NM Legaci Marketing for putting this on!

Register here: https://t.co/7XWXGQ4GeQ

[Department of Energy & Environment @DOEE_DC]

DOEE wants you to stay safe during the upcoming extreme heat. Please see how you can understand your risk and know the effects of overexposure. Please spread the word.

[CM Janeese Lewis George @CMLewisGeorgeW4]

My team and I will be at our @FRESHFARMDC Uptown Farmers Market this Saturday, July 29 from 9am-10:30am to chat with #Ward4 neighbors about your ideas, priorities, and constituent requests.

Swing by and say "hello!" 🍑🥬🥕💐

[UFCW Local 400 @UFCW400]

“We didn’t become hottest sandwich shop in DC by doing the bare minimum, so why should we be paid the bare minimum?”

https://t.co/zIl7yPGDkN

[Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO @DCLabor]

Including @FRESHFARMDC, which runs more than two dozen markets in the DC region. Congratulations, @FRESHFARMunion and @UFCW400!

[FRESHFARM Workers Union @FRESHFARMunion]

We're so proud to make history with our union siblings @GrowNYCWorkers!

[UFCW Local 400 @UFCW400]

Your favorite local farmers markets are now brought to you by proud @UFCW400 union members! @FRESHFARMunion

[UFCW Local 400 @UFCW400]

ICYMI: The workers who staff your favorite local farmers markets in the DMV area have unionized!

Follow @FRESHFARMunion for all the latest.

https://t.co/v3aLAcYiDp

[FRESHFARM Workers Union @FRESHFARMunion]

“I want to unionize every farmers market. My hope is our message spreads to strengthen the working class and we can have our needs met.” 🔥

[FFXnow @ffxnow]

Farmers market workers in Reston, Merrifield and Oakton vote to unionize https://t.co/rMweyNjheK

[Source of the Spring @SourcetheSpring]

FRESHFARM Market Workers Vote to Unionize https://t.co/w3hxLKtwyb

[DCist @DCist]

Workers who run area farmers markets for the nonprofit FRESHFARM have unionized. The goal, organizers say, is to bargain for better pay and more job stability in a highly seasonal industry. https://t.co/ZICobUHL1Y

[FRESHFARM Workers Union @FRESHFARMunion]

TODAY: We'll be on WPFW 89.3FM this afternoon talking about how we won our union at FRESHFARM!

Tune in at 1pm ET or listen live online at https://t.co/jcKnEYmoAv