FROM OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT THE WISCONSIN STATE AFL-CIO
From Ocean Spray products, some of which are made right here in Wisconsin by members of the Machinists Union (IAM), to Birdseye Vegetables made in Darien by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1473 to crescent rolls, made by Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCTGM) workers and more -- there’s a bounty of union-made in America food items to help you celebrate Thanksgiving. You can even serve your meal on union-made plates with union-made cutlery.
View our list of union-made Thanksgiving items below and be sure to shop at a union grocery store. Click here for a list of statewide United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1473 union grocery stores.
As we celebrate Thanksgiving 2021, we continue to give thanks for all the frontline workers serving our communities, including farm workers, food processing workers, and grocery store workers who keep America fed. We send solidarity to all the striking workers on the line this #Strikesgiving who are taking collective action to save our middle class, protect the American Dream and create a more fair economy for us all.
Union-Made Thanksgiving List
Set the Table
- Anchor Hocking (GMP-USW)
- Bennington Potters (UNITE HERE)
- Clauss knives (USW)
- CorningWare (USW)
- Cutco knives
- Fiestaware (GMP-USW)
- Homer Laughlin china (GMP-USW)
- Libbey glassware (GMP-USW)
- Pyrex (USW)
Fresh Whole Turkey
- Butterball (UFCW)
- Foster Farms (UFCW)
Ham
- Appleton Farms ham (UFCW)
- Butterball ham (UFCW)
- Cook's ham (UFCW)
- Farmland old-fashioned pit ham (UFCW)
- Farmland original pit ham (UFCW)
- Hormel honey roasted ham (UFCW)
- Tyson ham (UFCW)
Stuffing
- Manischewitz (UFCW)
- Stroehmann bakery products (BCTGM)
Vegetables
- Andy Boy (UFW)
- Birds Eye (UFCW)
- Eurofresh (UFCW)
- Mann's (UFCW)
- Muranaka Farm (UFW)
Cranberries/Cranberry Sauce
- Dole (IBT)
- Ocean Spray (IAM)
Potatoes
- Betty Crocker specialty potatoes (BCTGM)
- Dole fresh potatoes (IBT)
- Mann's fresh culinary cuts sweet potatoes (UFCW)
Bread
- Aunt Millie's bread products (UFCW)
- Pillsbury rolls (BCTGM)
- Stroehmann bakery products (BCTGM)
Pie
- Banquet fruit pies (UFCW)
- Entenmann's (BCTGM)
- Marie Callender's (UFCW)
- Pillsbury pie crust (BCTGM)
- Sara Lee (BCTGM)
Pie Filling
- Del Monte fresh apples (IBT)
- Food Club canned pumpkin (UFCW)
- Kroger pumpkin pie (UFCW)
When you buy union, you're supporting good jobs in American communities, jobs that provide living wages and benefits, safe working conditions, and dignity and respect for work. Look for these quality products, produced by union members, and shop at a union store when preparing for your Thanksgiving feast.
In Solidarity,
Stephanie Bloomingdale, President
Dennis Delie, Secretary-Treasurer