January 20, 2021 Tagged In America’s Largest Food & Retail Union Calls Biden Calls for Unity and Bipartisanship to Aid America’s Essential Workers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the represents 1.3 million frontline food and retail workers , welcomed the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at this critical point in the pandemic. As COVID-19 cases skyrocket across the country, UFCW is calling on Republicans and Democrats in Congress to work together on President Biden’s agenda to take control of the pandemic and protect essential workers, including more than a million UFCW members on the frontlines in grocery stores, meatpacking plants and other critical jobs keeping Americans safe.