Food & Water Watch and Food & Water Action Are Unionizing
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Katie Barrows, NPEU, 360-624-6936, barrowskatherine@gmail.com
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2019 - Today, the employees of Food & Water Action and Food & Water Watch announced they are joining together to form the FWA/FWW Workers' Union with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU). The FWA/FWW Workers’ Union has sent a letter to management notifying them of their plans to unionize and requesting recognition of their union. The following is a statement from the FWA/FWW Workers’ Union organizing committee on why they are unionizing:
“We, the eligible staff of Food & Water Action (FWA) and Food & Water Watch (FWW), are pleased to announce that an overwhelming majority of employees have formed a union with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU).
We are motivated by love and respect for FWA/FWW’s mission, history, and work. We believe the formation of our union is just another groundbreaking step that will strengthen our organization as we fight to ensure a world where everyone has food they can trust, clean drinking water, and a livable climate.
We believe that a union at FWA/FWW will allow us to truly live into our values; that it will give us a tangible way to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace; and will show the rest of the world how truly invested we are in the right of workers to make a living on a livable planet.
We believe our values are in alignment with those of FWA/FWW leadership and are requesting they voluntary recognize our union. We’re looking forward to working with management on a fair, constructive, and timely bargaining process.”
About NPEU:
The Nonprofit Professional Employees Union (NPEU) represents professionals employed at over a dozen nonprofit organizations, including employees at Economic Policy Institute, the Center for American Progress, and Community Change. With several hundred members, NPEU gives nonprofit workers a voice to strengthen their workplaces and continue to do work that makes a difference in people’s lives.