Welcome to our Website!

This site is dedicated to the working men and women of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, (RWDSU), UFCW, in Iowa, Western Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Wisconsin.  We invite you to visit the site and see what we're all about. We represent workers at Quaker Oats, Del Monte, Kraft, Fleming Foods, Keebler/ Sunshine Biscuit, Prime Tanning,  Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola and the American Bottling Company (7Up). The objectives of our Union are solely dedicated to the ideals of making the jobs of our members the best jobs that can be devised from the point of view of wages, hours of work, physical conditions and human relations. We are working everyday for those values through collective bargaining and legislative actions. The RWDSU stands for preserving democratic processes, protecting our civil liberties, and aid in the adoption which supports the economic and social welfare of our members and that of labor in general to improve the educational, social and cultural standards of society as a whole. We stand proudly together in unity and purpose to meet those values. Through our Union we have the strength through solidarity to make these values better for ourselves and our families, so… we encourage all workers that our looking for being treated with respect and dignity, better wages and benefits to come join the thousands of men and woman of the RWDSU. You can contact me personally or any one of the Business Agents, Presidents and/or Secretary-Treasurer's on this website to help assist you and your co-workers to become part of the RWDSU and begin on the road to better wages, benefits with respect and dignity at work. In the 21st century, communication with our members will be essential towards the success of our organization and we feel this web site will be a step in the right direction. It is not meant by any means to replace interaction of our members and their Officers, and we will keep the service of our members a priority, but it should be viewed as a resource to keep updated information available around the clock. We still encourage our members to attend their monthly meetings and to continue to build in the process of making their Local Unions stronger, at work, and in the community. This site has a lot of exciting areas to visit, we encourage you to enjoy the many facets of this site and visit all of the respective Locals and links associated with it. As always, we encourage the feedback of our members, and any suggestions to improve this site would be greatly encouraged.

Roger C. Grobstich International Representative, RWDSU