Here’s Your Union-Made in America Thanksgiving Shopping List
Before you put together your Thanksgiving dinner shopping list, check our list of union-made in America food and other items that are essential to a traditional family Thanksgiving feast. Speaking of thanks, a big “thank you” to the Union Label and Service Trades Department (ULSTD), Union Plus and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor's resource site, Labor 411, for compiling their extensive catalogs of union-made products.
Here are some of the best union-made Thanksgiving eats and cookware from the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM); Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers (GMP); Machinists (IAM); United Steelworkers (USW); and United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW).
Appetizers
Kraft/Nabisco crackers—BCTGM
Nabisco (Mondelez) crackers—BCTGM
Keebler (Kellogg) crackers—BCTGM
Turkey
Boar's Head—UFCW
Butterball—UFCW
Foster Farms—UFCW
Thumann's—UFCW
Side Dishes
Ocean Spray whole berry cranberry sauce—IAM
Birds Eye vegetables—UFCW
Bread
Pillsbury crescent rolls, frozen and ready to bake rolls/breads—BCTGM
Pillsbury pie crusts—BCTGM
Stroehmann bakery products (for stuffing)—BCTGM
Dessert
Sara Lee pumpkin, apple pie—BCTGM
Mother’s Kitchen cheesecakes—BCTGM
Nabisco (Mondelez) cookies—BCTGM
Rich Products pies and cakes—BCTGM
Cookware/Cutlery
Cutco knives—USW
All-Clad cookware—USW
Corning—USW
Ware—USW
Fiestaware—GMP
Anchor Hocking—GMP
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This has been reposted from the AFL-CIO.
