Make It a Union-Made Memorial Day Barbecue

 

Memorial Day is the unofficial kickoff to the summer holiday season. While the day honors those who have given their lives defending the nation, the weekend also marks the start of grilling season. Here’s some union-made food and drink to get your barbecue off to a great start.

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Our list comes courtesy of Union Plus; the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM); the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW); and the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor's website Labor 411.

Hot Dogs, Sausages and Other Grill Meats

  • Ball Park
  • Boar’s Head
  • Dearborn Sausage Co.
  • Fischer Meats
  • Hebrew National
  • Hofmann
  • Johnsonville
  • Oscar Mayer

Condiments

  • French’s mustard
  • Gulden’s mustard
  • Heinz ketchup
  • Hidden Valley Ranch
  • Vlasic®

Buns and Bread

  • Arnold
  • Ottenberg’s
  • Sara Lee
  • Vie de France

Bottled Water

  • Pocono Springs
  • Poland Spring®

Beer

  • Budweiser
  • Bud Light
  • Leinenkugel’s
  • Mad River Brewing Co.
  • Michelob
  • Miller
  • Rolling Rock

See more beers from Union Plus.

Ice Cream and Frozen Treats 

  • Breyers® 
  • Carvel
  • Del Monte Fruit Chillers
  • Good Humor
  • Hiland Dairy
  • Laura Secord
  • President’s Choice

Snacks 

  • Flipz® pretzels
  • Frito-Lay chips
  • Triscuit crackers
  • Wheat Thins crackers
  • Oreo cookies (Note: AFL-CIO has endorsed the BCTGM’s boycott of Nabisco products made in Mexico because Mondelēz International, Nabisco’s parent company, continues to outsource product lines and middle-class American jobs to Mexico. Before you buy Oreos or any Nabisco brand products, check the label to make sure you are buying American-made snacks. Learn how to check the label.)

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This was reposted from the AFL-CIO.