The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) has joined the Teamsters and Service Workers International Union in leaving the AFL-CIO. As a result, the labor federation will lose almost $28 million of its estimated $120 million budget, and another 1.4 million members.

The unions breaking away from the AFL-CIO have said they want to commit more money to recruiting new members and complain that the federation has placed too much emphasis on backing political candidates.