{"id":8115,"date":"2025-11-17T09:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=8115"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:10:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:10:05","slug":"pef-and-other-labor-unions-uplift-regional-food-bank-in-time-of-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-43-no-10\/pef-and-other-labor-unions-uplift-regional-food-bank-in-time-of-need\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF and other labor unions uplift Regional Food Bank in time of need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8118 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/RFB-WEb.jpg\" alt=\"Regional Food Bank\" width=\"447\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/RFB-WEb.jpg 447w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/RFB-WEb-300x84.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8120 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Bruce.jpg\" alt=\"Regional Food Bank\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Bruce.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Bruce-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>November 21, 2025 &#8212;<\/em> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Across the nation, Americans are facing rising costs of living, with many struggling to access food. According to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York (NENY), one in eight American families are currently facing some form of food insecurity or hunger. For children, that number is one in five, or 20 percent.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Those depressing statistics are why New York\u2019s labor unions have partnered with the Food Bank to coordinate one of the largest Thanksgiving food distributions in its history.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cEverything the Regional Food Bank does is in partnership, and we simply cannot do what we do without the partnership we have in labor. I\u2019ve often said that no one can organize like the labor community,\u201d said Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer of the Regional Food Bank of NENY, Susan Litner, at a Nov. 13 press conference announcing the partnership. \u201cAnd it&#8217;s in part due to that organization that the Regional Food Bank is going to carry out New York\u2019s largest ever single day Thanksgiving Distribution on November 22 &#8212; distributing 350,000 meals to 75,000 New Yorkers in need.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unions have been leading efforts to ensure New Yorkers do not go hungry, especially during the holiday season, by giving time as volunteers at distribution sites, donating their own food, and raising money for the Regional Food Bank.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8121\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Food-Bank-1.jpg\" alt=\"Regional Food Bank\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Food-Bank-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Food-Bank-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>For PEF Vice President Bruce Giddings, working with the Food Bank is a priority to ensure that the people in his community, his fellow union siblings and all New Yorkers are not going hungry.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cAmong our union\u2019s thousands of titles are state workers who administer the SNAP benefits. We\u2019ve seen firsthand an increase in the number of our neighbors in need, our workers, our communities and the cost of almost all the food is up while the wages don\u2019t keep pace with inflation,\u201d said Giddings. \u201cWhen the social safety nets fray, this is what unions do. This is what labor does. We stand together, we step up and support each other as family.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Giddings joined other union leaders like New York State AFL-CIO President Mario Cilento and New York State United Teachers President Melinda Person to call on their members unionized to help the Regional Food Bank reach its goal of making sure no family goes hungry this Thanksgiving.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The pre-Thanksgiving Food Distribution Drive is taking place Saturday, November 22 beginning at 10am. There are various distribution centers in the Capital Region, the North Country and Hudson Valley. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/regionalfoodbank.net\/2025-thanksgiving-food-distribution-live\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Visit this page to donate or register to volunteer <\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">with the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York. The <a href=\"https:\/\/nysaflcio.org\/laborfeedsny\">NYS AFL-CIO has also compiled a list<\/a> of organizations working with various labor federations and councils to feed the hungry.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 21, 2025 &#8212; Across the nation, Americans are facing rising costs of living, with many struggling to access food. 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