Terms & Comditions

By accessing the UFCW websites, which include, for purposes of the Terms of Use,
using our mobile texts function and our applications, including applications on third-party
sites or platforms such as social networking sites, you are indicating your acceptance to
be bound by the provisions of these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy, which is
incorporated herein by reference. If you do not accept any of these terms, do not access
the site. The UFCW may, in its sole discretion, revise these Terms of Use at any time by
updating this posting. Although we may attempt to notify you when major changes are
made to these Terms of Use, you should visit this page periodically to review the most
up-to-date Terms of Use because they are binding on you. By continuing to use this
website following our posting of such changes, you agree to be bound by the Terms of
Use, as modified.
The terms “you” and “User” as used herein refer to all individuals and/or entities
accessing this website for any reason.

1. Eligibility

By accessing one of the UFCW websites, you represent and warrant that you are 18
years of age or older, or an emancipated minor, or possess legal parental or guardian
consent, and that you have the right, authority and capacity to agree to and abide by
these Terms of Use. In any case, you affirm that you are above the age of 13, as the
UFCW website is not intended for children under 13. You also represent and warrant
that you will use the websites in a manner consistent with any and all applicable laws
and regulations.

2. UFCW Permissions and Restrictions

UFCW hereby grants you permission to access and use the websites as set forth in
these Terms of Use, provided that: (a) You do not collect any personally identifiable
information of others, including usernames or e-mail addresses, from the website. (b)
You do not use any of the UFCW websites in violation of any applicable law or
regulations. (c) You do not use the websites for any commercial purposes without the
prior written authorization of the UFCW. You agree not to transmit or otherwise make
available any unsolicited advertising, promotional information, bulk e-mail or other
solicitation. You agree not to solicit, for commercial purposes, any users of the websites,
including with respect to their user comments. (d) You do not circumvent, disable or
otherwise interfere with security-related features of the websites or our sites or servers
(or networks connected to our websites), including, without limitation, the following
activities: (i) attempting to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of a system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization; (ii)
attempting to interfere with communication to any user, host or network, including,
without limitation, via means of submitting a virus to this or any UFCW site, overloading,
“flooding,” “spamming,” “mailbombing” or ”crashing”; or (iii) transmitting or otherwisemaking available any content containing any “virus,” “worm” or “trojan horse”  or any
other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the
functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
Violations of system or network security may result in civil or criminal liability. The
UFCW will investigate occurrences that may involve such violations and may involve,
and cooperate with, law enforcement authorities in prosecuting users who are involved
in such violations. (e) You do not use or launch any automated system, including,
without limitation, “robots,” “spiders” or “offline readers,” that accesses the websites in a manner that sends more request messages to the UFCW servers in a given period of
time th an a human can reasonably produce in the same period by using a conventional
online Web browser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the UFCW grants the operators of
public search engines permission to use spiders to copy materials from the site for the
sole purpose of and solely to the extent necessary for creating publicly available
searchable indices of the materials but not caches or archives of such materials. The
UFCW reserves the right to revoke these exceptions either generally or in specific
cases. (f) You do not alter or modify any part of the websites. (g) You do not harass,
threaten, embarrass or cause distress, unwanted attention or discomfort to a person or
entity on or through the websites or our communication systems. (h) You do not transmit or otherwise make available on or through the websites any content that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, violent, vulgar, obscene, hateful or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable, or potentially libelous or inflammatory, as solely determined by the UFCW. (i) UFCW reserves the right to change or discontinue any aspect of the websites at any time, for any reason and without notice to you. (j) UFCW reserves the right to suspend or terminate a user’s access to the websites, without prior notice and at the UFCW’s sole discretion. (k) This list of permissions and restrictions, along with the other terms discussed below, is not
intended to be complete, but merely illustrative. We reserve the right in our sole and
final judgment to determine whether your conduct violates conduct requirements for the websites.

3. User Accounts

In order to access some features of the websites, you have to login using your cell
phone number and become a registered user. As a registered user, you agree to be
bound by the following terms: (a) When creating or modifying your account, you must
provide accurate, current and complete information. We reserve the right to disallow use of any username that we deem offensive or inappropriate. You will be responsible for preserving the confidentiality of your password and for all actions of persons accessing the websites through any username/password assigned to you. You must notify the UFCW immediately of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. You may never use another’s account without permission. (b) As a user, you may submit comments on various UFCW blogs or other material (collectively, “User Content”) to the website. UFCW reserves the right, but does not assume the obligation, to delete, move, condense or edit such User Content for any reason and without prior notice. UFCW also reserves the right to suspend or terminate a user’s access for posting User Content. (c) You are solely responsible for your own User Content and the consequences of posting or publishing it. Submissions may be used by the UFCW for any purpose in any form without the permission of the submitter and without any consideration apart from participation in accordance with these Terms of Use. By providing User Content to the UFCW, you affirm, represent and/or warrant that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to use and authorize the UFCW to use all patent, trademark, trade-secret, copyright or other proprietary rights in and to any and all User Content you submit to enable inclusion and use of such User Content in the manner contemplated by these Terms of Use. You agree and represent that, unless you are the owner of such rights or have permission from the rightful owner, you will not submit material that (i) is copyrighted or protected by trademark or trade secret or other intellectual property rights of others; (ii) violates the privacy, publicity or other personal rights of others; or (iii) reveals confidential information or otherwise violates the third-party proprietary rights of others. You further agree and represent that you will not submit material that is harassing, vulgar, unlawful, harmful, profane, defamatory, violent, obscene, threatening, abusive, hateful or is potentially libelous or inflammatory or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable. The UFCW reserves the right to not post submissions and to remove submissions without prior notice, at the sole discretion of the UFCW. (d) You retain all of your ownership rights in your User Content. However, by submitting User Content to the UFCW, you hereby grant the UFCW a worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sub-licenseable, perpetual and transferable license to use, reproduce, store, distribute, prepare derivative works of and display your User Content (and your user name, voice, appearance and likeness) in any medium in connection with the activities and operations of UFCW, its related and affiliated entities and successors, including, without limitation, for promoting and redistributing part or all of the UFCW website (and derivative works thereof) in any form or media, now known or hereafter devised, in all languages throughout the world. You also give the UFCW the nonexclusive right to use your name, voice, appearance and likeness, as well as any additional information you have provided about yourself, in any material prepared by or for the UFCW in any form or media, now known or hereafter devised, in all languages throughout the world. You also hereby grant each user of the UFCW websites a non-exclusive license to access your User Content through the websites, and to use, reproduce and distribute such User Content for such user’s personal, noncommercial purposes. You understand and agree that the UFCW may retain, reproduce, distribute and otherwise use for any purpose copies of User Content that has been removed from the websites. The above licenses granted by you are perpetual and irrevocable. (e) The UFCW does not endorse, authorize or ratify any User Content, or any opinion, recomendation or advice expressed therein, and the UFCW expressly disclaims all liability in connection with User Content. The UFCW does not permit copyright infringing activities and infringement of intellectual property rights on its websites, and the UFCW
reserves the right, but does not assume the obligation, to remove any content from the
websites if notified that such content infringes on another’s intellectual property rights.

4. Your Use of Content on the Site

In addition to the restrictions above, the following restrictions and conditions apply
specifically to your use of content on the UFCW websites. (a) The content on the websites (other than your User Content), including, without limitation, the text, software, scripts, graphics, photos, sounds, music, videos, interactive features and the like (collectively, “UFCW Content”) is owned by or licensed by the UFCW. Similarly, the
trademarks, service marks and logos contained on the website are owned or licensed
by the UFCW (“UFCW Marks”). Except as otherwise provided in these Terms of Use,
the UFCW Content and the UFCW Marks may not be downloaded, copied, reproduced,
distributed, transmitted, broadcast, displayed, sold, licensed or otherwise exploited for
any purpose whatsoever without the prior written consent of the UFCW. The UFCW
reserves all rights not expressly granted in and to the UFCW Content and the UFCW
Marks. (b) The websites are made available for your personal, noncommercial use only.
As part of such use, you may display, download and/or print pages from the site; you
may link to the websites; and you may forward website materials to others for personal,
non-commercial uses that are reasonably related to the website’s purposes. (c) You
understand that when using one of the UFCW websites, you will be exposed to UFCW
Content, User Content and other third-party content from a variety of sources, and that
the UFCW makes no warranty about the accuracy, usefulness, safety or intellectual
property rights of or relating to such UFCW Content, User Content or other third-party
content. You further understand and acknowledge that you may be exposed to User
Content that may be inaccurate, offensive, indecent or objectionable, and you agree to
waive, and hereby do waive, any legal or equitable rights or remedies you have or may
have against the UFCW with respect thereto. (d) The websites may contain links to
third-party websites that are not owned or controlled by the UFCW. The UFCW has no
control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party websites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave one of the websites and to read the terms and conditions and privacy policy of each other website that you visit.

5. Digital Millennium Copyright Act

If you are a copyright owner or an agent thereof and believe that any UFCW Content or
User Content infringes upon your copyright, you may submit a notification pursuant to
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) by providing UFCW’s Copyright Agent
with the following information in writing (see 17 U.S.C § 512(c)(3) for further details):
Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed; Identification of
the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled and information reasonably sufficient to permit the UFCW to locate the material; A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that you are, or are authorized to act on behalf of, the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed; Your name, mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address; and A physical or electronic signature of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed, or that of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner. UFCW’s designated Copyright Agent to receive notifications of claimed infringement is: UFCW General Counsel, 1775 K St, NW, Washington, DC 20006; legal@www.ufcw.org. You acknowledge that if you fail to comply with all of the above requirements, your DMCA notice may not be valid. For clarity, only DMCA notices should go to the Copyright Agent. Please use the Contact Us form for any other feedback, comments, requests for technical support or other communications with the UFCW.

6. Disclaimer of Warranty

The UFCW websites are provided to you “as is.” You agree that your use of the UFCW
websites shall be at your sole risk. To the fullest extent permitted by law, UFCW, as well
as its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “UFCW parties”),
disclaim all warranties, express or implied, in connection with the websites and your use thereof. The UFCW parties cannot and do not warrant the accuracy, completeness,
currentness, noninfringement, merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose of the
websites’ content or the content of any websites linked to any of the UFCW websites.
Nor do the UFCW parties guarantee that the websites will be error free, or continuously
available, or that the websites will be free of viruses or other harmful components. The
UFCW parties do not warrant, guarantee or assume responsibility for any product or
service provided, advertised or offered by a third party through the UFCW websites or
any website hyperlinked or featured in any banner or other advertising.

7. Limitation on Liability

In no event shall the ufcw parties be liable to you or anyone else for any indirect,
incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages whatsoever, whether or not they
are foreseeable, relating to the ufcw websites, including any damages resulting from
any (i) errors, mistakes or inaccuracies of content; (ii) personal injury or property
damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to and use of our
websites; (iii) unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and/or any and all
personal information and/or financial information stored therein; (iv) interruption or
cessation of transmission to or from our websites; (v) bugs, viruses, trojan horses or the
like, which may be transmitted to or through our websites by any third party; and/or (vi) errors or omissions in any content or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of your use of or inability to use our websites or any content posted, e-mailed,
transmitted or otherwise made available via the ufcw websites, whether based on
warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory, and whether or not ufcw is advised of
the possibility of such damages. You specifically acknowledge that the ufcw parties shall
not be liable for user content or the defamatory, offensive or illegal conduct of any third
party and that the risk of harm or damage from the foregoing rests entirely with you.
Certain state laws do not allow limitations on implied warranties or the exclusion or
limitation of certain damages. To the extent these laws apply to you, some of the
provisions set forth in this agreement may not apply.

8. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the UFCW Parties, from and against
any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs or debt and expenses (including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees), of whatever nature, arising from: (i) your
use of the UFCW websites; (ii) your violation of any term of these Terms of Use; (iii)
your violation of any third-party right, including without limitation any copyright, property or privacy right; or (iv) any claim that one of your submissions caused damage to a third party. This defense and indemnification obligation will survive these Terms of Use and your use of the UFCW websites.

9. Miscellaneous

These Terms of Use and Privacy Policy shall be governed by the internal substantive
laws of Washington, D.C., without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any claim or
dispute between you and the UFCW that arises in whole or in part from the UFCW
websites shall be decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in
Washington, D.C. These Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, together with any other legal
notices published by UFCW on the website, shall constitute the entire agreement
between you and the UFCW concerning the UFCW websites and supersedes prior
agreements, if any, between you and the UFCW relating to any matter dealt with in
these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If any provision of these Terms of Use or Privacy
Policy is deemed invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such
provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions, which shall remain in
full force and effect. No waiver of any term of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or any other term, and the
UFCW’s failure to assert any right or provision under these Terms of Use and Privacy
Policy shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms of Use and
Privacy Policy, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred
or assigned by you, but may be assigned by the UFCW without restriction. These Terms
of Use and Privacy Policy and the rights and obligations created hereunder shall be
binding upon and inure solely to the benefits of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns, and nothing in these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, express
or implied, is intended or should be construed to confer upon any other person any
right, remedy or claim under or by virtue of these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. You
and the UFCW agree that any cause of action arising out of or related to the UFCW
websites must commence within one (1) year after the cause of action accrues.
Otherwise, such cause of action is permanently barred.

These Terms of Use are made effective as of January 1, 2026.