How to Upgrade to a Full-Time Position at Giant, Safeway, & Shoppers

How to Upgrade to a Full-Time Position at Giant, Safeway, & Shoppers

If you want to work full-time, you should be able to. But all too often in the grocery industry, hard-working men and women aren’t getting enough hours to get by. Thanks to our union contracts, our members have the opportunity to access full-time status. In recent...
New Contracts Ratified With Safeway & Giant

New Contracts Ratified With Safeway & Giant

Local 400 members working at Safeway and Giant stores throughout the region voted to ratify new union contracts today. We didn’t get everything we wanted, but both contracts include several key improvements over our previous collective bargaining agreements,...

Stronger Together: Giant Reaches Tentative Agreement

Be There to Vote November 16 We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Giant that we’re prepared to recommend for ratification. We reached a similar tentative agreement with Safeway last week, and we’re eager to present both proposals...

Strike Preparations Begin at Giant

Tentative Agreement Reached with Safeway, But Giant Refuses to Budge We have reached a tentative agreement with Safeway that we are prepared to recommend for ratification at our contract meeting on November 16. After more than a month of negotiations, after extending...

November 16: Giant & Safeway Union Contract Meetings

No Deal Reached Yet, Negotiations Continue On November 16, we will hold meetings for all Giant and Safeway union members at the D.C. Armory in Washington. As a member of Local 400, it is critical that you make every effort to attend this meeting. Request time off now...

Progress Remains Slow

Contract Extended – All Current Benefits & Protections Still Apply Contract Negotiations Update #5 Today we agreed to extend our current collective bargaining agreements with both Giant and Safeway on a day-to-day basis. This means that all of the benefits and...