Local 400 Members Lobby Legislators in Richmond, Charleston

Local 400 Members Lobby Legislators in Richmond, Charleston

Make Our Voices Heard in the Corridors of Power Local 400 members from Virginia and West Virginia recently traveled to their state capitols to meet with their state legislators, give testimony, and urge action to improve our members’ lives. Shop stewards Janet...
Ocean Harvesters Members Ratify Strong New Agreement

Ocean Harvesters Members Ratify Strong New Agreement

Local 400 members working at Ocean Harvesters, based in Reedville, VA, have ratified a strong new collective bargaining agreement. For more than 100 years, the workers have been committed to fishing menhaden fish in a responsible manner; equally respecting the...
Kenny Pinkard: Historic Union Man

Kenny Pinkard: Historic Union Man

Our very own Kenny Pinkard, longtime union member and UFCW Local 400 Executive Board Vice President, was recently featured in Chesapeakeville, a journal of Virginia Seafood, Waterman, and Maritime Culture written and published by Timothy Thompson. The article...
We Demand Hazard Pay

We Demand Hazard Pay

Today, UFCW Local 400 President Mark Federici renewed our call on all the employers where our members work to immediately reinstate hazard pay. His letter to employers reads, in part: “Cases of COVID-19 are spiking once again due to the highly contagious Omicron...
Local 400 Members Stage Daring Sea Rescue

Local 400 Members Stage Daring Sea Rescue

Save Six People’s Lives After Boat Catches Fire Members of Local 400 working on the Omega Protein fishing boat Smuggler’s Point recently rescued six people whose boat had caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast near the Maryland/Virginia line. The boat and its...
Coronavirus Testing Free Through Union Health & Welfare Funds

Coronavirus Testing Free Through Union Health & Welfare Funds

Our union has negotiated changes to our Health & Welfare plans at several employers to ensure all testing and diagnostic services related to COVID-19 are free at no cost to you (including deductibles, co-payments and co-premiums). If you work at one of the...