Recent News In: Collective Bargaining News
EMD Sales Workers Join Local 400, Ratify First Contract
It’s been a struggle of more than one year, but the campaign by 38 workers at EMD Sales in Baltimore paid off when they won their union representation election and then ratified their first collective bargaining agreement on January 26, … Continue reading →
UFCW’s McNutt: Unions Will Seek Wage Increases in Giant, Safeway Bargaining
As covered in Food World’s January 2012 edition: “We must get off the defensive and take the offensive because we will not be dictated to by management, we will not tolerate their usual tricks, we will not be lectured to … Continue reading →
Members Ratify Kroger Contract
Three-Year Agreement Covers Workers in W.Va., Ohio, Ky. Increases Compensation, Maintains Health & Retirement Security On November 7th, Local 400 members working at Kroger in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky ratified a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement that maintains their … Continue reading →
Local 400 Offers Congratulations to Local 23, Southern California Local Unions on New Contracts
UFCW Local 400 President Tom McNutt today issued the following statement praising UFCW Local Unions in Southern California, Ohio and West Virginia for winning strong contracts after tough and contentious rounds of bargaining: “I want to congratulate the members of … Continue reading →
Workers Settle Lawsuit with Tyson Foods
$32 million Settlement Ends 12-year Legal Battle to Get Paid for Hours Worked WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 17,000 Tyson poultry workers in 41 plants in 12 states settled a $32 million dollar lawsuit in a 12-year struggle to get … Continue reading →
Solidarity with CWA and IBEW Workers at Verizon
From Union City– Verizon Strikers: “No Contract, No Peace!” On Tuesday, red-clad picketers marched outside the Verizon Wireless store on F Street, NW in Washington, DC to urge Verizon to settle a fair contract that will give workers more benefits … Continue reading →
Fresh & Green’s Workers Ratify Contract; Former SuperFresh Opens in D.C.
Natural Foods Supermarket/Restaurant Hybrid First in U.S. to Be Unionized WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15 —Former SuperFresh workers represented by United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 ratified a new contract yesterday and went to work as their old store in … Continue reading →
Victory at Ashland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
November 3, 2010 RICHMOND, Va.–It all started this past winter when Certified Nursing Aides (CNA’s) from the Ashland Nursing and Rehabilitation Center were ordered to stay put during a winter storm. They could not return home to children, had to … Continue reading →
Tentative Agreement with Kroger reached Aug. 19
Last night, 8/19/10 at 6:30pm we reach a tentative agreement with Kroger covering our Richmond/Tidewater members. We believe this agreement will improve our members economic standing and position Kroger to compete in the non union environment of Richmond/Tidewater. Details of … Continue reading →
Kroger Connection: Jan.-Feb.-March, 2010 Issue
KrogerConnection Jan-Feb-March 2010 For good contracts, representation & job security… We’re Stronger Together I’m pleased to introduce this first edition of Local 400’s Kroger Connection – a new publication to build communication and unity among our 11,000 repre- sented Kroger … Continue reading →
