Mike Wilson joined the UFCW when he started work as a courtesy clerk at P&C Foods, a Penn Traffic banner in Manlius, NY, while in high school.

After moving to the Washington, DC area for school, he helped win a living wage for workers at Georgetown University before working as an organizer with SEIU Local 500 in Montgomery County, MD. After winning several NLRB elections with Local 500, he joined DC Jobs with Justice, working closely with Local 400 on the OUR Walmart campaign, and then joining the staff of the UFCW International Union.

In 2014, Mike was hired by Local 400, where he helped lead multiple campaigns, including the successful push to stop Giant Food from selling stores in 2016; several bargaining campaigns with Kroger, Giant, Safeway, Shoppers, and Kaiser; and helping secure the first presidential campaign union contract with Bernie 2020.

Mike was promoted Executive Assistant to the President and elected a Vice President in 2016. Ever since, he has helped direct the work of all departments at the Local with the goals of empowering members, growing the Local and the labor movement, and keeping Local 400 positioned as a national leader among progressive, organizing focused trade unions.

Mike was elected President of Local 400 on August 13, 2026, with the mission of continuing to empower members to improve their lives and taking the union’s size, activism and clout to new heights.

Kayla Mock joined Local 400 in 1985 when she went to work as a food clerk at Giant in Manassas, VA. For the next 26 years, she was increasingly involved in union affairs as a member activist and shop steward.

Kayla joined Local 400 staff in 2011, working in a variety a variety of positions, including membership education, new organizing and contract negotiations. She was elected Vice President in April 2022. Kayla was named Political and Legislative Director in November 2022, leading Local 400’s efforts to elect union allies to office, pass pro-worker bills at the state and federal levels, and mobilizing members to make their voices heard in the voting booth and the corridors of power.

Kayla was elected Secretary-Treasurer of Local on August 13, 2026 and will continue her work to make Local 400 a powerful force for justice everywhere its members live and work.

Beverly McFarland is floral manager at Giant #135 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Over the course of the nearly 40 years she has worked at Giant and her 12 years as shop steward, she has been an activist and leader with Local 400 and in the wider community. Beverly has served on the last two bargaining committees with Giant and Safeway, and has lent her hand and voice to her sisters and brothers working at Kroger in Virginia. A certified nutritionist, she volunteers in her free time to promote a plant-based diet and healthier eating in lower-income communities throughout the Washington, D.C./Maryland/Virginia metropolitan area. “What motivates me is continuing to fight for fair wages and health and retirement security,” she said. “I’ve been around a long time and what the company offers us seems to be diminished in every contract. I want to make sure everyone gets a decent wage, a secure pension for retirement, and good health care.