Grocery Workers Plan Protests to Demand Hazard Pay

Grocery Workers Plan Protests to Demand Hazard Pay

With workplace cases continuing to accumulate, union grocery workers staging 18 simultaneous protests to reinstate hazard pay at Giant, Safeway & Kroger LANDOVER, MD (September 1, 2020) – Union grocery workers from Giant, Safeway and Kroger grocery stores...
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...
Local 400 President Pens Letter to Kroger Demanding Hazard Pay

Local 400 President Pens Letter to Kroger Demanding Hazard Pay

Despite weeks of demanding Kroger extend its $2/hour “hero pay” program, the company has refused – even as cases continue to mount at stores throughout our jurisdiction. Now, instead of compensating hard-working Kroger associates on the frontlines, the company...
Local 400 President Pens Letter to Kroger Demanding Hazard Pay

Kroger West Virginia Contract Extended

We have held several sessions over Zoom to negotiate our next West Virginia contract at Kroger. With all negotiations taking place remotely with the assistance of a federal mediator, talks are proceeding slowly and we’re making progress, but don’t anticipate that we...