Unilever recently implemented COVID-19 health screenings of all employees entering its Lipton facility in Suffolk, Virginia. The screenings meant additional unpaid time spent at work waiting in line for the screening. But after the union filed a grievance to object to...
Requiring customers and employees to wear masks is an important step, but access to testing is critical to ensuring frontline workers are safe on the job LANDOVER, MD (April 15, 2020) – United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400, along with UFCW Local 27,...
Trio Healthcare facilities (Elizabeth Adam Crump nursing home and Elizabeth House), have agreed to provide a temporary pay increase to our members working during this crisis. All full-time and part-time workers will receive the following pay increases, effective April...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many UFCW Local 400-represented employers provided increased pay to essential employees. Last week, we launched a petition demanding that Lipton increase pay. Nearly 200 people signed. Today, we can report that our efforts...
With more than a dozen cases in Virginia grocery stores and food processing facilities, union demands immediate action to provide free testing to every food worker on the frontlines RICHMOND, VA (April 14, 2020) – Following more than a dozen confirmed cases of...
