Contentious Bargaining with Giant & Safeway Leads Mediator to Urge Cooling Off Period

Giant & Safeway Contract Negotiations to Continue

A joint statement from UFCW Local 400 & UFCW Local 27: Through 13 weeks of negotiations, six weeks of working on an extended contract, and dozens of protests involving thousands of members, we’ve made it clear that we will not accept a second-rate contract and we...
Giant & Safeway Contracts Extended – Talks to Continue Next Week

Giant & Safeway Contracts Extended – Talks to Continue Next Week

After six weeks of negotiations, today we agreed to an extension of our current agreement and a short “cooling off” period recommended by the federal mediator. While we have have made some progress, we are still far apart on many key issues. The extension agreements...
Giant & Safeway Contracts Extended – Talks to Continue Next Week

Federal Mediator Called In to Giant & Safeway Contract Negotiations

We are approaching the expiration date of our current contracts at Giant & Safeway on Saturday, October 26 and talks have been very difficult. Given the unusual complexity of our negotiations, particularly around securing our pension benefits, we have called in a...
We’re Fired Up & Ready for a Fair Contract at Giant & Safeway!

We’re Fired Up & Ready for a Fair Contract at Giant & Safeway!

On September 12, 2019 – before negotiations on our next contract even began – we held a powerful Rally for a Fair Contract that made it clear to both companies that we will do whatever it takes for a fair deal. Read our recap of the rally and view photos on the UFCW...
Local 400 Stands in Solidarity with Striking Stop & Shop Workers

Local 400 Stands in Solidarity with Striking Stop & Shop Workers

This afternoon, 31,000 UFCW members working at Stop & Shop stores in New England walked off the job. Stop & Shop—like Giant Food in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia—is a banner of the Dutch-Belgian conglomerate Ahold Delhaize. Stop & Shop workers...