Kroger & Giant Agree to Limit Customers in Stores

Kroger & Giant Agree to Limit Customers in Stores

Kroger and Giant Food have agreed to place limits on the number of customers permitted in stores at the same time, along with other enhanced safety measures. Giant will limit the number of customers in stores at a given time to 20% of the store’s capacity (as defined...
Coronavirus Testing Free Through Union Health & Welfare Funds

Coronavirus Testing Free Through Union Health & Welfare Funds

Our union has negotiated changes to our Health & Welfare plans at several employers to ensure all testing and diagnostic services related to COVID-19 are free at no cost to you (including deductibles, co-payments and co-premiums). If you work at one of the...
Live Updates: New Policies in Effect at Giant, Kroger, Safeway & Shoppers

As Other Businesses Close, Union Grocery Stores are Hiring

The Coronavirus pandemic is not only an unprecedented public health threat — it is having a devastating impact on many people’s jobs, especially in the retail, travel and restaurant industries. Meanwhile, grocery stores are all staying open even as so many other...
Giant Workers Ratify New Contract

Giant Workers Ratify New Contract

Lengthy, Difficult Bargaining Ends in Strong Agreement that Raises Wages, Protects Health & Retirement Security OXON HILL, Md., March 5, 2020 — After more than six months of contentious bargaining, Giant employees in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. —...
Tentative Agreement Reached with Safeway Early This Morning

Tentative Agreement Reached with Safeway Early This Morning

After six months of negotiations, and more than two weeks after we reached a tentative deal with Giant, we are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Safeway at 2:00 a.m. this morning. We will present the details of the proposed contract...