Victory! All Courtesy Clerks Promoted at Kroger Store in Lynchburg

Victory! All Courtesy Clerks Promoted at Kroger Store in Lynchburg

Member activism and the hard work of Local 400 shop steward Mary Little won a landmark victory at a Kroger store—all courtesy clerks were promoted to front end clerks, gaining raises, benefits, holiday pay and paid vacations in the process. In fact, all Local 400...
Montgomery County Members Now Eligible for Paid Sick Days

Montgomery County Members Now Eligible for Paid Sick Days

Thanks to the Earned Sick and Safe Leave Act of 2015, a new law championed by UFCW Local 400 and our allies, if you work in Montgomery County, you can take paid time off if you or a loved one get sick. Starting October 30, 2016, as a UFCW Local 400 member working at...
New Contracts Ratified With Safeway & Giant

New Contracts Ratified With Safeway & Giant

Local 400 members working at Safeway and Giant stores throughout the region voted to ratify new union contracts today. We didn’t get everything we wanted, but both contracts include several key improvements over our previous collective bargaining agreements,...

Stronger Together: Giant Reaches Tentative Agreement

Be There to Vote November 16 We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Giant that we’re prepared to recommend for ratification. We reached a similar tentative agreement with Safeway last week, and we’re eager to present both proposals...

Lipton Suffolk 2017 Benefits Update

Unilever Health & Welfare Plan for Hourly Employees in Suffolk, VA Unilever and UFCW Local 400 have begun the collective bargaining discussions required following the vote to unionize on 08/26/2016.  While no contract is in place between Unilever and UFCW Local...