Contract Survey for Giant & Safeway Union Members

Contract Survey for Giant & Safeway Union Members

What do you want in your next union contract? In the coming weeks, we will begin negotiating our next union contract with Giant Food and Safeway. Please help us put together our proposals for the upcoming negotiations by completing our 2016 Contract Proposal Survey....
August 13: March for $15 at Kroger

August 13: March for $15 at Kroger

On Saturday, August 13, thousands of people like us will be marching through the streets of Richmond calling for a $15 minimum wage and union rights. Can you make it? March for $15 at Kroger 1:30 pm, Saturday, August 13 Monroe Park, Richmond, VA Part of the first-ever...

Mark Your Calendars: FELRA Member Mobilization Meetings Scheduled

What do you want in your next union contract? Local 400 has scheduled special meetings for all Safeway and Giant Food members to provide an opportunity to actively participate in issues concerning our upcoming contract negotiations. Please plan to attend any one of...

Kroger Associates Plan Noon Rally to Call for $15 Minimum Wage

PRESS ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 29, 2016 CONTACT Jonathan Williams, UFCW Local 400, jwilliams@local400.org In just ten days, more than 1,000 Kroger employees sign petition supporting $15 minimum wage 100+ expected to attend rally to deliver...
Member Spotlight: Rick Howell, Union Through And Through

Member Spotlight: Rick Howell, Union Through And Through

When Rick Howell started working at Kroger nine years ago, no one had to tell him why he should join Local 400. Rick’s father worked at Rubatex in Bedford, Va., where he was a proud member of the United Rubber Workers (now part of the United Steelworkers). “He took me...
New Contract Ratified, But We Must Keep Fighting

New Contract Ratified, But We Must Keep Fighting

Bargaining Update #10 This week, we voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with Kroger. The new contract takes effect immediately and extends for the next four years, through June 6, 2020. By standing united, we won several improvements over our last...