This week, we began negotiating our new contract with Kroger in Roanoke, Virginia. Your collective bargaining contract with Kroger covers important aspects of your employment, including wages, schedules, and benefits. The current contract expires April 2, 2016, and we...
In an unprecedented display of solidarity, 35,000 Stop & Shop workers in New England, represented by five UFCW locals, have come together to strengthen their position at the bargaining table. Bargaining committees from UFCW Locals 328, 371, 919, 1445 and 1459 have...
A message to all our Giant Food members & their families, from three UFCW locals Right now, more than 35,000 UFCW members in New England – represented by five locals – are engaged in contract negotiations with the Stop & Shop, a subsidiary of Giant’s parent...
Widower Hailed as Hero by Bruce Kozarsky, Union Leader Editor It started out as a typical day for Adam Carter Peak, head meat cutter and Local 400 shop steward at Kroger #406 in Appomattox, Va. But then, all of a sudden, his store manager ran in and told him to get...
Sarah Strong has a powerful sense of justice. An assistant front end manager at Kroger #335 in Bristol, Va., there is little that makes her angrier than to see how courtesy clerks at the store are mistreated. In an increasing practice, Kroger has hired “courtesy...
This week, Kroger employees and UFCW Local 400 organizers were met with the new, hostile union-busting efforts of the company in Virginia Beach. On Sunday, at the peak of the Thanksgiving shopping season, Kroger employees and Local 400 organizers greeted customers at...
