Waynesboro Kroger Member Retires After 50 Years

Waynesboro Kroger Member Retires After 50 Years

Congratulations to Shelley Blair on retiring from Kroger after 50 years! Shelley has been a loyal union member since 1974 when she started her career on the front-end at Kroger 228 in Waynesboro, Va. After 20 years, she became the lead floral clerk for the next 30...
Local 400 Members Lobby Legislators in Richmond, Charleston

Local 400 Members Lobby Legislators in Richmond, Charleston

Make Our Voices Heard in the Corridors of Power Local 400 members from Virginia and West Virginia recently traveled to their state capitols to meet with their state legislators, give testimony, and urge action to improve our members’ lives. Shop stewards Janet...
Union Wins $1,000 in Back Pay for Virginia Kroger Member

Union Wins $1,000 in Back Pay for Virginia Kroger Member

Talk about adding insult to injury. For Local 400 member Angela Chiles, who works at Kroger #501 in North Chesterfield, VA, it was bad enough when she tripped on a piece of plastic in her store’s receiving area and severely injured her knee. Repairing the knee...
Lipton Shop Steward Wins 17th Sound Pressure World Championship

Lipton Shop Steward Wins 17th Sound Pressure World Championship

Corey Hicks is a champion for his Local 400 sisters and brothers. An electrical instrumentation technician at the Lipton plant in Suffolk, VA, he was a leader in organizing the workers in 2016. Ever since, he has served as a shop steward, fighting for his fellow...
Boar’s Head Shop Steward Serves as Special Representative

Boar’s Head Shop Steward Serves as Special Representative

Deborah Talley learned about the value of Local 400 representation the hard way. Not long after she started working at the Boar’s Head plant in Petersburg, VA, a new supervisor came on board and Deborah was assigned to train her. But then, things took a strange twist....
Sterling Ball Inducted Into Labor Hall of Fame

Sterling Ball Inducted Into Labor Hall of Fame

Army Special Forces Veteran, Longtime Union Leader Honored Longtime UFCW Local 400 leader Sterling Ball was inducted into the Southwestern District Labor Council Hall of Fame on October 22 at a dinner in Huntington, WV, where he was honored for his 47-year career as a...