Our very own Kenny Pinkard, longtime union member and UFCW Local 400 Executive Board Vice President, was recently featured in Chesapeakeville, a journal of Virginia Seafood, Waterman, and Maritime Culture written and published by Timothy Thompson. The article...
To date, more than 50 million Americans have received their COVID vaccinations. But only four of them had the experience of Linda Bussey, a 37-year Local 400 member and longtime shop steward who works as GM/HBC manager at Safeway in Bethesda. On February 25, Linda...
For Pamela J. Sebesky, a Local 400 member and 24-year Kaiser veteran who works as a cardiology nurse at its Tysons Corner Medical Center, public service is a way of life. “I have always been a believer that if you see something that isn’t right, you need to be part of...
Jacqueline Echavarria, a 22-year Local 400 member who works as a cashier at the Petworth Safeway, was selected as one of the three Biden-Harris campaign delegates to the Electoral College from the District of Columbia. With Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala...
Save Six People’s Lives After Boat Catches Fire Members of Local 400 working on the Omega Protein fishing boat Smuggler’s Point recently rescued six people whose boat had caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast near the Maryland/Virginia line. The boat and its...
“Life-changing.” That’s how Lisa Harris described the impact of attending the January 15-19 Creating Change Conference in Dallas, thanks to a scholarship from UFCW OUTreach. A 13-year member who works at the Atlee Road Kroger in Mechanicsville, Va., Lisa was working...
