Dec 17, 2020
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...
Sep 11, 2020
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...
Aug 31, 2020
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...
Jan 30, 2020
“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...
Sep 20, 2019
For Local 400 member Claudia McCann, it was a year that seemingly had no end—until an arbitration won her job back and $34,485 in back pay. It all started with words. Claudia and a co-worker got into an argument—behind closed doors, not on the floor of Kroger #532 in...
Jul 9, 2019
For Local 400 member and Kroger meat cutter Clarence “Pete” Dickerson, justice was a long time coming. But when it arrived, it was sweet—to the tune of $31,855. Pete’s ordeal started more than eight years ago, when he transferred from his Kroger store in Richmond to...
