Outspoken Kroger Shop Steward Stands Up for Her Coworkers

Outspoken Kroger Shop Steward Stands Up for Her Coworkers

Courtney Meadows speaks her mind—and for the past year, she’s been doing it to great effect. A Local 400 member for the past seven years who works as lead file maintenance clerk at Kroger #805 in Beckley, W.Va., Courtney was asked to serve on the Contract Action Team...

Kaiser Nurses Attend College for Free Through Union-Negotiated Program

For most people, by the time your children are in college or beyond, you’re more likely to be thinking about retirement than education. But Kaiser shop stewards Lisa Golden and Jennifer Brown are not most people. Jennifer currently has three children in college—a...
Congratulations to ABC Drawing Winner, Chelsea Thompson

Congratulations to ABC Drawing Winner, Chelsea Thompson

Local 400 member Chelsea Thompson from Kroger #316 in Princeton, West Virginia is the most recent winner of our Active Ballot Club drawing! Congratulations, Chelsea! All across the country, corporations and the ultra-wealthy are funneling unprecedented amounts of...
Felicia Fights to Win Elections, Pass Pro-Worker Laws

Felicia Fights to Win Elections, Pass Pro-Worker Laws

Felicia Miller has seen first-hand the power of Local 400 members to improve their lives by getting involved in political and legislative action. A longtime shop steward who works as a deli clerk at Safeway #1801 in Warrenton, Va., Felicia is a political dynamo who...

Kroger Shop Steward Wins $250 in Back Pay for Coworker

For years now, Kristy Vance has seen managers, management trainees and loss prevention staff stocking shelves at her store, Kroger #402 in Blacksburg, Va. This not only violates the Kroger-Roanoke contract, which specifies that only bargaining unit members can stock...