Contract Negotiations Update #6 Federal Mediator Called In We spent the last week in talks with Supervalu representatives, but negotiations over our next contract at Shoppers continue to progress slowly. To help move things along, we called in a federal mediator. The...
On Wednesday morning, former Congresswoman Donna Edwards shared reflections on our country’s current political atmosphere and her vision of the future of her community with a crowd of labor leaders, local politicians and interested residents of Prince George’s County....
CORRECTION: Contract Ratification Vote July 24* Contract Negotiations Update #8 On August 26, 2016 we took a leap of faith together and decided that it was time to have a union. We joined the campaign at different times and for different reasons but our collective...
Contract Negotiations Update #5 We have agreed to extend our current collective bargaining agreement through August 31, 2017. This means that all of the terms and conditions of the current contract remain in full effect until that date. As part of this extension,...
Over the weekend, thousands of workers in DC and Maryland received a much deserved wage increase as the result of a long battle led by UFCW Local 400 and other advocates as part of the Fight for $15. The statewide minimum wage in Maryland went up 50 cents to $9.25 on...
Contract Negotiations Update #4 We spent this week in negotiations with Supervalu on our next union contract at Shoppers. Progress has been slow, but as always, we would rather slowly get it right than quickly get it wrong. When we were not in contract talks with...
