Local 400 members working at Peapod, the grocery home delivery service from Giant Food, unanimously ratified a new union contract last night. The new collective bargaining agreement increases wages and holiday pay and improves working conditions for more than 200...
Contract Negotiations Update #7 After several long days of talks, we’ve wrapped up with Lipton contract negotiations for the week. We’re back at it July 10-11. Never Miss An Update: Sign Up for Text Alerts As we negotiate our first union contract with...
At a press conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts announced the reintroduction of the Schedules That Work Act, a bill that would allow workers to request greater stability in their work scheduling. The Schedules That Work...
Contract Negotiations Update #3 This week, we met with representatives from Supervalu for two days to negotiate our next contract at Shoppers Food & Pharmacy. We had productive discussions and exchanged proposals on a number of items, but we still have a lot of...
The results are in from yesterday’s closely-watched primary election in Virginia. Local 400 recommended candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates in six districts. Four of the candidates won their races: In House District 31, Elizabeth Guzman won the Democratic...
Local 400 Shop Stewards Darlene Butler-Jones and Bill Osborn had never gone to Annapolis to meet with their state legislators, testified before the Maryland General Assembly or spoken out at rallies before. So when they were asked to help lead Local 400’s campaign to...
