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Local 400 President Mark Federici Elected to UFCW International Executive Board
This week, the Executive Board of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) elected Mark Federici, President of UFCW Local 400, as International Vice President. Mr. Federici will now serve on the union’s executive board, the highest governing...
Meet the Team Negotiating Our Next Contract with Kroger in West Virginia
We are your 2017 Kroger bargaining committee! We are Local 400 members who have volunteered to help negotiate our next union contract at Kroger in West Virginia. As we open contract negotiations in the coming days, we will invite you to take action with us to keep the...
Shoppers Members Unanimously Ratify New Contract
Strong agreement includes a $2/hour increase in starting pay and no health insurance cost increases for the life of the contract Local 400 members working at Shoppers unanimously ratified a new, three-year collective bargaining agreement today that puts more money in...
Kroger Associates Start To Receive Back Pay Checks
As announced last week, Kroger owes over $300,000 in back pay. This week, Local 400 members started to receive their checks! Without a union, that money would be lost to us. But, thanks to the Kroger associates who made sure that our union contract was enforced, we...
Stronger Together: Shoppers Food Reaches Tentative Agreement – Be There to Vote September 11
We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Shoppers that we are prepared to recommend for ratification on Monday, September 11. It is critical that you make every effort to attend this meeting and hear the details of your contract...
Victory! 811 Kroger Associates to Receive Over $300,000 in Back Pay PLUS Interest!
When it comes to full-time work, our union contract is very clear: Kroger can’t cut our hours during holiday weeks unless we agree to it in advance. Back in 2013, Local 400 members caught Kroger cheating full-time associates out of their holiday pay by scheduling them...
Labor Day at Appalachian Power Park
Free Game Tickets for Union Members & Their Families! (4 tickets per family) Saturday, August 26, 2017 Join us for a Tailgate at 3:00 PM at the Charleston Building & Construction Trades 600 Leon Sullivan Way — Free Food & Drinks **Donations Sought To Aid...
Local 400 Board of Directors Passes Resolution Condemning White Supremacy
Today, the board of directors of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400 passed an official resolution condemning white supremacy and the violent actions of bigots in Charlottesville, Va. last weekend. “Now is a time to make it clear what we stand for,” said...
Congratulations to ABC Drawing Winner, Ashley Owens
Local 400 member Ashley Owens from Safeway #4205 in Washington, DC is the most recent winner of our Active Ballot Club drawing! Congratulations, Ashley! All across the country, corporations and the ultra-wealthy are funneling unprecedented amounts of money into our...
UFCW Celebrates 38 Years of Standing Up for Workers
Happy Birthday UFCW! The United Food and Commercial Workers union was formed on August 8, 1979, when the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America officially merged with the Retail Clerks International Union. The newly merged union became the UFCW....
Lipton Shop Stewards Wanted
Apply by Friday, August 11, 2017 Being a shop steward means stepping up to play a key role in building our union. While not always an easy job, the role of a steward can be deeply rewarding—and something to be proud of. The shop steward is a key “link” in our union....
Save the Date! Kroger West Virginia Contract Meetings
What do you want in your next Kroger contract? Join us for an upcoming union contract meeting to help us to shape our strategy and prioritize our goals for contract negotiations. Your input will help us put together proposals well in advance of the actual contract...
Free College Benefit for UFCW Members and Families
Earn a Degree for Free! The UFCW Free College Benefit Plan Opens Doors of Opportunity for Members Every day, we are working hard to provide you—and every single one of our members—with real and powerful benefits that can help you achieve the better life you have...
Kroger Shop Steward Wins Promotions, Raises for 10 Members
If you work at a Kroger store in the Roanoke region, you know courtesy clerks have a tough job to do. They are the lowest paid employees in the store and have little to no opportunity for advancement. Kroger justifies this practice by saying courtesy clerks are only...
Local 400 Offices Closed Wednesday, July 26, 2017
UFCW Local 400 offices will be closed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 for technical upgrades. We will reopen on Thursday, July 27, 2017 and resume normal operating hours, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Shop Stewards Save Members from Dust Exposure
Banks Stamps, Jr., has worked at DanChem Technologies in Danville, Va., for 42 years, and he became a shop steward in 2004 after a 10-month-long strike. One of his top priorities ever since has been to build a worker-run safety program to better protect members’...
Lipton Tea Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify First Union Contract
Workers from the nation’s only Lipton tea plant voted overwhelmingly to approve their first union contract at a mass meeting in Suffolk on Monday, July 24, 2017. This represents the first time in the history of the plant when workers were given the opportunity to vote...
Shoppers Negotiations Progressing Slowly
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...
Labor, Community Groups Host Meet & Greet with Former Congresswoman Donna Edwards
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....
“Sign-Up” Queen Retires
Laurette Ford Organized Tenaciously Laurette Ford is a force of nature. For more than a decade as a Local 400 shop steward, she made it her mission to build her union by signing up as many new members as humanly possible. And she succeeded brilliantly. On June 30,...
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