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Local 400 Activists Stand In Solidarity with Verizon Wireless Workers
On Saturday, March 19, Members of UFCW Local 400 were proud to join our brothers and sisters in the Communications Workers of America (CWA), Local 2204, at an informational picket at a Verizon Wireless store in Salem, Va. CWA represents Verizon Wireless workers only...
Community Has Our Back: An Update on Kroger Bargaining
This week, we were joined by Ed Woodard, pastor of the Central Church of the Brethren in Roanoke. He brought words of support from the community, “We stand with you. You are on the winning side,” he explained. We know the community has our backs if we need to call on...
Lucky Member Wins $250 Gift Card in Active Ballot Club Drawing
All across the country, corporations and the ultra-wealthy are funneling unprecedented amounts of money into our political system. Their goal is to create an unbalanced and unfair economy where wages are as low as possible and profits replace respect for the workers...
Potential Sale of Some Giant Stores as Result of Ahold/Delhaize Merger
An important message from President Mark Federici: By now many of you may have heard about the potential sale of some Giant stores as a result of the Ahold/Delhaize merger. The stores that will be offered for potential sale are: Giant 338, 7025 Berry Rd, Accokeek, MD...
Stop & Shop Workers Announce New Actions in Campaign for Fair Contract
Fight for a fair deal at Stop & Shop intensifies as profitable company demands cuts to grocery workers’ benefits With negotiations continuing to drag on, 35,000 hardworking men and women at Stop & Shop stores in New...
Bertha McKiver: Helping Her Sisters and Brothers
Long before she became a shop steward, Bertha McKiver was helping her Local 400 sisters and brothers. Currently the bakery manager at Giant #783 in Burke, Va., Bertha spent many of her 24 years at the company helping to solve her co-workers’ problems. Whether they had...
As Negotiations Open in Roanoke, Kroger Reports Record Profits
Will the company share the wealth with workers who produced it? Kroger earned $2.4 billion in profits in 2015, setting an all-time record for the prosperous company and putting the lie to its bargaining-table cries of poverty. The largest traditional grocery chain in...
Local 400 Endorses Glenn Ivey for Congress in Maryland’s Fourth District
LANDOVER, MD – Today, Local 400 of the United Food & Commercial Workers officially endorsed Glenn Ivey for Maryland’s 4th Congressional District. Mark Federici, President of UFCW Local 400, issued the following statement regarding the endorsement: "Glenn Ivey has,...
Here’s the Latest on Stop & Shop Bargaining in New England
Right now, 35,000 hardworking men and women in New England are bargaining a new contract with Stop & Shop, a subsidiary of Ahold, which also owns Giant Foods. The following update on the bargaining process was shared today by our UFCW brothers and sisters in New...
Why Join a Union? You Don’t Have to Listen to Her for Long Before You’re Convinced
Mary Little doesn’t take no for an answer. Whether at her store—Kroger #408 in Lynchburg, Va.—or two dozen others, she organizes relentlessly, signing up new members right and left. “I tell ‘em straight up the benefits of being in our union,” she said. “It’s important...
Roanoke Contract Negotiations with Kroger Open This Week
This week, we began negotiating our new contract with Kroger in Roanoke, Virginia. Your collective bargaining contract with Kroger covers important aspects of your employment, including wages, schedules, and benefits. The current contract expires April 2, 2016, and we...
United for a Fair Deal at Stop & Shop
In an unprecedented display of solidarity, 35,000 Stop & Shop workers in New England, represented by five UFCW locals, have come together to strengthen their position at the bargaining table. Bargaining committees from UFCW...
This Special Election Could Change the Future of Kentucky
A special election in northeastern Kentucky could impact countless working families throughout the state On March 8, Kentucky is holding a special election for the state’s House District 98, located in the northeastern part of the state. The district includes Ashland...
An Entire Second Grade Class Was “Adopted” by This Boar’s Head Worker
Member Spotlight: William Ivey, Community Leader When William Ivey says, “We try to give back to the community,” he’s not kidding. A Local 400 member working as a sanitation specialist at Boar’s Head in Jarratt, Va., for the past 12 years, Billy goes far above and...
Here’s How You Can Help New England Stop & Shop Workers
A message to all our Giant Food members & their families, from three UFCW locals Right now, more than 35,000 UFCW members in New England – represented by five locals – are engaged in contract negotiations with the Stop & Shop, a subsidiary of Giant’s parent...
New Office Opens in Harrisonburg to Packed House
On Sunday, we were proud to open a new office space in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The community greeted us with more than sixty attendees – and food for another 150! The attendees reflected the increasingly diverse constituencies of the surrounding region, which included...
Kroger Shop Steward Saves Truck Driver’s Life
Widower Hailed as Hero by Bruce Kozarsky, Union Leader Editor It started out as a typical day for Adam Carter Peak, head meat cutter and Local 400 shop steward at Kroger #406 in Appomattox, Va. But then, all of a sudden, his store manager ran in and told him to get...
“Right to Work” Rammed Down Throat Of West Virginia Workers
2016 Elections Are Opportunity to Reverse This Travesty Last week, the West Virginia legislature voted to override Governor Tomblin’s veto to pass a “right to work” law. The state is now the 26th in the nation to enact such legislation, despite a lack of bipartisan...
UFCW Local 400 Condemns Passage of “Right to Work” in West Virginia
CHARLESTON, WV – In a partisan vote, today the the West Virginia legislature voted to override Governor Tomblin’s veto of the “Workplace Freedom Act,” commonly known as “right to work.” Mark Federici, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400,...
How You Can Help Stop “Right To Work” Before It’s Too Late
Last week, the West Virginia state legislature passed the deceptive, controversial “right to work” bill in a partisan vote. Instead of listening to hardworking men and women that live, work, and vote in West Virginia, the state legislature chose to bow to pressure...
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