John Ruiz believes in solidarity with every fiber of his being. During our recent contract negotiations with Safeway and Giant, Safeway workers reached a tentative agreement, but Giant workers faced a looming strike vote. John took action immediately to show he and...
Contract Negotiations Update #3 Mark Your Calendars: Lipton Union Membership Meetings April 25 & 26 After another two days of negotiations with Lipton this week, we are all in high spirits. We still have a few remaining issues to work out, but we have made...
For Anita Anderson, working as an operator/trainer at the Lipton Tea factory in Suffolk, Va., could not have been more stressful. For two full years, she and her co-workers were forced to put in 12-hour shifts for 13 consecutive days before they could get a single day...
Lipton Contract Negotiations Update #2: March 3, 2017 We know that you are eager for an update on where we are with our contract negotiations, and we are pleased to report that real progress is being made. We heard your requests to share more information and that’s...
What do you want in your next union contract? In the coming weeks, we will begin negotiating our next union contract with Shoppers Food & Pharmacy. Please help us put together our proposals for the upcoming negotiations by completing our 2017 Contract Proposal...
Jibril Wallace has been working at the same Safeway in Washington, D.C. for 28 years, since she was a teenager helping her mother pay the bills. Now her income helps support her two children, ages 18 and 8. Through the years, Jibril moved up from courtesy clerk to...
