Mar 14, 2026
On March 4, UFCW Local 400 members working at Boar’s Head facilities in Jarratt and Petersburg, Va. voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new union contract. The four-year agreement adds the day after Thanksgiving as an additional holiday, maintains affordable...
Sep 23, 2024
Following the announcement that Boar’s Head is closing its Jarratt, Va. plant indefinitely, we are working to help provide our members facing layoffs with the support services they need to get back on their feet. There are two upcoming job fairs available to...
Sep 13, 2024
JARRATT, Va. (September 13, 2024) – Today, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 Union, which represents workers at Boar’s Head in Jarratt, Va., released the following statement regarding the company’s decision to close the plant indefinitely in the wake of a...
Jun 24, 2024
As we negotiate our next Boar’s Head union contract, please help us put together our proposals for the negotiations by completing our 2024 Contract Survey. Your responses will help us fight hardest for the things you and other members want most. Please take a...
Feb 8, 2023
Deborah Talley learned about the value of Local 400 representation the hard way. Not long after she started working at the Boar’s Head plant in Petersburg, VA, a new supervisor came on board and Deborah was assigned to train her. But then, things took a strange twist....
