Sep 11, 2020
Jacqueline Echavarria, a 22-year Local 400 member who works as a cashier at the Petworth Safeway, was selected as one of the three Biden-Harris campaign delegates to the Electoral College from the District of Columbia. With Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala...
Apr 9, 2020
Union praises move as a ‘first step’ but calls for more specific measures to be taken and for grocery workers to be designated ‘first responders’ to access free testing for COVID-19 WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 9, 2020) – UFCW Local 400, the union representing thousands of...
Apr 3, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC (April 3, 2020) – The following statement from UFCW Local 400 is in response to Mayor Bowser’s comments today regarding designating grocery workers as first responders during this crisis: “We understand that there is a nationwide shortage of personal...
Apr 3, 2020
Councilmembers support declaration to provide free testing, treatment and protective equipment to grocery workers on the frontlines of crisis WASHINGTON, DC (April 3, 2020) – Several members of the D.C. Council are calling on Mayor Bowser to declare grocery, pharmacy,...
Apr 2, 2020
Following COVID-19 cases confirmed at area grocery stores, union demands widespread testing and more protection for workers on the frontlines WASHINGTON, DC (April 2, 2020) – Following news of the first confirmed COVID-19 cases in several area grocery stores, UFCW...
