Shop Steward Opens Her Home to Struggling Coworkers

Shop Steward Opens Her Home to Struggling Coworkers

It was in the Winter of 2013. The weather was brutally cold and snow was on the ground. A young woman working in the salad bar at Giant #123 in Temple Hills, Md., had fallen on hard times and lost her home. Fortunately, her shop steward was Bernadette...

Scholarships Awarded to Four Children of Local 400 Members

Four children of Local 400 members have been awarded Scholarships to help fund their college education in the 2018-2019 school year. The FELRA & UFCW Health and Welfare Scholarship Fund provides $2,500 scholarships to help cover the cost of higher education for...
Ten Safeway Employees Awarded $11,000 in Back Pay

Ten Safeway Employees Awarded $11,000 in Back Pay

Alex Falsinotti has been working at Safeway #1365 in Fairfax, Virginia for almost two years. Officially he works in the Seafood Department, but on most days whoever is scheduled to work the Meat Department leaves around 2 or 3 p.m., and Alex is forced to man both...
Local 400 Member Helps Organize Union At His Second Job

Local 400 Member Helps Organize Union At His Second Job

Two years ago, Darius Smith, a courtesy clerk at Giant #347 in Kettering, Md., was looking for a new job. He was feeling underappreciated, and he often found himself doing tasks that were not in his job description. He thought maybe he had simply gone as far as he...
How to Upgrade to a Full-Time Position at Giant, Safeway, & Shoppers

How to Upgrade to a Full-Time Position at Giant, Safeway, & Shoppers

If you want to work full-time, you should be able to. But all too often in the grocery industry, hard-working men and women aren’t getting enough hours to get by. Thanks to our union contracts, our members have the opportunity to access full-time status. In recent...