Kroger & Giant Agree to Limit Customers in Stores

Kroger & Giant Agree to Limit Customers in Stores

Kroger and Giant Food have agreed to place limits on the number of customers permitted in stores at the same time, along with other enhanced safety measures. Giant will limit the number of customers in stores at a given time to 20% of the store’s capacity (as defined...
Coronavirus Testing Free Through Union Health & Welfare Funds

Coronavirus Testing Free Through Union Health & Welfare Funds

Our union has negotiated changes to our Health & Welfare plans at several employers to ensure all testing and diagnostic services related to COVID-19 are free at no cost to you (including deductibles, co-payments and co-premiums). If you work at one of the...
Live Updates: New Policies in Effect at Giant, Kroger, Safeway & Shoppers

As Other Businesses Close, Union Grocery Stores are Hiring

The Coronavirus pandemic is not only an unprecedented public health threat — it is having a devastating impact on many people’s jobs, especially in the retail, travel and restaurant industries. Meanwhile, grocery stores are all staying open even as so many other...
Safeway Workers Approve Strong New Contract, Avoid Strike

Safeway Workers Approve Strong New Contract, Avoid Strike

Hours Before Planned Strike Vote, Safeway Workers and Company Reach Deal to Strengthen Pay, Protect Healthcare and Pension OXON HILL, Md., March 5, 2020 — With just hours to go before a strike vote, at 2:00 a.m. March 5th, members of United Food & Commercial...