Join Us for the Roanoke Labor Day Parade

Join Us for the Roanoke Labor Day Parade

Join us for the  2016 Roanoke Labor Day Parade! Saturday, September 3, 2016 Parade @ 11:00 am (Rain Date: Sunday September 4th) Lineup at 3rd street SW and Campbell Ave SW Downtown Roanoke Learn more at RoanokeLaborDay.com Print the...
Meet the Winner of This Month’s Active Ballot Club Drawing

Meet the Winner of This Month’s Active Ballot Club Drawing

Kroger member Christopher Hurd from store 209 in Roanoke, Virginia is the most recent winner of our monthly Active Ballot Club drawing! “I believe that the union should have some help not only from what we normally do, but also since they help us we should help them a...
Member Spotlight: Rick Howell, Union Through And Through

Member Spotlight: Rick Howell, Union Through And Through

When Rick Howell started working at Kroger nine years ago, no one had to tell him why he should join Local 400. Rick’s father worked at Rubatex in Bedford, Va., where he was a proud member of the United Rubber Workers (now part of the United Steelworkers). “He took me...
Lucky Member Wins Active Ballot Club Drawing

Lucky Member Wins Active Ballot Club Drawing

All across the country, corporations and the ultra-wealthy are funneling unprecedented amounts of money into our political system. Their goal is to create an unbalanced and unfair economy where wages are as low as possible and profits replace respect for the workers...
New Contract Ratified, But We Must Keep Fighting

New Contract Ratified, But We Must Keep Fighting

Bargaining Update #10 This week, we voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with Kroger. The new contract takes effect immediately and extends for the next four years, through June 6, 2020. By standing united, we won several improvements over our last...