Keep the Pressure On for a Fair Contract at Shoppers

Keep the Pressure On for a Fair Contract at Shoppers

After more than two years of back-and-forth with UNFI corporate executives, we remain without a contract at Shoppers. It wasn’t until we announced our first protest on July 20th that UNFI started to respond. Enough is enough, we won’t let up until we get the fair...
Shoppers Food Grocery Workers Plan Protest to Save Benefits

Shoppers Food Grocery Workers Plan Protest to Save Benefits

With funding running out, health care and retirement benefits for 1,200 of essential workers are in jeopardy LANDOVER, Md. (July 13, 2022) – Union workers at Shoppers grocery stores are planning a rally to save their health care and retirement benefits. At least 1,200...
Annapolis Police Ratify New Union Contract with 19% Raise

Annapolis Police Ratify New Union Contract with 19% Raise

Last week, Local 400 members at the Annapolis Police Department voted unanimously to ratify a new union contract. The two-year agreement increases starting salaries to $60,000 and provides a 19% pay boost over the life of the contract. Juneteenth was also added as an...
Bodo’s Bagels Workers Seek to Unionize

Bodo’s Bagels Workers Seek to Unionize

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (May 10, 2022) – A majority of employees at the “Corner” Bodo’s Bagels location in Charlottesville are seeking to unionize with the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400. On Wednesday afternoon, the workers will be joined by local...
Politics and Prose Becomes First Unionized Bookstore in DC

Politics and Prose Becomes First Unionized Bookstore in DC

A joint announcement by Politics and Prose and UFCW Local 400: We are pleased to announce that Politics and Prose and UFCW Local 400 have reached agreement on the scope of a bargaining unit at P&P, and the union has now been formally recognized as the collective...