Save Six People’s Lives After Boat Catches Fire Members of Local 400 working on the Omega Protein fishing boat Smuggler’s Point recently rescued six people whose boat had caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast near the Maryland/Virginia line. The boat and its...
On July 23, 2020, Unilever officially announced that it will spin off much of its tea business into a “separate entity” and that it expects its separation to be complete by the end of 2021. This announcement comes at the end of a so-called strategic review by Unilever...
Eighteen members of the Virginia General Assembly signed letters to Giant & Safeway calling on both companies to reinstate hazard pay for workers on the frontlines of the pandemic. The letters, organized by Delegate Hala Alaya (House District 51), explained the...
The Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board will be meeting on June 24, 2020 to discuss proposed regulations that, if enacted, could make workplaces much safer for grocery, food and meat processing, and health care workers in Virginia. The board has invited the public...
Requiring customers to wear masks is an important step, but access to testing is critical to ensuring frontline workers are safe on the job RICHMOND, VA (May 26, 2020) – United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400, which represent thousands of union workers...
