Mar 16, 2016
An important message from President Mark Federici: By now many of you may have heard about the potential sale of some Giant stores as a result of the Ahold/Delhaize merger. The stores that will be offered for potential sale are: Giant 338, 7025 Berry Rd, Accokeek, MD...
Mar 7, 2016
Long before she became a shop steward, Bertha McKiver was helping her Local 400 sisters and brothers. Currently the bakery manager at Giant #783 in Burke, Va., Bertha spent many of her 24 years at the company helping to solve her co-workers’ problems. Whether they had...
Mar 7, 2016
Will the company share the wealth with workers who produced it? Kroger earned $2.4 billion in profits in 2015, setting an all-time record for the prosperous company and putting the lie to its bargaining-table cries of poverty. The largest traditional grocery chain in...
Mar 2, 2016
Mary Little doesn’t take no for an answer. Whether at her store—Kroger #408 in Lynchburg, Va.—or two dozen others, she organizes relentlessly, signing up new members right and left. “I tell ‘em straight up the benefits of being in our union,” she said. “It’s important...
Mar 2, 2016
This week, we began negotiating our new contract with Kroger in Roanoke, Virginia. Your collective bargaining contract with Kroger covers important aspects of your employment, including wages, schedules, and benefits. The current contract expires April 2, 2016, and we...