Ocean Harvesters Members Ratify Strong New Agreement

Ocean Harvesters Members Ratify Strong New Agreement

Local 400 members working at Ocean Harvesters, based in Reedville, VA, have ratified a strong new collective bargaining agreement. For more than 100 years, the workers have been committed to fishing menhaden fish in a responsible manner; equally respecting the...
FRESHFARM Workers Unionize

FRESHFARM Workers Unionize

The workers who staff 28 farmers markets in the DMV area voted to unionize with UFCW Local 400 WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 8, 2023) – Today, workers at the Washington, DC-based nonprofit FRESHFARM voted to unionize with United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local...
Boar’s Head Shop Steward Serves as Special Representative

Boar’s Head Shop Steward Serves as Special Representative

Deborah Talley learned about the value of Local 400 representation the hard way. Not long after she started working at the Boar’s Head plant in Petersburg, VA, a new supervisor came on board and Deborah was assigned to train her. But then, things took a strange twist....
Leesburg Books-A-Million Workers File to Become First Unionized Store

Leesburg Books-A-Million Workers File to Become First Unionized Store

LEESBURG, Va. (November 18, 2022) – Today, workers at Books-A-Million in Leesburg, Va. announced plans to unionize with United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400. The workers organizing committee released the following statement announcing the effort: “As...