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...
Safeway Takes Over Shoppers Store Slated for Closing

Safeway Takes Over Shoppers Store Slated for Closing

Union Ensures Members Keep Their Jobs, Pay, Benefits, Seniority Local 400 members who were working at the Shoppers at Fair City Mall in Fairfax, VA, are now Safeway employees with same pay and benefits working at the same location. That’s because when Shoppers’ parent...
Kaiser National Agreement Ratification Vote – December 8

Kaiser National Agreement Ratification Vote – December 8

Negotiations for a new national agreement have recently concluded between United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 400 along with other unions as members of the Alliance of Health Care Union and Kaiser Permanente. Based on COVID-19 best practices we will be...
Alliance Reaches Tentative Agreement with Kaiser Permanente

Alliance Reaches Tentative Agreement with Kaiser Permanente

Our Tentative Agreement includes wage increases and wage justice, major staffing improvements, and two-tier is defeated. Our bargaining team never forgot that our members faced a year and a half of the COVID pandemic, working in the most challenging circumstances...
Nov 16-17: DanChem Informational Meeting & Contract Vote

Nov 16-17: DanChem Informational Meeting & Contract Vote

Negotiations on our new union contract at DanChem Inc. have concluded and we are ready to present detailed proposals for a vote. The current COVID-19 pandemic makes it impossible for us to have a traditional contract meeting. Voting will take place on site at DanChem...