Union Statement on Closure of White Flint Plaza Shoppers

Union Statement on Closure of White Flint Plaza Shoppers

Union commits to hold UNFI accountable for store closures and host a Resource Fair for affected workers on January 11, 2020 LANDOVER, MD (December 19, 2019) – Today, Shoppers informed employees at the White Flint Plaza store that the store will close by January 16,...
Shoppers Rally & Press Conference December 17th

Shoppers Rally & Press Conference December 17th

Join us for a rally and press conference in front of the store to address the recent store closure and sale announcements from Shoppers’ parent company, UNFI. Elected officials and community supporters will be joining us to call on UNFI to do the right thing for its...
Meetings with UNFI Scheduled to Address Shoppers Store Closings

Meetings with UNFI Scheduled to Address Shoppers Store Closings

Last week, we learned that 17 Shoppers stores will be sold or closed in the coming weeks. The 26 remaining stores will stay up for sale and UNFI has indicated that they plan on selling or closing all of them in the coming months.  For the last year, we have campaigned...
Contentious Bargaining with Giant & Safeway Leads Mediator to Urge Cooling Off Period

Giant & Safeway Contract Negotiations to Continue

A joint statement from UFCW Local 400 & UFCW Local 27: Through 13 weeks of negotiations, six weeks of working on an extended contract, and dozens of protests involving thousands of members, we’ve made it clear that we will not accept a second-rate contract and we...