Federal Mediator Called In to Giant & Safeway Contract Negotiations

Federal Mediator Called In to Giant & Safeway Contract Negotiations

We are approaching the expiration date of our current contracts at Giant & Safeway on Saturday, October 26 and talks have been very difficult. Given the unusual complexity of our negotiations, particularly around securing our pension benefits, we have called in a...
Giant & Safeway Negotiations Stalled, It’s Time to Get Serious

Giant & Safeway Negotiations Stalled, It’s Time to Get Serious

With our contracts at Giant and Safeway expiring in only nine days, and after 20 days of negotiations, we remain far apart on nearly every single issue. We have made proposals to provide wages we can live on, schedules we can depend on, healthcare we can afford and a...
Local 400 President Demands Answers on Future of Shoppers

Local 400 President Demands Answers on Future of Shoppers

Once again, UNFI the owners of have chosen to share partial information with reporters and investors about the future of Shoppers Food & Pharmacy while leaving our union and the hardworking members who work at Shoppers in the dark. Today, UFCW Local 400 President...
Meet the Team Negotiating Our Next Contracts at Giant & Safeway

Meet the Team Negotiating Our Next Contracts at Giant & Safeway

Introducing the 2019 Bargaining Committee! We are the team of store associates that will negotiate our next union contracts with Giant Food and Safeway. Phillip Contee, Safeway #4872 Rick Cooper, Giant #327 Charlene Haley, Safeway #2616 Frank Lassory, Giant #334...
Kroger Member Wins Back Pay, Gets Job Back After Year-Long Suspension

Kroger Member Wins Back Pay, Gets Job Back After Year-Long Suspension

For Local 400 member Claudia McCann, it was a year that seemingly had no end—until an arbitration won her job back and $34,485 in back pay. It all started with words. Claudia and a co-worker got into an argument—behind closed doors, not on the floor of Kroger #532 in...