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...
We’re Fired Up & Ready for a Fair Contract at Giant & Safeway!

We’re Fired Up & Ready for a Fair Contract at Giant & Safeway!

On September 12, 2019 – before negotiations on our next contract even began – we held a powerful Rally for a Fair Contract that made it clear to both companies that we will do whatever it takes for a fair deal. Read our recap of the rally and view photos on the UFCW...
Sep 12: Rally for a Fair Contract at Giant & Safeway

Sep 12: Rally for a Fair Contract at Giant & Safeway

Are you ready to fight for a fair contract at Giant & Safeway? Are you sick of your store being understaffed? Not getting enough hours? Being asked to do two jobs for the price of one? Negotiations with Giant & Safeway on our next union contract will begin in...
Safeway Undermined by Private Equity Plunderers

Safeway Undermined by Private Equity Plunderers

How Cerberus Capital Management Threatens the Future of Safeway As Local 400 members prepare for bargaining with Safeway (as well as Giant) as part of the 2019 negotiations, one factor looms as perhaps the greatest obstacle we face: the toxic impact of private equity...

Safeway Stocker Reinstated with Back Pay After Wrongful Suspension

“They threw me under the bus.” Fortunately for Local 400 member Eric Jarrett, that wasn’t the end of the story. Eric works as an overnight stocker at Safeway #1019 in Alexandria, Virginia. His store is one of the few locations that is supposed to be open 24 hours. But...