When Rick Howell started working at Kroger nine years ago, no one had to tell him why he should join Local 400. Rick’s father worked at Rubatex in Bedford, Va., where he was a proud member of the United Rubber Workers (now part of the United Steelworkers). “He took me...
All across the country, corporations and the ultra-wealthy are funneling unprecedented amounts of money into our political system. Their goal is to create an unbalanced and unfair economy where wages are as low as possible and profits replace respect for the workers...
After 15 years with Local 400, and 20 years with UFCW, longtime union representative Loyd Baker retired last week. He spent his last day doing exactly what he’s done so well for all these years – supporting our members. Loyd spent the day on the picket line with CWA...
All across the country, corporations and the ultra-wealthy are funneling unprecedented amounts of money into our political system. Their goal is to create an unbalanced and unfair economy where wages are as low as possible and profits replace respect for the workers...
Long before she became a shop steward, Bertha McKiver was helping her Local 400 sisters and brothers. Currently the bakery manager at Giant #783 in Burke, Va., Bertha spent many of her 24 years at the company helping to solve her co-workers’ problems. Whether they had...
Mary Little doesn’t take no for an answer. Whether at her store—Kroger #408 in Lynchburg, Va.—or two dozen others, she organizes relentlessly, signing up new members right and left. “I tell ‘em straight up the benefits of being in our union,” she said. “It’s important...
