Rally to Announce Strike Vote at Giant & Safeway 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 19, 2020Safeway #2892, 1100 4th St SW, Washington, DC After five months of negotiations with Giant & Safeway, we are still not close to a deal on a new union contract. Both...
Part of the strength of being in a politically active union are the powerful allies we have to support our members in times of need. Last week, that strength was demonstrated when all four senators from Maryland and Virginia penned letters to Giant & Safeway in...
Through five months of negotiations, we’ve made it clear again and again with our actions and words that we will not accept a second-rate contract. Unfortunately, Giant and Safeway still don’t get it. We have bargained in good faith only to have the companies reduce...
Since the new year, we have had three weeks of negotiations with Giant & Safeway and we remain far apart on nearly every single issue. These negotiations have been difficult, complicated, and frustrating. The reality is that in the last year, negotiations between...
This post has been updated to include instructions for filling out paperwork for Shoppers members who were unable to attend a meeting. We have reached an agreement with UNFI on a compensation package for Shoppers employees affected by store closures. We have explained...
After several more weeks of hard bargaining, a federal mediator urged both sides to take a cooling off period until the new year. We remain far apart from both Giant and Safeway on all of our priority issues and we still do not have an agreement that we can recommend....
