Save the Date! Kroger West Virginia Contract Meetings

Save the Date! Kroger West Virginia Contract Meetings

What do you want in your next Kroger contract? Join us for an upcoming union contract meeting to help us to shape our strategy and prioritize our goals for contract negotiations. Your input will help us put together proposals well in advance of the actual contract...
Lipton Tea Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify First Union Contract

Lipton Tea Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify First Union Contract

Workers from the nation’s only Lipton tea plant voted overwhelmingly to approve their first union contract at a mass meeting in Suffolk on Monday, July 24, 2017. This represents the first time in the history of the plant when workers were given the opportunity to vote...
Shoppers Negotiations Progressing Slowly

Shoppers Negotiations Progressing Slowly

Contract Negotiations Update #6 Federal Mediator Called In We spent the last week in talks with Supervalu representatives, but negotiations over our next contract at Shoppers continue to progress slowly. To help move things along, we called in a federal mediator. The...
Lipton Update: Tentative Agreement Reached!

Lipton Update: Tentative Agreement Reached!

CORRECTION: Contract Ratification Vote July 24* Contract Negotiations Update #8 On August 26, 2016 we took a leap of faith together and decided that it was time to have a union. We joined the campaign at different times and for different reasons but our collective...
Shoppers Contract Extended, Negotiations to Continue July 17

Shoppers Contract Extended, Negotiations to Continue July 17

Contract Negotiations Update #5 We have agreed to extend our current collective bargaining agreement through August 31, 2017. This means that all of the terms and conditions of the current contract remain in full effect until that date. As part of this extension,...
United for a Fair Contract at Shoppers

United for a Fair Contract at Shoppers

Contract Negotiations Update #4 We spent this week in negotiations with Supervalu on our next union contract at Shoppers. Progress has been slow, but as always, we would rather slowly get it right than quickly get it wrong. When we were not in contract talks with...