Settlement Reached with Kroger to Avoid Health Care Cuts

Good news! Kroger has backed off their proposed cuts and our health care benefits remain fully funded and secure.

MOM’s Organic Market Faces New Charges for Discrimination Against Union Workers

The new charges come only a month after a federal Labor Board settlement against the company for previous discrimination.

Solenis Tablet Plant Members Win 43% Raise

The agreement covers 72 workers and includes a 42.8% wage increase across the board, followed by 2.5% raises every year for the following three years.

Kroger Roanoke Contract Survey Now Open

Take a moment to complete our Contract Survey ahead of negotiations on our next union contract.

Local 400 Rep Raises Money to Help Union Members in Need

Our very own Linnette Floyd put together an outstanding team and raised more than $1,100 for the 2025 Bowling for Gold charity tournament.

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Sep 27: DanChem Technologies Membership Meeting

Sep 27: DanChem Technologies Membership Meeting

On Thursday, September 27, we will be hosting a union meeting for members working at DanChem Technologies to prepare for upcoming negotiations on our new contract. We need your help to shape our strategy and prioritize our goals for negotiations. Your input will help...

Hundreds of Kroger Associates Win $90,000 Settlement in West Virginia

Hundreds of Kroger Associates Win $90,000 Settlement in West Virginia

Hundreds of Local 400 members are about to receive back pay checks after winning a $90,000 settlement against Kroger, following a grievance against the company over lengthy delays in implementing raises provided for under the terms of their contract. Kroger members in...

Scholarships Awarded to Four Children of Local 400 Members

Four children of Local 400 members have been awarded Scholarships to help fund their college education in the 2018-2019 school year. The FELRA & UFCW Health and Welfare Scholarship Fund provides $2,500 scholarships to help cover the cost of higher education for...

September 11: Kroger Richmond-Tidewater Contract Meeting

September 11: Kroger Richmond-Tidewater Contract Meeting

Be There to Vote on Your Next Contract We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Kroger that we are prepared to recommend for ratification. The offer provides better pay and maintains affordable healthcare. On Tuesday, September 11,...

Clinton Healthcare Center Workers Awarded $1,500 in Back Pay

Clinton Healthcare Center Workers Awarded $1,500 in Back Pay

Like most Local 400 members, the contract covering employees at the Clinton Healthcare Center in Clinton, Md., requires scheduling to be based on seniority. Workers with the most seniority are scheduled for 10 days in each two week period, and those with less tenure...

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...

Kroger Tentative Agreement Reached

Kroger Tentative Agreement Reached

We are pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement with Kroger on a new contract that we are prepared to recommend for ratification. The offer provides better pay and maintains affordable healthcare. We are arranging membership meetings to vote on...

West Virginia Shop Steward Hosts His Own Union Meetings at Home

West Virginia Shop Steward Hosts His Own Union Meetings at Home

Jim Logan has been a Kroger employee and union member in West Virginia for 42 years. He lives in Caldwell and works in Fairlea, but to people who don’t live there, it’s all Lewisburg – the town with a population of around 3,800 that was named “the coolest small town...

Ten Safeway Employees Awarded $11,000 in Back Pay

Ten Safeway Employees Awarded $11,000 in Back Pay

Alex Falsinotti has been working at Safeway #1365 in Fairfax, Virginia for almost two years. Officially he works in the Seafood Department, but on most days whoever is scheduled to work the Meat Department leaves around 2 or 3 p.m., and Alex is forced to man both...

Kroger Contract Extended to August 16

Kroger Contract Extended to August 16

Negotiations with Kroger on our next union contract are still ongoing. We agreed to extend our current contract until August 16, 2018. All of the protections and benefits of your current union contract remain in effect. We will not be rushed into a bad deal. Our goal...

Kroger Is Succeeding, Why Aren’t We?

  During the four years since our last contract, we have helped Kroger succeed and grow in both Richmond and Tidewater. It is our hard work that brings in customers and keeps them coming back. With that in mind, we went in to this round of contract negotiations...

Shoppers Members – What the SuperValu Sale Means For You

As many of you likely saw and heard yesterday, SuperValu, parent company of Shopper’s Food and Pharmacy, announced that it is being acquired by UNFI (United Natural Foods, Inc.) for around $2.9 billion. Based on the information that has been shared by the companies so...

Kroger Richmond/Tidewater Bargaining Update: Do You Need More Hours?

  As bargaining for our new contract continues, we are working hard at the negotiating table on the three things we know we deserve and have earned: better pay, affordable health care, and respect for our union. At the same time, we know that in order to take...

Montgomery General Workers Prevent Major Cuts With New Union Contract

Montgomery General Workers Prevent Major Cuts With New Union Contract

Local 400 members working at the Montgomery General Elderly Care Center in Montgomery, W.Va. recently ratified a strong new union contract after months of difficult, rancorous negotiations. At the start of negotiations, management presented a list of 34 takeaway...

Dr. Pepper Workers Win Major Wage Increases in New Union Contract

Dr. Pepper Workers Win Major Wage Increases in New Union Contract

Local 400 members working at the Dr. Pepper plants in Fairmont, West Virginia, and Belpre, Ohio, recently ratified a new union contract that includes the largest wage increases since the facility was organized. Warehouse workers will receive as much as $3.50/hour more...

Peapod Stocker Awarded Back Pay After Being Unjustly Disciplined

Peapod Stocker Awarded Back Pay After Being Unjustly Disciplined

Marcia Williams’ husband calls her every day during her 30-minute break, just to check in and see how her day is going. “Because he loves me,” she says. Marcia has worked as a stocker for Peapod for almost three years and according to shop rules, she’s allowed to have...

Aug 18: “Labor Day” at Appalachian Power Park

Aug 18: “Labor Day” at Appalachian Power Park

Free Game Tickets for Union Members & Their Families! Join us for "Labor Day" at Appalachian Power Park on Saturday, August 18. Free game tickets are available for union members and their families (four tickets per family). 2:00 p.m. Tailgate Charleston Building...

Kroger Agrees to Allow Employees to Transfer to New Store

Kroger Agrees to Allow Employees to Transfer to New Store

We are pleased to announce that Kroger has agreed to allow all interested associates at store #536 in Norfolk to transfer to the former Farm Fresh across the street if and when it reopens as a Kroger store. If you refused to be silent, if you signed a petition, if...

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