For weeks, Local 400 has urged the governors of all states in our jurisdiction, as well as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, to designate our members as “first responders,” a move that would provide priority Coronavirus testing and free child care. Now, Giant and Safeway are...
Legislation Will Protect Workers Facing Layoffs LANDOVER, MD (May 8, 2020) – Praising it as an urgently-needed step to protect workers from the impact of layoffs, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 hailed enactment of the Maryland Economic...
Requiring customers and employees to wear masks is an important step, but access to testing is critical to ensuring frontline workers are safe on the job LANDOVER, MD (April 15, 2020) – United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400, along with UFCW Local 27,...
Executive Order provides grocery and food distribution workers access to free child care services, but falls short of designating workers as “first responders” LANDOVER, MD (March 27, 2020) – United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400, which represents...
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has issued an order designating all grocery store, pharmacy, food processing and distribution workers, law enforcement officers, and nurses as “essential” personnel during this crisis. As a result of this designation, workers in these...
