Anita Anderson: Organizing for a Better Life

For Anita Anderson, working as an operator/trainer at the Lipton Tea factory in Suffolk, Va., could not have been more stressful. For two full years, she and her co-workers were forced to put in 12-hour shifts for 13 consecutive days before they could get a single day...

Lipton Suffolk 2017 Benefits Update

Unilever Health & Welfare Plan for Hourly Employees in Suffolk, VA Unilever and UFCW Local 400 have begun the collective bargaining discussions required following the vote to unionize on 08/26/2016.  While no contract is in place between Unilever and UFCW Local...
Contract Negotiations with Lipton Progressing

Contract Negotiations with Lipton Progressing

Meetings Scheduled Through December Our first few meetings with Lipton representatives have gone very well. We are making progress and we have setup dates to continue negotiations through early December. Our talks have focused on “non-economic” parts of the contract,...
Workers at Nation’s Only Lipton Tea Factory Vote to Unionize

Workers at Nation’s Only Lipton Tea Factory Vote to Unionize

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 29, 2016 CONTACT Jonathan Williams, UFCW Local 400, jwilliams@local400.org Hundreds of workers in southeast Virginia manufacturing plant vote to unionize with UFCW Local 400 SUFFOLK, VA – Last week, nearly 200 workers at the Lipton...