UFCW Local 400 representative Robert Brown traveled to Rotterdam, Netherlands to participate in the January 24th signing of a historic Memorandum of Understanding between Lipton Teas and Infusions and the IUF global labor federation in which the company recognized its...
Zoom Informational Meetings Join us on Friday, October 15 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern or Monday, October 18 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern for a Zoom video conference call to review Lipton’s offer on our next union contract. We will review the proposed contract in detail and you will...
On July 23, 2020, Unilever officially announced that it will spin off much of its tea business into a “separate entity” and that it expects its separation to be complete by the end of 2021. This announcement comes at the end of a so-called strategic review by Unilever...
Unilever recently implemented COVID-19 health screenings of all employees entering its Lipton facility in Suffolk, Virginia. The screenings meant additional unpaid time spent at work waiting in line for the screening. But after the union filed a grievance to object to...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many UFCW Local 400-represented employers provided increased pay to essential employees. Last week, we launched a petition demanding that Lipton increase pay. Nearly 200 people signed. Today, we can report that our efforts...
