Kroger and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 400 announced Friday night the two had reached agreement on a tentative contract, averting a possible strike by more than 4,200 Kroger workers in the Mountain State. A tweet from the union said, “We did it! Kroger backed down and [...]
The possibility of a work stoppage at the largest grocery chain in West Virginia increased Friday as the two sides again failed to ratify a new contract. United Food and Commercial Workers 400 rejected the Kroger Mid-Atlantic division’s latest contract proposal, 1,551-130. The tally was nearly as lopsided — 1,490-131 [...]
Kroger employees in West Virginia are in line to see an increase in wages and benefits. Kroger Mid-Atlantic, which operates 100 stores in West Virginia and other neighboring states, announced that they would be proposing a contract offer to UFCW 400 to invest over $20 million in wage increases and [...]
With just hours to go before a strike vote, at 2:00 a.m. March 5th, members of United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 reached a collective bargaining agreement with Safeway. That agreement was overwhelmingly ratified this afternoon. The four-year contract provides pay increases above the minimum wage, maintains current [...]
Unionized Safeway workers say they won't strike after reaching a tentative agreement with the grocery store chain early Thursday morning. Union leaders say they will present details of the proposed new contract to workers at a meeting this afternoon. "These negotiations were long and unusually complex due to the difficult pension issues [...]
It looked like a strike, and sounded like a strike. But the 20 union members chanting and walking a mock picket line outside of the Bowie Safeway on Tuesday evening were actually training for a possible strike on March 5. If United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400, a [...]
A labor union that represents workers at Giant and Safeway said Wednesday that it has reached a tentative contract with Giant but is recommending Safeway workers reject that company’s offer and possibly go on strike. The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 said earlier Wednesday that more than 25,000 [...]
Giant Food is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with UFCW Locals 400 and 27. Working together with the union, we have enhanced the industry-leading compensation and benefits earned by our associates – importantly protecting healthcare and retirement – while at the same time ensuring the continued viability of [...]
Safeway and Giant workers in the D.C. area say they could announce a strike vote on Wednesday if contract negotiations with their employers do not change course. Such a move would include about 25,000 workers at more than 280 grocery stores in the region. According to UFCW Local 400, which [...]
Following weeks of demonstrations, Kroger store employees working at 39 stores in West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky voted to approve a new union contract Monday. The contract includes pay raises and preserves health care and retirement benefits, according to a spokesman for the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400. [...]