March 17, 2008

Bargaining Continues for Baltimore/DC Workers

The UFCW Local 400 & 27 Bargaining Committee met with Giant and Safeway for three days last week, and will meet with the companies Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week.

Grocery workers across the nation will be showing their support and solidarity for Local 400 and Local 27 by wearing stickers starting later this week.

Negotiations are slow. The companies are continuing to insist on “give backs” that the union considers unacceptable. The main areas of discussion, and contention, are:

• Pension Issues
• Health and Welfare Issues
• Wage Issues
• New Hire Issues
• Vendor Issues
• New Technology Issues
• Other important issues

Members are continuing to stand strong and speak together in order to achieve their goals--affordable, quality health care and a living wage for all grocery workers of Local 27 and Local 400.