September 17, 2026
Kroger has agreed to stop asking the National Labor Relations Board's Baltimore office to test whether a United Food & Commercial Workers local still has majority support at a Virginia Beach store, the local told a Maryland federal judge Thursday, dropping litigation that aimed to force the company to stop.
August 13, 2026
A United Food and Commercial Workers local asked a Maryland federal court to compel Kroger to withdraw a representation election petition it filed with the National Labor Relations Board, arguing that the grocery chain must follow the grievance and arbitration procedures in its bargained-for agreement with the union.