After Giant Food announced plans to cancel its 10% “recognition pay” increase after this week, United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 and UFCW Local 27, the unions representing Giant store associates, called on the company to extend the temporary pay increase until the end of this crisis. Click here to sign the petition. “Our members have heroically served on the frontlines throughout this crisis, and with no vaccine in sight, they will have to continue to do so for quite some time,” said UFCW Local 400 President Mark Federici. “Whether you call it ‘recognition pay’ or ‘hero pay’ or ‘thank you pay,’ the bottom line is this: so long as these workers continue to face danger every day, they should be compensated for taking that risk.” Stop & Shop, another grocery chain owned by Giant’s parent company Ahold Delhaize, agreed to extend its 10% pay increase through July 4 after more than 10,000 workers and supporters signed a petition. “There is no reason Giant can’t do the same,” said Federici.