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Bakers Local 114

Collective bargaining

Second contract ratified at Grand Central

The new three-year agreement raises wages and modifies an attendance policy workers felt was unnecessarily harsh.
Collective bargaining

Franz and Bakers union far apart in bargaining

If there’s no movement from the employer at a July 10 negotiation session, Local 114 may consider scheduling a strike vote.
Union democracy

Fast rise at Bakers Local 114

Taylor Almond was a newborn on her first visit to the Bakers Local 114 office. On March 22, age 29, she was appointed the local’s top officer. 
Jobs

FTC sues to stop Kroger-Albertsons merger

In court filings the antitrust agency says letting the two giants join would harm union grocery workers in particular.
Collective bargaining

Safeway bargaining lasts two years … for six bakers

Safeway demanded separate agreements after three new units voted in 2021 to join Local 114. Then Safeway stalled negotiations.
In Memoriam

Noel E. Johnson, 1934-2023

He joined Bakers Local 114 in 1952, and led the union as executive secretary-treasurer for a decade before his retirement in 1992.
Workers Rights

Workers sue Fred Meyer for unpaid wages

Kroger is planning to buy competitor Albertsons for $24.6 billion. But the grocery monolith can’t seem to find the cash to pay its workers.
Workers Rights

Union-busting bakery pays $580k to settle overtime case

Workers sometimes win when they raise the union banner, even when they lose the union.
Collective bargaining

Workers at Grand Central Baking ratify their first union contract

In its first contract with Bakers Local 114, the wholesale bakery will pay overtime after 8.5 hours and raise wages 8% over three years.
Union democracy

Bakers Local 114 members reelect officers to new term

Local 114 represents 1,160 workers at wholesale bakeries and at Kroger, Safeway and Albertson’s who decorate cakes or bake from scratch.
Jobs

On the job with Bakers Local 114

Bite into a burger at any Portland-area Wendy’s or Burger King, and there’s a one in three chance the bun began with Mario Aldaco.
In Memoriam

Nancy Milner, 1951-2020

The Bakers union activist and former AWPPW member died after long bout with cancer.
Workers Rights

Is Grand Central Baking getting ready to fire union supporters?

A wholesale bakery manager quit after being told to target union supporters for discipline.
Union Organizing

Grand Central Bakery workers join union

Despite appeals from the CEO, workers at the Portland wholesale bakery voted 29-9 to be union-represented.
Union Organizing

Union campaign goes public at Grand Central Bakery

Workers at the company's Northwest Portland wholesale bakery want to join Bakers Local 114.
People

Terry Lansing retires after 14 years at the helm of Bakers Local 114

Lansing retired Dec. 2 after a lifetime of involvement in the labor movement.
Building our communities

Union members at Franz Bakery support MLK day of service.

Staffed by union volunteers, a Franz Bakery truck served free grilled cheese sandwiches at O'Bryant Square in downtown Portland.
Union democracy

Bakers Local 114 elections

Local 114 represents about 1,150 workers at the Franz, Kroger, Safeway and Bimbo/Oroweat wholesale bakeries as well as bakery workers in grocery stores.
Union Organizing

Portland caterer signs contract with Bakers Local 114

The newly unionized company has frequently catered union events.
Multnomah County

Labor Council takes stand against soda tax initiative

The Labor Council is discouraging union members from signing the initiative petitions.
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