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Bakers Local 114
Collective bargaining
Cake decorators appeal for help with contract
Portland-based Local 114 is calling for the same raises Safeway/Albertsons gave to grocery workers, but thus far the company has declined.
Collective bargaining
New contract at last at Safeway bakery
The contract with Bakers Local 114 raises wages $4.50 an hour for workers who produce house brand bread and buns sold in local Safeway stores.
Collective bargaining
Cake decorators on track to make $25.03
The three-year deals set terms of work at Fred Meyer and QFC.
Collective bargaining
Portland grain millers get raises of 17% in new BCGTM contract
Grain millers in North Portland celebrate a contract boosting wages up to $30.77 an hour, with raises retroactive to May 2025.
Jobs
Albertsons set to close Bridlemile store
A Portland Albertsons will close July 1, resulting in layoffs for workers represented by UFCW Local 555 and Bakers Local 114.
Workers Rights
Jury orders $345,000 damages in Franz Bakery sex harassment case
Reading the legal complaint and the sworn depositions, the Springfield bakery sounds like something out of the 1970s.
Collective bargaining
Springfield Franz Bakery strike ends in deal
The new contract gives Bakers Local 114 members an immediate $2.50 per hour raise, with $1 raises in years two and three.
Collective bargaining
Strike at Franz bakery in Springfield
Roughly 180 members of Bakers Local 114 at the Franz Bakery in Springfield have been on strike since Oct. 31.
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.
