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Jobs

Kroger-Albertsons merger collapses

Kroger’s costly effort to buy Albertsons fell apart when not one but two judges blocked the grocery merger. Now Albertsons is suing Kroger.
Jobs

Kroger/Albertsons merger on trial

Kroger and Albertsons are the big fish that swallowed up almost all other grocery competitors. Now Kroger proposes to swallow Albertsons.
Collective bargaining

UFCW Local 555 strikes Portland-area Fred Meyer stores

The union is now calling on customers to take part in a general boycott of Fred Meyer.
Jobs

Kroger-Albertsons merger about to hit headwinds

The merger will have to get past four separate judges in the next two months. There are signs that investors don't think it will happen.
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.
Jobs

Washington AG sues to block Kroger-Albertsons merger

More than half of Washington supermarkets are either Kroger or Albertsons owned. The merger would eliminate head-to-head competition.
Jobs

Decision nears on Kroger-Albertsons merger

If Biden’s FTC approves it, a combination of Kroger and Albertsons would create a near-monopoly. The two of them own 40 grocery chains in all.
Workers Rights

Fred Meyer: payroll problems are widespread

The payroll problems began to emerge in October 2022, just after the company implemented a new payroll system known as “MyTime.”
Jobs

Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend moves forward

Attorneys general are concerned the dividend could cripple Albertsons at the same time regulators are evaluating the company's proposed merger with Kroger.
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.
National

Union to feds: Don’t allow Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger

Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, QFC and 40 other chains could become one company under the proposed deal.
Workers Rights

Fred Meyer settles child labor charges

An investigation by the Department of Labor found the company regularly allowing minors to load power-driven box balers at stores in Oregon.
Collective bargaining

Kroger makes a deal after a one-day strike

UFCW Local 555 calls the new contract at Fred Meyer and QFC its best contract ever. Over 3 years, wages will rise $3 an hour.
Collective bargaining

Strike set to begin at Fred Meyer, QFC 

Members of UFCW Local 555 are set to strike 6 a.m. Dec. 17 at Fred Meyer and QFC stores in the Portland area, Bend, and Klamath Falls.
Collective bargaining

UFCW Local 555 to hold strike votes at Fred Meyer, QFC

Strike votes will take place in Portland, Tigard, Bend, and Klamath Falls. The union is next scheduled to meet with Kroger on Dec. 6-7.
Worker safety

Grocery stores respond to epidemic: Sneezeguards, raises, bonuses, and a hiring spree

With grocery workers on the front lines of the coronavirus response, Safeway/Albertsons is raising pay $2 an hour, while Kroger is paying $300 bonuses.
Collective bargaining

Newly ratified grocery contracts raise wages for 20,000 Oregon and Washington workers

Workers will get wage increases of up to $2.70 an hour over three years, plus a guarantee of 20 hours a week with benefits for those who want it.
Collective bargaining

UFCW reaches tentative deal after 6-day grocery boycott

If approved, the new union contracts would cover about 20,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Collective bargaining

UFCW cancels all Kroger contracts after aggressive action by Fred Meyer

The union will release further information about its plans on Sept. 22.
Collective bargaining

Grocery workers ready to walk in 3 states

Members of UFCW in Oregon, Washington, and California have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes if contract bargaining with big grocery chains fails to produce acceptable union contracts.
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