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UFCW reaches tentative deal after 6-day grocery boycott

Oct 2, 2019

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

UFCW cancels all Kroger contracts after aggressive action by Fred Meyer

Sep 18, 2019

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

Grocery workers ready to walk in 3 states

Sep 5, 2019

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.

Protest: Fred Meyer underpays women employees

Aug 1, 2019

A July 24 Oregon AFL-CIO rally at Fred Meyer called on the public to shop somewhere else.

Collective Bargaining

Portland-area grocery workers vote to strike

Jul 3, 2019

Strike votes continue across Oregon and Southwest Washington in July and August.

Workers at Fred Meyer and Safeway take strike votes

Jun 19, 2019

Bargaining between Local 555 and the multi-employer coalition passed the one-year mark June 19, and the two sides remain far apart on wages, health insurance and other proposals.

Union report: men out-earn women at Fred Meyer

Jun 6, 2019

UFCW Local 555 is calling on grocery employers to end pay disparity among journey-level grocery workers, in which the average women earns $1.31 an hour less than the average man.

Bargaining under way for 18,000 Oregon grocery workers

Aug 22, 2018

UFCW Local 555’s “Unity Negotiations” will set the terms for workers at Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons and more.

At the ‘Big 3’ grocers, bargaining begins with UFCW

Sep 29, 2015

Despite a new Oregon law, sick leave may still be an object of contention in the contract talks

UFCW grocery workers ratify more contracts

Feb 26, 2013

Some 14,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington have wrapped up voting on new three-year contracts.