Kroger Archives - nwLaborPress

Decision nears on Kroger-Albertsons merger

Dec 1, 2023

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.

The software that ate my paycheck

Jul 21, 2023

What’s behind the incredible string of payroll ‘errors’ at Fred Meyer, Providence, and the State of Oregon?

Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend moves forward

Feb 2, 2023

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

Washington sues to stop Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend

Nov 16, 2022

Unions representing grocery workers say the outsized payout could destroy the nation’s number two grocery chain.

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

Unions ask Congress to let distressed pensions trim retiree benefits

May 1, 2013

10 million workers are covered by multiemployer pensions, but at least half are in serious trouble

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.

Grocery workers ratifying new contracts

Feb 12, 2013

The contracts covering 14,000 include a 25 cent raise and 15% health insurance increase.

Mayor-elect Hales to grocers: ‘No one wins in a race to the bottom’

Dec 26, 2012

Hales spoke to union grocery workers before a scheduled round of bargaining.