UFCW Local 555 Archives

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.

New Seasons Market paid a union-buster a third of a million dollars

May 6, 2019

The total bill may have been higher, because the rules don’t require disclosure for anti-union trainings of managers and supervisors.

UFCW Local 555 sets strike votes at Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons

May 1, 2019

Meat department workers will vote first on strike authorization.

UFCW calls out Multnomah County for purge of citizens committee

Apr 2, 2019

A lawsuit says the Multnomah County Board broke the law when it fired and replaced all the citizen volunteers on an advisory committee.

What’s at stake for working people in the 2019 Oregon Legislature

Jan 30, 2019

Majority Democrats have some big agenda items in the 2019 Oregon Legislature, including a carbon cap, renters rights, and revenue reform.

Union cannabis comes to Oregon

Jan 2, 2019

UFCW represents workers at the new Salem location of Seattle-based cannabis retail chain Have a Heart.

New Seasons Market announces new $15 an hour starting wage

Dec 18, 2018

New Seasons Market has just announced it will raise starting pay to $15 an hour Feb. 1 at all its stores in Oregon, Washington, and California.

Northwest Labor Press staff changes

Dec 3, 2018

Northwest Labor Press office manager Cheri Rice is retiring after 20 years; succeeding her is Jill Lukens. Both have long connections to local unionism.

Union coalition says it’s time to restore legal rights for workers and consumers

Sep 5, 2018

Companies are increasingly insisting that workers and consumers waive their legal rights through arbitration clauses.

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.