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UFCW Local 555

Workers Rights

The software that ate my paycheck

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

UFCW lines up possible reform initiatives

Proposed measures could tighten ethics rules, bar secret caucus meetings, and institute public campaign finance.
Politics

Labor legislator Paul Holvey faces recall backed by UFCW Local 555

The effort comes after Holvey stymied UFCW's priority legislation, a bill to require cannabis companies to sign labor peace agreements.
Union Organizing

New Seasons unfair labor practice case goes before federal judge

The NLRB says employer misconduct may justify re-running a union election at New Seasons market in Hillsboro last September.
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.
Union Organizing

Imperfect Foods workers join UFCW

The bargaining unit includes all delivery drivers and delivery lead workers at the Clackamas, Oregon location.
Oregon

Hospital board faces union-backed recall

The campaign submitted enough signatures to the Coos County Clerk’s office to hold a recall election for two Bay Area Health District board members.
Politics

Unions back recall of Coos Bay hospital board

Decisions to close a psychiatric ward and hire a CEO previously convicted of fraud sparked community outrage.
Jobs

Portland uniform maker will lay off union workers

Dennis Uniform is moving some of its operations to Texas, leaving 71 Oregon workers - including UFCW Local 555 members - without a job.
Union Organizing

Union votes scheduled at three New Seasons stores

Workers at New Seasons Market stores in Portland and Hillsboro will be mailed ballots this month for three separate union organizing efforts.
Buying Union

Cannabis boycott remains as strike wanes

At Gresham cannabis grower CBN Holdings, a strike for union recognition has dragged on without result, and workers have had to find new jobs.
Union Organizing

Union drives launch separately at two New Seasons stores

Union campaigns have developed independently at two Portland-area New Seasons stores, where workers want better wages and working conditions.
Union Organizing

Cannabis growers strike for recognition

Boycott: UFCW Local 555 says don’t buy Cannabis Nation products until the company recognizes union representation for workers.
Worker safety

Pandemic showed flaws in Oregon’s workers comp

Privately-insured and self-insured employers are rejecting worker comp claims at a greater rate than the state-chartered non-profit SAIF.
Union democracy

UFCW rejoins NW Oregon Labor Council

Local 555 represents grocery workers. Both before it left and now that it’s back, Local 555 was NOLC’s largest affiliate.
Labor History

What’s it like to strike?

Strikes, once common, are rare today. We asked Northwest Labor Press readers to share their strike stories.
Collective bargaining

UFCW reaches tentative deal with Safeway, Albertsons

Fred Meyer and Safeway/Albertsons bargained separately this time. Safeway and Albertsons are owned by Boise-based Albertsons Companies.
Collective bargaining

Next up for UFCW: Safeway and Albertsons contract talks

The union has been in contract negotiations with Albertsons and Safeway management since July 2021.
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.
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