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UFCW Local 555
Union Organizing
Portland’s Guardian Games goes union
The workers voted 10-0 to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 in a Sept. 1 vote held in the employee break room.
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.
Union Organizing
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.
