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Union democracy

Merger brings Idaho and Wyoming into UFCW Local 555

UFCW Local 368A, headquartered in Boise, voted to merge into Local 555 adding 1,100 new members to Local 555, bringing its total to 24,900. 
Collective bargaining

UFCW Local 555 to hold strike votes at Fred Meyer, QFC

Strike votes will take place in Portland, Tigard, Bend, and Klamath Falls. The union is next scheduled to meet with Kroger on Dec. 6-7.
Oregon

UFCW Local 555 backs Kristof for governor

Kristof is seeking the Democratic nomination in the May 2022 primary, and the endorsement by 29,000-member UFCW is his most important so far. 
Green Jobs

Renewable diesel fuel refinery will be union built and operated

Construction work on the $1.6 billion project could begin in early 2022 at Port Westward near Clatskanie and employ 800 workers.
Building our communities

THE YEAR OF COVID

March 11 will mark a year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. The pandemic hit the local union movement highly unevenly.
Politics

UFCW forms PAC to push for COVID-19 workers comp

Local 555 has put $190,100 into a new political action committee that's educating union members about their rights and running online ads.
Union democracy

Three more years for Clay and Anderson

UFCW Local 555 has seen fast growth and contract and legislative breakthroughs, but fights lie ahead.
Workers Rights

Study says employers are skirting landmark law aimed at curbing abusive scheduling practices

The only statewide law of its kind, SB 828 was meant to make workers’ schedules more predictable, but a UO study shows it's falling short.
Workers Rights

Oregon Fair Work Week law goes into effect July 15

Large retail employers will have to offer predictable schedules and pay for last-minute changes.
Worker safety

Grocery stores respond to epidemic: Sneezeguards, raises, bonuses, and a hiring spree

With grocery workers on the front lines of the coronavirus response, Safeway/Albertsons is raising pay $2 an hour, while Kroger is paying $300 bonuses.
Union democracy

UFCW Local 555 returns to original Kaiser union coalition

The union is leaving the recently-formed Alliance of Health Care Unions as of Jan. 1
Oregon

UFCW Local 555 endorses Williamson for Oregon Secretary of State

In the May primary, Williamson will face fellow Democrats Sen. Mark Haas of Beaverton, attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner of Terrebonne, and first-time candidate Cameron Smith.
Collective bargaining

Newly ratified grocery contracts raise wages for 20,000 Oregon and Washington workers

Workers will get wage increases of up to $2.70 an hour over three years, plus a guarantee of 20 hours a week with benefits for those who want it.
Collective bargaining

UFCW reaches tentative deal after 6-day grocery boycott

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

UFCW cancels all Kroger contracts after aggressive action by Fred Meyer

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

Grocery workers ready to walk in 3 states

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.
Union Organizing

NEXT Renewable Fuels agrees to ‘card-check’ with UFCW #555

A planned green diesel production facility in Clatskanie will likely be union-represented.
Workers Rights

Protest: Fred Meyer underpays women employees

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

How working people and unions fared in the 2019 session of the Oregon Legislature

Lawmakers passed paid family leave and boosted school budgets, but also cut public worker compensation and punted on climate.
Collective bargaining

Portland-area grocery workers vote to strike

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