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UFCW Local 555
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.
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.
