Northwest Labor Press is an independent union-supported newspaper founded in 1900. Our print version is mailed twice a month to about 45,000 members of over three dozen local unions in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Our online version has been maintained here since 1997.
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UFCW Local 555
Collective bargaining
Portland-area grocery workers vote to strike
Strike votes continue across Oregon and Southwest Washington in July and August.
Collective bargaining
Workers at Fred Meyer and Safeway take strike votes
Bargaining between Local 555 and the multi-employer coalition passed the one-year mark June 19, and the two sides remain far apart on wages, health insurance and other proposals.
Collective bargaining
Union report: men out-earn women at Fred Meyer
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.
Union Organizing
New Seasons Market paid a union-buster a third of a million dollars
The total bill may have been higher, because the rules don't require disclosure for anti-union trainings of managers and supervisors.
Collective bargaining
UFCW Local 555 sets strike votes at Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons
Meat department workers will vote first on strike authorization.
Multnomah County
UFCW calls out Multnomah County for purge of citizens committee
A lawsuit says the Multnomah County Board broke the law when it fired and replaced all the citizen volunteers on an advisory committee.
Oregon
What’s at stake for working people in the 2019 Oregon Legislature
Majority Democrats have some big agenda items in the 2019 Oregon Legislature, including a carbon cap, renters rights, and revenue reform.
Buying Union
Union cannabis comes to Oregon
UFCW represents workers at the new Salem location of Seattle-based cannabis retail chain Have a Heart.
Workers Rights
New Seasons Market announces new $15 an hour starting wage
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.
People
Northwest Labor Press staff changes
Northwest Labor Press office manager Cheri Rice is retiring after 20 years; succeeding her is Jill Lukens. Both have long connections to local unionism.
Collective bargaining
Union bargaining drags on at Fred Meyer and Safeway
Patience is running out, says the union in an online ad campaign.
Workers Rights
Union coalition says it’s time to restore legal rights for workers and consumers
Companies are increasingly insisting that workers and consumers waive their legal rights through arbitration clauses.
Collective bargaining
Bargaining under way for 18,000 Oregon grocery workers
UFCW Local 555's “Unity Negotiations” will set the terms for workers at Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons and more.
National
Missouri voters trounce ‘right-to-work’
The anti-union law went down by more than 2-1. Oregon unionists, acting in solidarity, were there to lend a hand.
Union Organizing
What did New Seasons pay union busters? We’ll have to wait another year to find out
One worker wanted to know why fees New Seasons paid to a union avoidance consultant hadn't been disclosed, as required by federal law. So he called the union-buster.
Workers Rights
Portland City Council approves resolution on the rights of Uber drivers
A city bureau has six months to come up with a proposal for a City oversight body focused on wages, dispute resolution, and other issues.
People
Sam Gillispie signs out
Gillispie, 69, is retiring after a 43-year career in the union movement working for AFSCME and UFCW Local 555.
Union democracy
Kaiser Permanente union coalition splits
The day before bargaining was to begin, unions representing 45,000 members left the coalition, while unions representing 70,700 members remain.
Union Organizing
New leadership at New Seasons — CEO is out, and so are union-busters, for now
The new co-presidents of New Seasons Market say they'll meet with New Seasons Workers United.
Politics
A union-backed challenge to Oregon’s Greg Walden
Two years ago, almost no one wanted to run against the powerful Republican Congressman. This year, half a dozen Democrats are competing for the nomination. UFCW is getting behind a former union maritime worker.
