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UFCW Local 555

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.
Union Organizing

Top Oregon state representative calls on New Seasons to respect workers’ rights

Tina Kotek says the company should stop playing games … and respect workers' right to organize.
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