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UFCW Local 555
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.
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.
