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
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.
Union Organizing
New Seasons deploys the same union-busters that Trump Las Vegas hotel used
After a second pro-union worker is fired, union supporters question the grocer’s ‘B Corp’ status.
Buying Union
Union-made gift ideas
Buying any gifts this holiday season? If you buy union, you help keep good jobs in the community, and vote with your dollars for enterprises that pay your fellow workers a living wage with benefits.
Union Organizing
New Seasons Market rebuffs call for meeting with union
UFCW Local 555 says the nonunion grocer has already fired one union supporter.
Union Organizing
Union drive launches at New Seasons
Two weeks after a group of New Seasons workers publicly announced a union campaign, the company hasn't yet responded to their appeal for neutrality.
Union democracy
Clay, Anderson, re-elected to lead United Food and Commercial Workers
Members of the state's largest private sector union favored the incumbents by a 3-to-1 margin.
Collective bargaining
Still no DCTU deal at City of Portland
The City union coalition is calling for 2 percent raises plus cost-of-living adjustments.
Oregon
Labor highlights from the 2017 Oregon Legislature
Lawmakers passed landmark labor laws, but dropped the ball on tax fairness and housing.
Workers Rights
Fair Work Week: Oregon will be the first state to curb schedule abuses
A new law will give retail, hospitality and food service workers predictable schedules — and extra pay when schedules change at the last minute.
