UFCW Local 555 Archives - Page 5 of 12

UFCW reaches tentative deal after 6-day grocery boycott

Oct 2, 2019

If approved, the new union contracts would cover about 20,000 workers in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

UFCW cancels all Kroger contracts after aggressive action by Fred Meyer

Sep 18, 2019

The union will release further information about its plans on Sept. 22.

Grocery workers ready to walk in 3 states

Sep 5, 2019

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

Aug 1, 2019

A planned green diesel production facility in Clatskanie will likely be union-represented.

Protest: Fred Meyer underpays women employees

Aug 1, 2019

A July 24 Oregon AFL-CIO rally at Fred Meyer called on the public to shop somewhere else.

How working people and unions fared in the 2019 session of the Oregon Legislature

Jul 3, 2019

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

Jul 3, 2019

Strike votes continue across Oregon and Southwest Washington in July and August.

Workers at Fred Meyer and Safeway take strike votes

Jun 19, 2019

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.

Union report: men out-earn women at Fred Meyer

Jun 6, 2019

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.

New Seasons Market paid a union-buster a third of a million dollars

May 6, 2019

The total bill may have been higher, because the rules don’t require disclosure for anti-union trainings of managers and supervisors.