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Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend moves forward

Feb 2, 2023

Attorneys general are concerned the dividend could cripple Albertsons at the same time regulators are evaluating the company’s proposed merger with Kroger.

Washington sues to stop Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend

Nov 16, 2022

Unions representing grocery workers say the outsized payout could destroy the nation’s number two grocery chain.

Union to feds: Don’t allow Kroger-Albertsons mega-merger

Oct 19, 2022

Fred Meyer, Safeway, Albertsons, QFC and 40 other chains could become one company under the proposed deal.

Seattle mandates $4 per hour COVID pay boost for grocery workers

Feb 4, 2021

In an 8-0 vote Jan. 25, Seattle City Council ordered large grocery stores to pay $4 an hour hazard pay til the end of the COVID-19 emergency.

Klamath Falls Walmart disciplines strikers

Mar 3, 2015

Ismael Nunez protests his firing, and two others are written up for striking

Klamath Falls Walmart fires worker who went on strike

Jan 27, 2015

Ismael Nuñez struck to protest retaliation against other workers. Now HE’s been terminated.

Labor-backed alliance to push bold agenda in the state capitol

Jan 9, 2015

2015 could be a breakthrough year for pro-worker legislation

Three Walmart workers strike in Klamath Falls

Dec 1, 2014

OUR Walmart says 1,600 Walmart protests took place nationwide on Black Friday

United Food and Commercial Workers expected to rejoin AFL-CIO in August

Jul 17, 2013

UFCW’s return would boost AFL-CIO membership by almost 10 percent.

Seven initiative campaigns vie for Oregon’s November ballot

Jul 6, 2012

Unions back corporate kicker, marijuana, and casino measures, and oppose estate tax ban.