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Our Jobs

Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend moves forward

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

Washington sues to stop Albertsons’ $4 billion dividend

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

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

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

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

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.
Workers Rights

Klamath Falls Walmart disciplines strikers

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

Klamath Falls Walmart fires worker who went on strike

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

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

2015 could be a breakthrough year for pro-worker legislation
Workers Rights

Three Walmart workers strike in Klamath Falls

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

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

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

Seven initiative campaigns vie for Oregon’s November ballot

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

We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement

Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
Politics

UFCW’s Brad Witt runs for Congress

UFCW Local 555 rep Brad Witt is challenging Congressman David Wu in the Democratic primary.
Green Jobs

Apollo Alliance merges into BlueGreen

Two labor-environmental coalitions have merged as of July 1. The Apollo Alliance, launched in 2003 as a coalition of environmental, labor, business and community leaders, is now a project of the BlueGreen Alliance.
Buying Union

Union workers under grave threat from Walmart expansion

A thousand UFCW members could lose jobs if Walmart opens 17 Portland-area stores as planned.

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