Two Months After Strike, Fred Meyer Workers Ratify New Contract
6 days ago · Fred Meyer workers agreed to a new labor contract Monday, two months after walking off the job. The new contract includes a “significant” wage increase for around 11,000 workers while maintaining health coverage and improving dental and retirement benefits. “This contract is going to change thousands of lives,” Dan Clay, president of ...
Labor union reaches new 3-year contract with Fred Meyer, QFC …
In early-September, around 4,500 Fred Meyer employees, mostly grocery and meat workers, walked off the job in a nearly-week long strike.It ended without a new contract in hand and Local 555 ...
UFCW 555 reaches agreement with Kroger - NW Labor Press
5 days ago · United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 reached agreement on a new set of three-year contracts covering around 4,500 Portland-area Fred Meyer grocery and meat department workers. The terms will apply throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington at Fred Meyer and QFC stores, which are owned by Kroger. The settlement comes two months after the ...
Fred Meyer, Union Workers Reach Deal in Portland
6 days ago · Following months at the negotiating table, workers at Kroger-owned Fred Meyer, QFC and Fred Meyer Jewelers stores in the Portland, Ore., area have voted to ratify a new three-year contract.According to a statement released by the United Food & Commercial Worker (UFCW) Local 555 union, the deal includes high wages and enhanced benefits, including medical, dental and retirement support for more ...
Fred Meyer, QFC workers ratify new contract after months of ...
Oct 28, 2024 · OREGON -- Fred Meyer and QFC workers in Oregon and southwest Washington have ratified a three-year contract after months of negotiations, according to a news release from UFCW Local 555, a labor organization representing the workers. According to the release, the new contract contains wage increases, dental benefits and stronger health care ...
Grocery Merger Trial Gets Underway as Fred Meyer Workers …
Aug 28, 2024 · Kroger Co., owner of the Fred Meyer chain, wants to buy Albertsons Companies Inc., owner of Safeway, for $25 billion in what would be the biggest grocery merger ever. The Federal Trade Commission...
Portland Fred Meyer strike: Here are the top 5 questions
Aug 28, 2024 · Several recent prominent strikes in Portland, including one at Fred Meyer in December 2021, have happened in the midst of contract bargaining, with workers and teachers pushing companies and...
Fred Meyer shoppers voice support for workers as strike continues
Aug 30, 2024 · PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Would-be Fred Meyer shoppers are voicing their support for workers as a strike due to alleged unfair labor practices continues across dozens of Portland area stores.
4,500 Portland-area Fred Meyer workers go on strike, with union …
Aug 28, 2024 · PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ)— Thousands of Portland-area Fred Meyer employees went on strike Wednesday morning at stores around the metro area, KGW reports. The strike started Wednesday at 6 a.m....
Thousands of Fred Meyer Employees Go On Strike Through Labor …
Aug 28, 2024 · Nearly 5,000 employees at 28 Fred Meyer stores in and around Portland went on strike early Wednesday morning. The employees, represented by United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 555,...