Portland workers stand together
 

Approximately 5200 workers in Grocery, Meat, and Combination Food/Non-Food Checkout (CCK) who are represented by UFCW Local 555 are currently in negotiations in the Portland area with The New Albertsons, Inc., Fred Meyer, Inc. (Kroger), and Safeway, Inc.

Members have been in bargaining since July 16th.  Workers are standing strong together for issues related to the full Maintenance of Benefits for Health and Welfare, scheduling practices that will allow senior workers to access more hours, an article to allow vacation to be taken 1 day at a time if desired, an increase in the pension contribution, a 3-year contract with journeyperson wage increases of $1 per hour for each year of the contract, substantial increases in the progression rates, and a card check agreement.

UPDATE: The bargaining session scheduled for August 28th was cancelled by the employers. Please check back with groceryworkersunited.org for future updates.