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Unity grocery contract: ratified!
Union members vote to ratify grocery store contract
Not quite the latest news
Fellow union sibs and cousins, this is a challenging column to write, because there has been so much news since the last Labor Press and yet, this will arrive in your mailbox after arguably the most important news for 20k+ of you: ratification status of the current tentative agreement. Please keep your eyes and ears open at work, on social media, and via your email to learn whether you’ve collectively ratified this new, fully recommended settlement: we should know by Saturday, October the 12th.
Read more Local labor union members vote to authorize strike at grocery stores
Local labor union members vote to authorize strike at grocery stores Fox 12 News Brenna Kelly View Now
2019 legislative session is a wrap
The 2019 legislative session in Oregon drew to a close on the last day of June with a flood of bills passing onto the governor’s desk.
As we said back in April, the session was bursting with bills that could bring positive change to the lives of working families in Oregon. Now that all is said and done we can pause to reflect on massive wins such as Paid Family and Medical Leave (HB 2005) and Rent Control (SB 608), both of which will bring unprecedented security and stability for our members.
This Month in Labor History March 2019
What we now know as the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 represents an amalgam of associations, unions and locals who, for more than one hundred years, have organized and reorganized to build worker power in Oregon. Today, UFCW Local 555 is made up of over 25,000 workers in Oregon and SW Washington. In order to appreciate the strength … Read more