Oregon – UFCW 555’s member led bargaining committee, representing Roth’s Fresh Market employees, announced this evening that a tentative agreement has been reached with the employer, thereby averting the previously announced strike.
Oregon – This morning (September 10, 2025) at 7:00 am, UFCW 555 notified Roth’s that members covered by their collective bargaining agreement will go out on strike, starting 6:00 am the following day (September 11, 2025) unless demands for a fair contract are met. The strike will run through September
On August 4th, your Bargaining Committee met with Albertsons representatives for our ninth bargaining session, and reached a tentative agreement with Albertsons for members in Idaho, Ontario OR, and Jackson WY.
We are happy to report that your Bargaining Committee and the Company are nearing a final agreement. This session brought us much closer to a contract that will support our members and their families across Idaho, Jackson, WY, and Ontario, OR.
Your Bargaining Committee and the Company have made progress towards reaching a settlement agreement that will improve the lives of our members and their families working in Idaho, Jackson WY, and Ontario OR. While there is progress, significant gaps remain in key areas which must be addressed prior to your
During this session the company failed to make any meaningful movement that would make a difference to you or your family’s lives. The company’s spokesperson continues to disrespect you and your coworkers.
On May 15th and May 16th, your Bargaining Committee met with Albertsons representatives for our fifth bargaining session. The company finally made an economic proposal, but that offer falls short of recognizing you for the contributions you make to the company’s bottom line.
The parties were able to reach a Fully Recommended Settlement Agreement that will provide wage increases, as well as improvements to the drafting process, additional time off work, and additional improvements to other terms of the Agreement.
In light of information provided to the Union at our last bargaining session, your bargaining committee put forward a proposal to end drafting at McCain Foods, while maintaining your right to work additional hours if you wish.
On April 15 and 16, your Bargaining Committee met with representatives from McCain Foods for our second bargaining session, working toward your new Union contract for all bargaining unit employees at McCain Foods. We had productive discussions and made some progress on several important points that are necessary to reach
On Thursday, April 10, after 3 days of bargaining that ran late into the night, your Bargaining Committee reached a tentative agreement with Bay Area Hospital!
Progress at the bargaining table has been slow. We have made no progress on reaching any additional agreements since the last session, even though many of our proposals don’t cost the company a dime! Albertsons still has not responded to the wage proposal that we presented over a month ago.
On Wednesday, March 26, your Bargaining Committee met with representatives from McCain Foods for the first bargaining session, working toward your new Union contract for all bargaining unit employees working at McCain Foods. During our first session we made proposals in several key areas.
On Wednesday, March 19, and Thursday, March 20, your Bargaining Committee met for the second bargaining session for your Union contract for all members working at Bay Area hospital. During our second session we made further progress forward. We now have Tentative Agreements in more key areas.
On Wednesday, March 12, and Thursday, March 13, your Bargaining Committee began bargaining your Union contract for all members working at Bay Area hospital. During our first session we made some positive steps forward. We’ve achieved Tentative Agreements on some key areas.
In our third bargaining session, the company and your Bargaining Committee reached tentative agreements on numerous subjects that, while important, don’t represent the changes and updates that are going to change the lives of you and your coworkers. Nevertheless, it is progress.
On February 17th through February 21st, your Bargaining Committee held its second bargaining session.
Your Bargaining Committee made many more proposals throughout the week including standardization of language throughout the jurisdiction and improvements to: vacations, holidays, jury duty, required apparel including laundering, grievance procedures, bereavement leave, pension plan, weekly guarantee
On Monday, February 10, and Tuesday, February 11, your Bargaining Committee began bargaining your Union contracts throughout our Union’s jurisdiction in Idaho, Wyoming, and Ontario, Oregon. Representatives from Albertsons received our initial bargaining proposals. With your Bargaining Committee’s focus on disparities between different contracts within our area, we presented the
UFCW Local 555 is excited to announce that fully recommended tentative agreements have been reached for all grocery and meat contracts with Albertsons, Safeway, Rosauers and Sherms in Oregon and Southwestern Washington. Meetings will be scheduled to address the warehouse portions of our Sherms contracts in the coming weeks.
Oregon and SW Washington – After months of negotiations, members of UFCW Local 555 who work at Fred Meyer and QFC stores in Oregon and SW Washington have overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new 3-year contract.
The Fred Meyer Division and UFCW Local 555 Bargaining Committees are pleased to announce that we have reached fully recommended tentative agreements on the expired Portland and Bend grocery and meat contracts: on all other Oregon and southwestern Washington grocery, meat, and non-food contracts, as well as agreements for the
On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, your Union Bargaining Committee met with representatives from Fred Meyer and Kroger to bargain over the Fred Meyer Non-Food employees in Springfield, Oregon who voted yes to join our Union and won their election in February.
Throughout July and August, despite making several proposals which clearly applied to both Fred Meyer and QFC, on August 23, the Employer changed their position and said they were no longer bargaining over QFC alongside Fred Meyer.
On Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4, your Bargaining Committee met with representatives from Safeway / Albertsons to continue bargaining for our new Union contracts throughout our area in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming, in conjunction with UFCW Local 1496 in Alaska.
