Local 555 News

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.

The employer has not changed their position at the bargaining table that they are only here to bargain for the Union contracts that have expired, which are the Portland Grocery and Meat Agreements and the Bend Grocery and Meat Agreements.

Tigard, Oregon – UFCW Local 555 applauds Oregon’s Democratic candidate for Attorney General, State Rep. Dan Rayfield, for his recent commitment to protect consumers from systematic price gouging by big retailers. If elected, UFCW Local 555 is calling on him to investigate Fred Meyer (Kroger) for possible systematic price gouging

Tigard, Oregon – After thousands of Fred Meyer grocery and meat department workers held an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike, they returned to work as of 8:00 AM on Tuesday, September 3. UFCW 555 is now calling on the community to support workers by not shopping at Fred Meyer until

On August 29 and August 30, your Bargaining Committee met with representatives from Kroger, Fred Meyer and QFC for our 6th bargaining session. Our Union and the employer originally had two dates scheduled, but ended up bargaining through the night August 30 and into August 31.

On Monday, August 26 and Wednesday, August 28, your Bargaining Committee met with representatives from Safeway / Albertsons to continue bargaining for our new Union contracts throughout our Union’s area in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming in conjunction with UFCW 1496 in Alaska.  Our Union and the employer had productive

Portland, Oregon – Be advised that Dan Clay, the President of UFCW Local 555, will give a statement and take questions following his testimony in the FTC Hearing on Fred Meyer/Albertsons Merger, on Wednesday, August 28th, 2024.

The ULP strike will start on Wednesday, August 28th at 6am and go through Tuesday, September 3rd at 8am at all Fred Meyer locations in the Portland Metro area, unless a deal is reached that includes a resolution to our ULPs.