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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019
Union offi cials call off boycott of
Fred Meyer after reaching deal
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By RYAN HAAS
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Union offi cials said they
have reached a tentative deal
with grocers that will benefi t
employees and end a week-
long boycott of Fred Meyer
stores.
United Food and Com-
mercial Workers Local 555
called for the boycott of
Fred Meyer locations amid
tense contract negotiations
that began more than a year
ago.
Union communications
director Kelley McAllister
did not release details of the
contract, saying in a state-
ment that those particulars
would be “embargoed until
our members have reviewed
and voted on whether to rat-
ify the tentative agreement.”
Representatives for gro-
cery employers and the
union worked through the
night Friday and reached the
deal around 9 a.m. on Satur-
day, according to McAllis-
ter. This week’s negotiations
were the 13th time the sides
had met since June 2018 and
the fi rst time a federal medi-
ator had been involved.
McAllister said having
a mediator involved helped
change the tenor of the
negotiations and likely led
to the deal.
“The unity team is very
pleased with how every-
thing went. They got all of
their concerns addressed,”
she said.
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Grocery workers have reached a tentative deal with Fred
Meyer stores.
The news no doubt came
as a relief to shoppers in
Oregon who had been abid-
ing by the union’s request to
boycott Fred Meyer.
“We are now asking all
of our supporters to cease
the boycott and resume
their normal shopping hab-
its,” McAllister said in a
statement.
Speaking to Oregon Pub-
lic Broadcasting on Sat-
urday, McAllister said
she found the customer
support for the boycott
overwhelming.
“We had customers
request fl yers that we sent
out. We had people put-
ting together their own lawn
signs,” she said. “I think that
had a huge impact to help
employers recognize that
workers are members of the
community.”
While details of the con-
tract remain unclear, the
dispute centered in part on
wages. The union also said it
had discovered a gender pay
gap at Portland-area Fred
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Meyer stores that should be
addressed.
In a statement, Jeffery
Temple, Fred Meyer’s direc-
tor of corporate affairs,
said the business was glad
to have a tentative agree-
ment that “secures increased
wages, continued premium
health care coverage and
pension stability.”
“We thank our hardwork-
ing associates for continuing
to serve our customers and
communities every day,”
Temple wrote. “Our top pri-
ority is to do what is best —
provide our customers with
the freshest products and the
friendliest associates.”
Union leaders plan to
meet with their members to
decide on when to ratify the
tentative agreement.
“It’s really wonderful to
know that even after the ten-
sions rising, that we were
able to get a contract that
is workable for both sides,”
McAllister said. “We are
looking forward to the rati-
fi cation meetings.”
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Northwest News Network
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