PORTLAND, Ore. — Union employees at every Fred Meyer in the Portland metro area went on strike Wednesday, and the relatively sudden announcement may have left Portland shoppers with questions ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Thousands of Portland Fred Meyer employees are on strike at stores around the metro area. The strike started Wednesday at 6 a.m. as employees holding up signs gathered outside ...

Current Fred Meyer and QFC employees make $25.36 per hour on average, over 50% more than the state minimum wage of $16.66 and around 23% more than the Seattle minimum wage of $20.76.

Fred Meyer workers in Portland strike over alleged unfair labor practices for a week, ending Tuesday, Sept. 3. Union demanded fair treatment and essential information for negotiations.

Fred Meyer’s Clark County locations aren’t affected by a union vote to authorize a strike at Portland-area stores. (The Columbian files) The unfair labor practice strike that thousands of ...

From left, Chris Gray, Anna Putman, Inez Fishbaugh, Teri Briggs, and Jenni Calo picket outside of the Hollywood Fred Meyer store where they all work in Portland, Ore., Aug. 28, 2024. Employees at ...

Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555, representing over 35,000 workers in Ore., Wash., and Idaho, will be voting to authorize their union to call for an unfair labor ...

The union representing Portland Fred Meyer workers could call for a strike as a tactic at the bargaining table. Late last week, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 members voted to ...

The strike comes as Fred Meyer's parent company, Kroger, and Albertsons are in federal court in downtown Portland defending their plan to merge against a Federal Trade Commission trying to block it.