Editor's note: Video is from Sept. 28, when a tentative agreement was reached
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A union representing grocery workers from across Oregon and southwest Washington has reached a contract agreement with local grocery stores after 16 months of negotiations.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 ratified the new 3-year labor contract on Friday with Fred Meyer, QFC, Albertsons and Safeway regional grocery stores. The union had called for a boycott of regional Fred Meyer stores on Sept. 22. The boycott ended when the tentative agreement was reached on Sept. 28.
The new contract includes a 20-hour weekly guarantee, some wage increases, additions to health and welfare benefits and improved vacation requests.