Attempts Of Distraction?
Fred Meyer has attached another notice to employee paychecks, this time in Coos Bay. We find some of the information contained within to be very interesting. First, Fred Meyer continues to claim that they are the only unionized non-food employer in Oregon.
We ask, What about Coos Grange? They are union and members there earn up to $12.51 /hr on a union scale. Maybe Fred Meyer doesn’t think they count.
Fred Meyer apparently believes that a mere 50 cents over 4 years is fair... Let’s see, if we do the math that works out to be a little more than a penny a month. We believe you are worth more!
Fred Meyer wrote “Please encourage the union to come back to the table to bargain with us reasonably.” We don’t think a penny a month is reasonable when you are already behind places like Newberg, Longview, and, of course, Portland!
