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If you are interested in attending member’s night out with the Portland Lumberjax and the leadership of UFCW Local 555 on Friday, April 17, 2009, we have some tickets left. Call Bill Pronovost at 1-800-452-8329 ext. 365. Limit is two tickets per cal...
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WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA) and U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) today said that a proposal unveiled by three companies this weekend as an alternative to the Employee Free Choice Act would further undermine workers' rights on the job. Mill...
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The deadline to apply for the UFCW International scholarship has been extended to April 15, 2009.
Click here for more information and to apply....
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Oregon has a chance to make real progress in fixing our broken health care system during this legislative session. Join us in Salem, and tell your legislators how important health care is to you!
If you are interested in participating in this event, plea...
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Statement of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union TYLER, TX - “Yesterday, after nearly a decade of legal maneuverings and circumventions of federal law, Wal-Mart was finally forced to the bargaining table in Jacksonville, Texas. More than nine y...
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UFCW Local 555 members are invited to: "Come join U.S. SENATOR Ron Wyden"
This is a Clackamas County Town Hall Meeting and will be held at the Willamette Falls Hospital Community Education Center. Located at 519 15th Street. Oregon City, Oregon. The ...
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On Monday, March 9th, the Trustees of the Oregon Retail Employees Pension Trust met with the Trust Actuary and Trust Attorney to discuss the current pension funding status. Under the Pension Protection Act of 2006, each plan year a multi-employer pensio...
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Since my first full day in charge of your union, the issue of "pensions" has been first and foremost on my mind. It was the Friday after my first Executive Board Meeting that I received the news that our pension had taken some serious losses. From that da...
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Last year was very much a disaster for the U.S. economy. Millions of jobs were eliminated and the stock market lost over $4 trillion—or about 38% of the nation’s market value. The Oregon Retail Employees Pension Trust Fund (OREPT) did not escape the f...
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The 2009 Northwest Hope Foundation Scholarship Program is now available.
UFCW Local 555 is proud to work with the Northwest Hope Foundation who offers this Scholarship Program to UFCW Local 555 members and their families.
The Northwest Hope Foundation...
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Statement by Joe Hansen, President of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union on the White House Task Force
Washington DC—“Today’s formation of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class is a critical step in revitalizing the...
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Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon is pleased to announce a new agreement with Anesthesia Associates of Medford effective 1/1/09. They will be covered under the Participating Network, Preferred Provider Plan Network (Category 1) and MedAdvantage.
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On Friday, January 16, President Dan Clay, Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Anderson, Collective Bargaining Director Ken Spray, and UFCW Local 555 Union Representatives held 15 meetings to update members on the status of Portland Area Meat, CCK, and Grocery contr...
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Winter is definitely here.
As Portland and most of Oregon / SW Washington is hit with record snowfall it has created some beautiful scenes around the state and at the Tigard Office. According to local meteorologists the total snowfall to date is breaki...
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HULL, QUE. – Dec. 18, 2008.Over 150 Wal-Mart workers in Hull, Que., have become the ninth group of Canadian “associates” to join the country’s largest private-sector union after a Dec. 17 decision by the Quebec Labour Board awarded bargaining righ...
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An "Unwavering and Tireless Voice" for Working People
Statement by CtW Chair Anna Burger on reports that Rep. Hilda Solis will be President-Elect Obama's Secretary of Labor nominee....
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Wal-Mart in Weyburn certified as UFCW Canada unionized store
WEYBURN, SK, December 8, 2008 – A Wal-Mart store in Weyburn, Saskatchewan has been granted union certification by the Saskatchewan Labour Relations Board (SLRB) after years of Wal-Mart legal ...
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WORKERS AT THE WORLD’S LARGEST MEATPACKING PLANT CHOOSE UNION REPRESENTATION
Tar Heel, N.C. – Workers at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, North Carolina, chose union representation with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW)...
