By Megan Megaw
Source: Daily Tidings
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 555, a labor organization representing the grocery workers issued a news release confirming that Fred Meyer and QFC workers secured an agreement two months after the previous agreement expired that ensures higher wages and better benefits.
Dan Clay, UCFW Local 555’s president, said the agreement will also improve the union’s process to address contract violations. Clay thanked everyone involved for their hard work and dedication and said, “This contract is going to change thousands of lives.”
Although UFCW Local 555 declined to disclose the size of the wage increases or the vote tallies, they described support for the deal as “overwhelming.” A spokesperson for the union, Miles Eshala, said the agreement represents the most significant wage increase ever seen in the grocery industry in the Pacific Northwest.
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