Portland Grocery Stores On Strike
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Multiple Portland area grocery stores are set to go on strike, with UFCW Local 555 on strike at Fred Meyer since Wednesday, August 28 and independent New Seasons Labor Union launching a single-day strike this Sunday, September 1.
1,100 New Seasons workers will go on strike at 11 locations this Labor Day weekend, taking on the company which is bargaining in bad faith with members after initially winning their union in 2022.
The following New Seasons locations will be on strike:
Arbor Lodge, 6400 N. Interstate Ave. in Portland
Cedar Hills, 3495 S.W. Cedar Hills Blvd. in Beaverton
Concordia, 5320 N.E. 33rd Ave. in Portland
Grant Park, 3210 N.E. Broadway in Portland
Hawthorne, 4034 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland
Sellwood, 1214 S.E. Tacoma St. in Portland
Seven Corners, 1954 S.E. Division St. in Portland
Slabtown, 2170 N.W. Raleigh St. in Portland
Woodstock, 4500 S.E. Woodstock Blvd. in Portland
Williams, 3445 N. Williams Ave. in Portland
In addition, 4,500 Fred Meyer workers in the Portland area began a week-long strike this past Wednesday, August 28. The strike will continue until next Tuesday, September 3. Pickets are being held at all Fred Meyer locations until the strike is over. Fred Meyer is hiring scabs to try to break the strike.
EW4D is calling for solidarity with our striking union siblings at New Seasons Labor Union and UFCW Local 555 — don’t cross the picket line!
Bring snacks, non-alcoholic beverages, pro-union signs, and anything else you can think of to support striking workers on the picket line. Keeping a picket line running is hard work. Show your solidarity and help keep the picket line strong.
At EW4D, we believe every union member deserves the right to strike. That means investing in our strike fund and increasing strike benefits for members. It means investing in organizing to get members strike-ready. If you believe in removing obstacles to striking, join our movement today!
