UFCW Local 555 Agrees To A Deal

(AP) 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 agreement ends the union’s boycott of regional Fred Meyer stores, which began Sept. 22.