PORTLAND, Ore. — Thousands of Portland Fred Meyer employees are on strike at stores around the metro area. The strike started Wednesday at 6 a.m. as employees holding up signs gathered outside ...

The strike impacted Fred Meyer locations across the Portland metro area, which is 28 stores in total. Around 4,500 Fred Meyer employees, mostly grocery and meat workers, walked off the job.

Fred Meyer workers in Portland strike over alleged unfair labor practices for a week, ending Tuesday, Sept. 3. Union demanded fair treatment and essential information for negotiations.

I started working at Fred Meyer on Route 2 in Monroe in 2021. For a while I was Assistant Deli Manager but stepped down ...

Roughly 4,500 workers at Portland area Fred Meyer stores, including the Hawthorne location in Southeast Portland in this Dec. 17, 2021 file photo. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB ...

Workers at Portland-area Fred Meyer stores to go on strike starting Wednesday morning By Kyra Buckley (OPB) Aug. 27, 2024 4:34 p.m. Updated: Aug. 28, 2024 7:48 a.m.

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. A longtime Fred Meyer in Tacoma’s South End is the latest among a 60-store closure planned by its parent company nationwide over the next 18 months.

Fred Meyer, based in Portland, Oregon, is a division of Kroger, the Ohio-based retailer that operates nearly 3,000 stores across the U.S. For more stories from the Idaho Press, click here.