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As employees of Kroger-owned Fred Meyer and Quality Food Center grocery stores embark on a week-long strike, the chains are scrambling to replace workers during the busy holiday season.
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union 555 confirmed on Friday that workers at the two Oregon-based supermarket chains will walk off the job Friday over what it said is unfair labor practices and interference in contract negotiations by Kroger, the nation's largest grocer by revenue. The strike is slated to continue through Christmas Eve, and comes on the heels of ongoing requests to increase wages and working conditions.
In response to the strike, Fred Meyer stores have begun posting signs calling for temporary associates who are "willing to cross a picket line," according to local reports. The signs state that the starting rate for the position is $17 an hour, higher than existing part-time hour wage range of...
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