Portland Fred Meyer workers have officially voted to authorize a strike, claiming multiple unfair labor practices (ULPs) were committed by the grocery company.

This strike authorization also comes after the grocery workers union, UFCW Local 555, walked back its previous endorsement of a Kroger-Albertsons merger on Friday.

In a press release, the union noted they have been taking ULP strike authorization votes for expired contracts in Portland throughout the week.

GIT 'EM

What the fuck were they doing supporting the merger in the first place? If it was a contract bargaining chip, as them pulling their endorsement back now would seem, they seem to have forgotten their main bargaining chips to begin with. The problem is depending on where review and approval of the merger is, it may be too late for them being against it(or at least no longer supporting it) to count.

Grocery unions are poor unions among unions and an example of why some people who have limited experience with unions, may not understand or support them as they’re such a poor example. UAW finally got its shit back together in the last 5 years but they had been similar–; weak, rubber stamp administrators.