Teamsters To Speak Out As Strike At Fred Meyer Looms

Union to Speak Out About Possible Strike at Fred Meyer - 3 p.m. on Saturday at Fred Meyer Store in Puyallup; Fully-Recommended Agreement Reached with Safeway

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Teamsters Local 117

Jul 16, 2021, 15:48 ET

PUYALLUP, Wash., July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Union representatives and members will speak out tomorrow about a possible grocery strike at Fred Meyer as approximately 500 Teamster warehouse workers take a strike authorization vote on Saturday.

Local 117 Secretary-Treasurer, John Scearcy, and workers will address the media at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 17 in the Fred Meyer grocery store parking lot (1100 N Meridian) in Puyallup.

Early this morning, the Union reached a fully-recommended tentative agreement with Safeway. Teamster warehouse workers and drivers at Safeway will vote on the proposal over the weekend.

"We are happy to see that Safeway put forth a fair contract proposal that our members will be voting on this weekend," Scearcy said. "Unfortunately, Fred Meyer has been unwilling to recognize the indispensable contributions these essential workers have made for all of us."

Teamsters Local 117 represents roughly 500 warehouse workers at Fred Meyer servicing 180 stores in WA, OR, AK, and ID.

WHO:	John Scearcy, Teamsters 117 Secretary-Treasurer
	Mike Lyon, Teamster at Fred Meyer
	Teamster workers at Fred Meyer

WHAT/WHEN:	TEAMSTER GROCERY STRIKE – UNION SPEAKS OUT
	Saturday, July 17, 2021
	3:00 P.M.

WHERE:	Fred Meyer Parking Lot
	1100 N Meridian
	Puyallup, WA 98371