Effective: January 2, 2026 - December 31, 2028
Rep: Juanita Quezada
Jenny C., a transporter at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, knows what it looks like when management hopes a problem will just go away.
Jenny has watched the facility's transport elevators malfunction for more than a year, filing report after report after each incident she witnessed. Supervisors did not appear to take these complaints seriously.
Our Bargaining Team met with the Employer on May 27 to officially kick off negotiations. During this session, we presented the Employer with a full package of both non-economic and economic proposals.
At the CAT meeting we will plan our Solidarity Actions for the week of June 2-5. Let’s be creative and share what message you would like to see on a sticker. We will wear our stickers through June 9-11 to show support for our barging team while they are at the table.
Providence Centralia Hospital Service Unit members will vote on the Tentative Accretion MOU covering Operating Room Assistants, Senior Electronic Imaging Assistants, and Supply Chain Technicians.
This MOU brings these classifications into the UFCW 3000 Service Unit Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement includes language addressing seniority, PTO balances, already-approved PTO requests, wage step placement, and step progression.
We bargained back-to-back dates this week May 5 -7 and will return to the bargaining table June 9 - 11. This week our team brought two guest speakers to present to Providence and answer questions about new big picture benefit proposals: Laura Hopkins, Executive Director of the Healthcare Training Fund, and Sean Embly, Union Trustee on the UFCW Sound Variable Annuity Pension Plan.
“Roll up your sleeves. While we are early in the process- we are feeling organized, prepared, and united in our goals to achieve the best contract possible for our fellow nurses. Stay involved and help us build a strong network of nurses in every unit ready to take action.” - Your Union Bargaining Team: Juan Stout, Terry Pierce, Kristen Crowder, Carrie Rimel, Stephanie Sausman, Amanda Chinnick, Scott Ryan, Kimball Conlon, and Tulena Lammers
Our Bargaining Team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement. Priorities included adopting the SRH wage table and improving working conditions in general, We are proud of a contract that includes:
Join us to hear from our guest speaker why you should be filing L&I on your missed breaks and meals. We are excited to invite Carl Bakken from Labor and Industries (L&I) to give an education on missed Meal and Rest Breaks, how to file complaints, and answer any questions you may have!
We met with Management for our first bargaining session. The time we spent preparing prior to bargaining allowed us to be ready to meet and present early. We made initial proposals which included union security, union access to nurse lounges, paid time for stewards to represent their coworkers in investigatory meetings, defining the role of break relief nurses, strengthening the definition of precepting, shortening the probation time for introductory nurses, severance pay for layoffs, improvements to bereavement leave, and more.
Stay informed! Stay involved! Our Union Nurse Bargaining Team will begin your contact negotiations on March 11. Attend the next bi-weekly Contract Action Team (CAT) Meeting on Tuesday, February 17 via zoom.
Great News! We have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract with Providence Swedish Rehabilitation Hospital!
Join your bargaining team for a meeting where we will meet our fellow union members, review important pieces of the new contract, answer FAQs, and open space for discussion and questions.
If you or a coworker need help regarding an Investigatory Meeting, are facing Discipline or Corrective Action, or need to report Contract Violations. If you are experiencing one of these workplace issues, our MRC Representatives will work with you on a plan of action. When we fight together, we win! UFCW 3000 Member Resource Center: 866-210-3000
JJ Benson
Kaiser Permanente Contract Specialist
425-306-1337
jjbenson@kp.org
Bruce Le
206-436-6614
OR 1-866-210-3000, EXT. 6614
We are the Union. The members of UFCW 3000 are over 50,000 members working in grocery, retail, health care, meat packing, cannabis, & other industries across Washington state, north-east Oregon, and northern Idaho. UFCW 3000 is a chartered member of UFCW International with over 1.4 million workers in North America.
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