As wildfires rip through our region and smoke chokes the air, UFCW 3000 members, families, and communities face evacuations, and loss of homes and livelihoods.  

Some workers could experience partial or total work closures creating difficult circumstances surrounding hours, pay, and life stability 

As we navigate this emergency, please remember the union and community resources that can help. Also, please review important information below that can help keep you safe and enforce your rights at work.

Vestis
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Congratulations to all our 2026 union scholarship recipients! Scholarships are reviewed and awarded yearly by our UFCW 3000 Scholarship Committee made up of rank-and-file members from our Executive Board.

TRABAJADORES DE VESTIS LAUNDRY DICEN NO AL CONTRATO Y SÍ A LA HUELGA!

Después de dos días de votación, los trabajadores de Vestis votaron 100% a favor de autorizar una huelga.‍ ‍

Vestis debe tomar esto en serio. Los trabajadores merecen un contrato justo que mantenga su buen seguro médico, asegure una jubilación digna y ofrezca salarios que alcancen para el costo de vida que sigue subiendo.

Vestis Laundry Workers Reject Contract, Approve Strike! 

After two days of voting, 100% of Vestis workers voted to authorize a strike. 

Vestis needs to take this as a wake-up call. Workers deserve a fair contract that maintains their high-quality health care, delivers a dignified retirement, and provides a wage that keeps up with skyrocketing costs.  

After months of negotiations with Vestis, our Union Bargaining team is calling for a contract vote on the company’s latest proposal from March 23, along with a strike authorization vote.

The company committed to responding to our latest proposal on Tuesday March 30 and failed to do so. They now say their financial team is still working on it. Meanwhile, workers are still waiting for real wage increases. Enough is enough.

On March 24 and 25, our member-led Bargaining Team met with Vestis. We came ready to reach an agreement. Unfortunately, the company did not respond with serious proposals that address our main issues. We were hopeful we could reach a tentative agreement over the last few days, but due to the company’s very small movement, we were not able to get there.  

On Friday, March 6, we delivered our strike pledge to Management. Workers stood together and read the pledge out loud, showing that Vestis workers are united and ready to fight for a fair contract.

Over the last few months of negotiations, we have identified a few violations of federal labor law called unfair labor practices (ULP), but we believe that there are more ULPs occurring at Vestis. We need your help to identify ULPs. By identifying and reporting possible ULPs, you play a critical role in enforcing the law and strengthening our bargaining power.

Because Vestis is refusing to schedule more bargaining sessions, we are preparing to roll out strike pledge cards. Signing a strike pledge card means you are showing support and saying you are willing to strike if needed to win a fair contract.

As we navigate these adverse weather effects, please remember there are resources and rights through our union and through our communities that can help.  

On September 11 & 12, our union bargaining team met with ALSCO to begin contract negotiations. We made good progress in those first two days and tentatively agreed on some improvements, including more money going into retirement and the Company paying more into the healthcare costs. 

This three-year agreement, effective through March 31, 2028, includes across-the-board wage increases each year—with retroactive pay for the first increase back to April 1. We also secured a higher night shift premium, increased 401(k) contributions, and longer rest breaks.

April 2, 2025 marks UFCW 3000’s quasquicentennial, a word so fancy that nobody quite knows how to say it. Regardless of how you pronounce it, the absurdly Latinate term means we’ve been around for 125 years. During that time, we’ve grown from a crew of nine butchers in downtown Seattle to the largest private-sector union in the Pacific Northwest, representing more than 56,000 workers in grocery, retail, food processing, health care, laundry and textiles, cannabis, and others industries.