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.   

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

When we last talked about Unfair Labor Practice Strikes it involved nurses at a hospital. Unfair Labor Practice Strikes in other industries often look very different. Michaela talks with Macy’s retail workers who went on strike in Black Friday in 2023 and again on MLK Day 2024 about the unfair labor practices and reasons that they went on strike during their contract negotiations. She also interviews community members about why they joined the Macy’s picket lines, and reviews the differences and similarities between Macy’s and her career in healthcare. Please note that this episode has parts where both English and Spanish are spoken.

Tentative Agreement Reached! Contract Vote Scheduled

¡Se ha alcanzado un Acuerdo Tentativo! ¡Votación del contrato programada!

Thỏa thuận sơ bộ đã đạt được! Cuộc bỏ phiếu hợp đồng đã được lên lịch!