All three UFCW 21 Kaiser Permanente Washington contracts were ratified this week.

Eastern Washington Pharmacy voted December 6 to join the Pharmacy membership and approve Spokane Specific Agreements.

Western Washington Pro Tech Optical and Pharmacy contracts were voted online and ratified on December 8.

Alliance National Agreement was ratified in all three contracts!

Highlights include:

• Four Year Agreement with wage increases each year and additional 2% bonuses in years three and four.

• Improvements to Premiums

• Improved contract language-Education, Seniority, Rebid & Layoff, Staffing and Labor Management Committees

• Increase in Retiree Medical Benefits from $350 for each year of service to $1000 for each year

• Higher Funding of the Ben Hudnall Memorial Trust

• Changes to the Pensions for all Western Washington Optical and Pharmacy Workers with additional employer contributions

• New National Agreement language which addresses:

  • Staffing

  • Racial Justice

• Patient and Worker Safety

• Problem and Dispute Resolution

• Additional Information will be made available.

Welcome, Spokane Pharmacy Techs to UFCW21!

Please reach out to your Union Representative for any questions or needed support:
Western Washington
Rhonda Fisher-Ivie
Union Representative
(206) 436-6584

Eastern Washington
Maureen Hatton
Union Representative
(509) 340-7370

Christina Delgado
UFCW 21 Contract Specialist
(425) 623-7073

Bargaining Team: Tiffany Yeates and Jackie McFarlen, Union Stewards Spokane Clinics