PCC - Holding the Line on Economics

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Hundreds of PCC workers, customers, elected officials, labor allies, and other community supporters joined informational pickets outside PCC stores on Wednesday, calling attention to our fight for a fair contract and the co-op’s need for worker representation on the Board of Trustees. We rallied outside the Columbia City, Central District, Edmonds, and Bellevue stores.  

On Friday April 16, our bargaining committee met with PCC to present our economic response to PCC’s wage offer of $0/.25/.25 for Journey Grocery and $0/.30/.30 for Journey Meat and no increases to the bottom of any scale – even as minimum wage increases. PCC had also proposed a two-tiered system that would pay new hires less for current work done in Groups A and B.

Our economic response Friday included:

  • $1.50 Increases for journey each year and increases throughout the scale retroactive to January 

  • Improved language for helper clerk promotion

  • Longevity increases for long-tenured employees

  • Increases to night and evening premiums

  • Improving and securing our Retirement and tying contributions to a percent of wages instead of a fixed rate. 

To move closer to agreement we have accepted Management’s proposal to maintain separate scales inside and outside Seattle. We have proposed increases at the bottom of the scales that would bring the two scales closer together. We have also proposed wage escalators to ensure that each scale starts at least $0.25 above minimum wage as minimum wages increase.

Let’s Return the Co-op to its Roots and vote for worker candidates Donna and Laurae in the PCC Board elections! 

“We brought all of your energy from the info pickets to the bargaining table to make sure we could hold the line on our economic demands. Thanks for giving us your support and enthusiasm to keep pushing PCC for a fair contract. We need to keep that energy up!” 

– PCC Bargaining Team

Atsuko Koseki, Edmonds Deli;
Greg Brooks, Fremont Meat;
Keith Allery, Greenlake Village Deli;
Quinn Ráo, Ballard Front End; Scott Shiflett, Redmond Meat; Yasab Pfister, Burien Front End

Our next bargaining dates are 4/26, 4/27, and 4/30.