On September 1, Macy’s gave us a comprehensive counter proposal including wages.

Spoiler alert! We were underwhelmed. Macy’s increased their wage proposal by just $0.05. They told us that based on their other economic proposals, they thought that this was a “big move.”

There was small progress on other things, but Macy’s continues to stand by:

• It’s ridiculous Reliability Attendance policy,

• Eliminating the wage scales that get associates to the top rates of pay, and

• Taking away credit for past Macy’s experience when rehired.

On healthcare, Macy’s proposed a drastic premium increase for the Platinum levels of coverage. When we dove into the numbers to make a counter proposal, we ended up having more questions than answers, which we are now waiting for before we can move ahead.

“Macy’s might think that we are just numbers on a spreadsheet; but they need to know that we are real people trying to survive. Their wage proposal won’t even cover half of how much rent has increased!”

- Brenda Eaden, Tukwila Macy’s Furniture Gallery

Those of us who have been through many bargains with Macy’s know that change only comes from when Macy’s workers take action!

• Tell Macy’s their offer makes them unreliable! Take our Macy’s Reliability Survey and tell Macy’s they need to change their offer.

https://bit.ly/MacysSurvey2021

Get ready to take action when we present management with the results of the survey. Spoiler Alert! It’s not looking good for the boss.