Richland Fred Meyer - Tentative Agreement Reached! Vote Meeting Scheduled

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Our Richland Fred Meyer bargaining committee reached a unanimously recommended tentative agreement on September 29. The tentative agreement includes: 

  • New Wage Scale with wage increases in each year of the contract 

  • Workplace Safety Language that would improve training and safety in the store and create avenues to address safety concerns that are not addressed at the store level 

  • Just Cause Protections, making sure that workers cannot be terminated or disciplined without a reason 

  • Grievance Procedure to give workers the ability to challenge any unjust discipline or violation of our new contract 

  • Union Recognition making it clear that the contract will cover workers at the Richland Fred Meyer 

  • Health and Welfare, ensuring workers will have access to affordable high-quality health care 

  • Union Security to ensure that we have a strong union store for years to come

Full details of the tentative agreement will be available at our vote meetings on Oct. 7! 

Vote Meeting 
Friday, October 7, 2022

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

UFCW 3000 Tri-Cities Office 
2505 Duportail St, Suite D 
Richland, WA 99352

Vote meetings are rolling meetings, stop by anytime during the vote times to review the tentative agreement and cast your vote. 

“Building a strong union store is not a sprint, it is a marathon. We have worked tirelessly over the last three years to win our union vote, and then over the past five months to win a tentative agreement. I am proud to have fought for and won huge workplace improvements in this tentative agreement against many odds, and I am looking forward to continuing to build a strong union here at the Richland Fred Meyer.” 

— Roxanne Reynolds, BT Member 

“We were able to come together as a store and a community, winning a historic first contract in the Tri-Cites. We will continue to fight to improve the working conditions and pay for all Fred Meyer workers.”

— Eden Hill, BT Member 

*NOTE: October 7 Community Action is CANCELED. Thank you to all of the community for the support!