Grocery East - Bargaining Update

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“Me and my coworkers don’t expect to get rich working at Fred Meyer. We just don’t think we should have to make a choice between paying our utility bills or rent or mortgage. We deserve a better wage.” 

—Melissa Lozano, Richland Fred Meyer, Shoe Department Lead 

This week our union member bargaining team met to become more informed about our union pension, healthcare plan, and professional training fund.  Now we are ready to go out and educate and support our co-workers with this essential information. We are excited to fight to strengthen and protect our union benefits in bargaining. 

We also were briefed by the Director of WeTrain, our union’s first professional development training fund in the country for people working as meat cutters and in grocery stores.In contract negotiations, we are ready to push to expand this benefit to Eastern Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.  

Our committee discussed the proposed Kroger/Albertsons merger and the ways it would harm us as workers and consumers.Our union, in partnership with locals around the country, has been outspoken in our opposition to this proposed merger since it was announced over a year ago because it threatens jobs, communities and customers. We need Kroger and Albertsons executives to invest in us, not their pocketbooks.  

Join us by: 

  • Coming to a Contract Action Team Meeting:

    • October 25 | 5:30-6:30 in Tri Cities-Wenatchee
      UFCW 3000 office: 330 King St, Suite 4

    • October 26 | 5:30-6:30 in Spokane
      UFCW 3000 office: 2805 N. Market St.

    • October 27 | 5:30-6:30 in Yakima
      UFCW 3000 office: 507 S. 3rd St

  • Signing a Strike Pledge Card 

  • Joining our Telephone Townhall on 11/15 at 4:30 PM (We’ll call you!) 

  • Joining our Worker Research Committee, meeting on Monday, November 6 at 5:30 pm via Zoom!

  • Wearing a union button 


We plan to meet with the employers’ representatives at the end of November!