Northwest Center - Onward Economics

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Northwest Center
ONWARD-ECONOMICS

We are excited to share that this week our Union bargaining team presented a full Comprehensive Economic Proposal to Northwest Center. We feel proud of the unique and intentional language that we crafted that represents our workplace and the type of healthcare and services we provide to families in our community.

Our Economic Proposals include:

  • Market competitive wage scale, annual longevity increases, and cost of living increases

  • New premiums: mentorship, multilingual pay, certification and non-required licensure pay, wage premium in lieu of healthcare insurance, and more

  • Increases to PTO and scheduled breaks/holidays

  • Current healthcare plan with lowered premiums and more accessibility

  • Current retirement plan with increased Employer match contributions

  • Improvements to leaves of absence including parental Leave, compassion leave, family leave, jury leave, and more

  • Professional development including paid expenses for continuing education, educational leave time, tuition reimbursement program, and continued student loan contribution program

  • Grievance procedure to protect our rights and careers

“As we’ve been making proposals, we’ve learned so much about current policies! If you’ve never read the Employee handbook- you should read and learn about the benefits available to us now. One of things we are most proud about crafting is improvements to Compassion Leave at Northwest Center. We have proposed adding “Chosen Family” as a category of bereavement, to recognize and honor that we have meaningful relationships outside of the traditional family structure.” —Jenica Barrett and Kimmy Burns, UFCW 3000 Bargaining Team

Welcome to the Bargaining Team, Kaylee Ainge and Kirsten Syberg, Family Resource Coordinators! They will join the next session on September 19. We are excited to have Family Resource Coordinators perspective and voice at the table.

Our team is staying in close contact with our Union siblings at SEIU 925 Early Learning- please stay tuned for future solidarity actions we will take together!

Many of the improvements we are fighting for could positively impact other workers at Northwest Center! Pass the love and solidarity- Share our Social Media pages with five friends, family, or other coworkers at NWC!

Questions or to get more involved, please contact Union Rep Ian Jacobson @ 206-436-6550.