Yakima, Tri-Cities, Cle Elum, Ellensburg Contract Ratified!

After months of bargaining, we have ratified a new 3-year contract with many amazing improvements including:

  • A strong journey wage increase! We increased our journey wages by $4.00 or more.

  • Won an “All Purpose Clerk” scale with historic pay raises for many departments —for some over 25% wage increase during the course of this contract.

  • We secured wage escalators increases —that means strong wage increases throughout the pay scale when minimum wage goes up and when workers are moving through the apprentice rates.

  • Major improvements to our vacation banks that will ensure that we get vacation based off hours compensated (now includes sick and vacation time!).

  • Pension plan improvements for Safeway to match Kroger percent of salary; pension contributions increase as your wages increase.

  • Dedicated money to fund training and workforce development to ensure that we get the training we need to do our jobs and prepare for the future of the industry.

  • Stronger safety language to address the top issues we face in our stores.

Our fight is not over!

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