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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