Metropolitan Market Bargaining Update

Our Union has been in negotiations with Metropolitan Market since our fellow union members at Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC, and Albertsons (“Allied”) ratified their contract earlier this year in June. Recently, our Bargaining Team met with Metropolitan Market representatives on November 24 to have further discussions regarding the grocery contract proposals. On November 7, meat managers throughout Metropolitan Market met with employer representatives to work on our meat agreement.

Together, our Bargaining Team has made significant progress on a new contract that addresses our core issues including journey and apprentice scale wage increases, guaranteed hours for grocery, and recruitment and retention of our coworkers. We have sent Metropolitan Market what we believe to be an offer that will get us to an agreement ready to be voted on by members. We are waiting on their response.  

Our Bargaining Team knows that this is the time of year that we need our raises and retroactive pay the most and are pushing to make that happen soon. Stay tuned for vote dates and any other bargaining updates! If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our union Rep or a member of the Bargaining Teams.  

Our Union Bargaining Team: Dan Howes, Produce - Crown Hill; Maggie Baze, Mercer Island; Tori Nakamatsu-Figaroa, Bakery - Uptown; Bill Graves, Maintenance Clerk - Crown Hill; Henry, Sand Point; Kelly Shaffer, Bakery – Uptown.