Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Tentative Agreement Reached—vote times scheduled!
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After months of leafleting, info-picketing, petition-signing, and winning a 97% strike authorization vote, our bargaining team harnessed the power of thousands of grocery workers to fight and win a fair contract. All that organizing helped win:
First-of-its-kind staffing language
Strong Journey wage increases
Health and pension funding that sees no benefit cuts
Contract alignment with Snohomish Grocery and Spokane-area grocery/meat, uniting nearly 30,000 grocery workers across Washington State in a unified fight
From June 12 to 15, our team bargained for nearly 60 hours straight, fighting down to the last nickel.
Some other highlights include:
Squaring Up: For General Merchandise workers, a five-year path to wage parity with grocery workers
Training Up: Major investment in a Produce Apprenticeship WeTrain program
Building Up: A pathway to add hundreds more Kroger workers to our union in Washington and Northern Idaho
Our union member bargaining team reached a Tentative Agreement and recommends a YES vote to accept the proposal from the employers.
“This is the ninth time I’ve sat at this table—this contract allows us to majorly build our power in the region” —Jeff Smith, Fred Meyer GM
These votes are open to all active members of UFCW 3000 grocery stores in King, Snohomish, Kitsap, Mason, and Thurston Counties at the big chains (Safeway, Haggen, Albertsons, Fred Meyer and QFC) and independent stores (Town & Country, Saar’s, Vashon Market Fresh IGA and others).
Members in good standing are eligible to vote at any of the following locations and dates.
