Our Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement on a new three year contract and recommends a yes vote!
After months of negotiating with Macy’s management, our Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement and recommends a YES vote to accept the proposal from Macy’s.
Now is your opportunity to vote and make your voice heard! The vote on this agreement is open to all active members of Macy’s Retail and Furniture Gallery contracts.
Last week, late Wednesday/early Thursday, we agreed to the terms for a new collective bargaining agreement with management. Our union Bargaining Team fought a persistent employer and we were able to put together a package that includes:
After several months of bargaining, we have reached a tentative agreement. We said NO to increased medical benefit costs for part time workers! We held strong on our priorities!
Over the past couple of weeks, our Bargaining Team has met to review the survey responses you shared with us. Your feedback is helping us prepare our proposals and, most importantly, make sure your voices, priorities, and concerns are represented at the bargaining table
We finally got to a tentative agreement on our first union collective bargaining agreement! After almost a year of bargaining, we were able to reach a tentative agreement in our last session on August 14 with the employer.
And health care is not the only improvement in this tentative agreement! There is much more that we cannot wait to share with you when we present the full agreement for your vote. Our Bargaining Team recommends a yes vote!
On Thursday August 13, our union was notified that Citadel Acquisition LLC (a subsidiary of ZMC Management) will be purchasing a majority stake in Card Kingdom effective late September 2026.
On August 13 we held our third bargaining session with management and were able to carry our forward momentum into our first tentative agreements!
Our OMC Service Bargaining Team came to the table on August 12 focused, prepared, and ready to push for meaningful change.
After several months of bargaining, we have reached a tentative agreement. We said NO to increased medical benefit costs for part time workers! We held strong on our priorities!
Read MoreOur OMC Service Bargaining Team came to the table on August 12 focused, prepared, and ready to push for meaningful change.
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OMC Service
Our Bargaining Team Pushes Forward on Member Priorities
Our Bargaining Team met with Olympic Medical Center on June 29 and continued advancing proposals that reflect the priorities members have been raising. Our Team came prepared and focused on language that protects seniority, strengthens job posting and transfer rights, and addresses scheduling concerns for Service workers.
Our Union passed proposals that would improve monthly status reports to the Union, strengthen new hire orientation access, and protect seniority rights in job openings, transfers, layoffs, recalls, promotions, and shift changes. Our Team also proposed language to address variable shifts, including protections against being scheduled for day, evening, and night shifts in the same workweek.
What Our Team Proposed
Protect seniority — Seniority should matter when it comes to layoffs, recalls, transfers, shift changes, promotions, and job vacancies when qualifications are equal.
Improve job posting rights — Our Union proposed that regular job openings be posted internally before being posted externally, giving current workers the first opportunity to apply.
Address work rotation and variable shifts — Our Team proposed protections so workers are not scheduled to work day shift, evening shift, and night shift in the same workweek. The proposal also protects workers from being required to rotate between day shift one week and night shift the following week.
Strengthen benefits and leave language — Our Union also passed proposals around lead pay, vacation scheduling, paid sick leave carryover, bereavement leave, and expanding the definition of immediate family to include family members such as niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, and first cousin.
What We Are Still Fighting For
Our Bargaining Team is continuing to fight for language that respects Service workers' work, protects seniority, creates fair access to job opportunities, improves transparency, and gives workers more stability in their schedules.
Next Bargaining Session
July 14, 2026
Stay United and Stay Ready
The strength of this campaign comes from members standing together. Our Team will continue to bring member priorities to the table and fight for a contract that protects OMC Service workers.
We are working to create a strong contract. Our proposals keep the contract competitive and relevant.
Management proposed increasing the cost of health benefits for workers who work less than a .8 FTE. This is unacceptable! We need part-time workers and want them to have the same access to benefits as other OMC workers.
Management’s wage proposals are unrealistic. We are proposing sustainable wage increases.
Management proposed that we give them 30 days’ notice for vacation days taken during non-prime time, because it’s easier for managers.
We are all working harder than ever before. We need to ensure that OMC values this work and holds to its commitment. We are a valuable part of this community.
June 17
5pm - 7pm
McCarter Room (located in cafeteria)
Olympic Medical Center
939 Caroline Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362
Or call Union Rep Collin Greer at 360-662-1982.
Bargaining Team: Joshua Johnson, Sandra Caudill, Hector Pozernick, Patricia Wood
Join Us for Our Bargaining Kick-Off Meeting: Wednesday, June 10 from 3:30pm – 5:30pm at Linkletter
Let’s come together, share ideas, and build the strength we need to win a fair contract for OMC Service members
Read MoreWe have started bargaining and have given Management both economic proposals and proposals that will update and elevate contract language. Although we have received some responses from Management, we anticipate responses to our economic proposals at our next session.
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Your OMC Pro-Tech Bargaining Team met for the first day of negotiations. Although the session looked different than expected because members of the management team were out sick, your Bargaining Team made the most of the time and stayed focused on the work ahead.
Rather than lose valuable time, the Bargaining Team used the day to work together on a strong and comprehensive proposal package. This gives us the opportunity to come back to the table at our next session ready to present management with clear priorities and thoughtful proposals that reflect the needs and concerns of Pro-Tech workers.
Our Bargaining Team remains committed to pushing forward and making every bargaining day count. We will continue to keep members updated as negotiations move ahead.
If you have questions, reach out to your Bargaining Team.
Bargaining Team: Josh Johnston, Jake Purvis, Sandra Caudill, Hector Pozernick
Our Bargaining Team had a productive first day at the table, presenting management with a non-economic proposal package and beginning work on economic issues.
Day two looked different than expected because management was out sick. Even so, the Bargaining Team used the time to develop a comprehensive proposal package to present at the next session.
We remain focused, prepared, and committed to moving this process forward. We will continue to keep members updated as bargaining progresses.
If you have questions, please reach out to the Bargaining Team: Justin Parks, Tilly Richards, Danielle Green
Coleen Dahlman holds a deep passion for helping her community. At work, her passion drives her as a CT Tech—a trained imaging specialist doctors depend on to diagnose patients—in the Radiology Department for Kaiser Permanente Olympia Medical Center. Outside of work Coleen loves to quilt and donates her quilts to people in her community and coworkers.
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We have a tentative agreement with OMC to shorten the amount of time worked before employees are eligible to use accrued vacation. This is a change to the current Support Services Contract and will require a vote of Union Members.
Voting on this proposed change will be held:
Port Angeles
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
PFS Building, Basement Breakroom
519 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles, WA 98362
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Olympic Medical Center, Linkletter Conference Room
939 Caroline Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362
Sequim
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Medical Services Building (MSB), 2nd Floor Conference Room
840 N 5th Avenue, Sequim, WA 98382
UFCW 3000 members in good standing are encouraged to attend a meeting, ask questions, and vote.
Questions? Contact Union Representative Aimee Oien: (360) 662-1981
Olympic Medical Center Pro Tech
We have a tentative agreement with OMC to shorten the number of months worked before employees are eligible to use accrued vacation.
This is a change to the current Pro Tech Contract so will require a vote of Union Members. Contract change votes scheduled:
You must be a member in good standing to be eligible to vote.
If you have questions please contact Union Representative Aimee Oien at 360-662-1981
Make sure your personal contact information is up to date >>
On December 21 and 22, union members overwhelmingly voted to approve a new Union Contract which includes:
18% Wage Increases over 3 years
Market Increases
Bonuses
Differential Increases
Premium Increases
For additional information contact a Bargaining Team member or Union Rep Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.
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On November 30 and December 1, workers overwhelmingly voted YES to ratify a new Union Contract.
Highlights of the contract include:
7% wage increase paid the first full pay period following ratification
Market increases for many jobs
2024: 6% wage increase, first full pay period following March 31, 2024
2025: 6% wage increase, first full pay period following March 31, 2025
$1000 bonus prorated based on FTE in each of 2024 and 2025
New Step 13 added in 2024 for all positions at 2% higher than Step 12
Shift differential: $3.00 Evening/$5.00 Nights
$4.00 standby
Callback/call-in on day off at two times the normal rate of pay
$3.25 lead pay
$4.50 weekend premium
LOU for hazardous drug mixing
$2.00 certification premium
For more information, contact Union Rep Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.
After several months of bargaining, we have reached a tentative agreement.The Bargaining Team fully recommends a “YES” vote this agreement!
Highlights of the tentative agreement include:
19% wage increases
Market increases
$2000.00 total bonuses prorated by FTE
$3.00 for evening/$5.00 for night shift differentials
Join your coworkers and vote on the new agreement!
UFCW 3000 members in good standing are encouraged to attend a meeting, ask questions, and vote on the contract. Contact a Bargaining Team member or your Union Rep Aimee Oien for any questions @ 360-662-1981.
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Bargaining continued on Tuesday, September 5. We had discussions about job descriptions and wage disparities for Support Services workers and are trying to understand why some positions are paid at a higher rate which are essentially the same as other lower paid positions. Responses from Management did not specifically address our concerns.
We presented Management with a strong wage, premium, and benefits package for ProTech workers to retain current employees and recruit new ones to fill the huge staffing void. Management’s response was a modest increase to their previous proposal. They suggested we meet with the CEO, Darryl Wolfe, next session to review hospital finances.
This is unacceptable! We need to let Management know that we cannot and will not continue to work for less. We are working harder than ever, covering for multiple unfilled positions, adding stress to our work and our personal lives.
Support Services Workers: We are circulating a letter/petition to send Management. Talk to a Bargaining Team member or to Union Rep Aimee Oien.
Wear our sticker to show Management that we deserve a fair contract!
Everyone can get a sticker from a Bargaining Team member or Union Rep Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.
“Support Services is vital to OMC and their profits. We deserve a fair and livable wage and will fight as one until we get it.” —Deviney Blore
“We’re still miles apart, their last offer does not promote retention and recruitment.” —Josh Johnston
“Where OMC is at, there is no doubt we will continue to lose coworkers to neighboring hospitals worsening the financial situation and morale.” —Rob Elofson-Golbert
“OMC is asking us to take far less than they have given other contracts recently.” —Patty Wood
“It’s hard to provide excellence working for an organization that gives us less than minimum.”—Hector Pozernick
Bargaining Team: Back Row (L-R) Nancy Dahll, Kimberly Goss, Hector Pozernick, Cameron Van Winkle; Front Row (L-R) Cathy Macphail, Patty Wood, Mandy Beck, Jake Purvis, Josh Johnston, Deviney Blore, Terry Wray, Robert Elofson-Gilbertson (not pictured)
Bargaining Team: (Standing L—R): Nancy Dahl, Ultrasound Tech; Kim Goss, Financial Advisor; Hector Pozernic, Physical Therapist; Cameron Van Winkle, Laundry Worker; (Seated L—R): Cathy Macphail, Negotiator, Patricia Wood, Technical Specialist Lab; Amanda Beck, Surgery Tech; Jake Purvis, Pharmacist; Joshua Johnston, CT Tech; Deviny Blore, Imaging Services Rep II; Terry Wray, Patient Access Rep; Not Pictured: Robert Elofson-Gilbertson, Radiology Tech; Aimee Oien, Union Representative
We had a full Bargaining session with Management at Olympic Medical Center on July 13.
Our Union Bargaining Team has proposed to significantly increase wages and other compensation as well as addressing huge challenges around staffing. We have made many other proposals to improving processes and work—life balance.
Although Management has been friendly, we still haven’t received many proposals from them. We hope to have a better understanding of their priorities when they respond. We meet again on Friday, July 28.
For additional information or to get more involved, reach out to a Bargaining Team Member or to Union Representative Aimee Oien at 360-662-1981.
Members of UFCW 3000 can have their bargaining updates and other helpful information emailed to them. It is very important that your personal contact information is correct with your Union to be sure you receive updates on bargaining with your employer, union benefits, bargaining surveys, as well as contract vote information: ufcw3000.org/update-your-information
Bargaining has begun for Pro-Tech and Support Services workers.
Your Bargaining Team has met several times to create contract proposals that address the challenges of retaining and recruiting workers. Low wages are at the center of the staffing crisis, resulting in long hours of work for the dedicated staff who are the foundation of OMC.
OMC needs to offer competitive wages and benefits that will not only get workers, but also keep them. Staffing issues need to be addressed, including the high number of travelers who have no commitment to the community.
On Friday, June 23, we had a full day of bargaining and made both economic and non-economic proposals.
Management seemed interested in what we had to say, but have not yet given any response to our proposals. The next bargaining date is July 13.
Our Bargaining Team
Pro-Tech: Amanda Beck, Surgery Tech; Nancy Dahl, Ultrasound Tech; Robert Elofson-Gilbertson, Radiology Tech; Joshua Johnston, CT Tech; Hector Pozernic, Physical Therapist; Jake Purvis, Pharmacist; Patricia Wood, Technical Specialist;
Support Services: Deviney Blore, Imaging Services Rep II; Cameron Van Winkle, Laundry Worker; Terry Wray, Patient Access Rep
For additional information, contact a bargaining team member or Union Representative Aimee Oien 360-662-1981.
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On Thursday, March 23 members of the Union Bargaining Team met with Management to begin negotiations for our new Union Contract.
As part of this meeting, each team member talked about their role and the roles of their coworkers in the organization and made sure that Management understood how vitally important Home Health employees are to the success of Olympic Medical and to the community.
“We submitted a comprehensive economic and non-economic proposal. We are hopeful that Management will come back a fair and equitable response that brings us closer to hospital standards.”
Our next bargaining date is April 17 where will expect Management to respond to our proposals.
Olympic Medical Center
On October 11, the Healthcare Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was ratified with overwhelming support.
What does this mean for you? As Olympic Medical Center transitions everyone’s healthcare back to PEBB from Premera, you will see a $100 lump sum deposited into your Flexible Spending Account (FSA) in January 2023 to help offset any cost during transition. You will be able to use this $100 lump sum immediately starting in January 2023.
If you have any questions, please contact your Union Representative Aimee Oien at 360-662-1981.
On September 30, we reached an agreement with Olympic Medical Center, regarding the transition back to PEBB Health Insurance. We will be voting online on October 11 from 5PM until October 12 at 5PM. The entire vote document shall be available for review 24 hours prior to the start of the online vote.
We will be holding virtual vote meeting on October 11 at 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. During this meeting, we will be going over the vote documents and answering questions.
In order to vote, you must be a union member in good standing prior to the start of the vote. You will be receiving an online vote link from “SimplyVote” at 5PM on October 11. If you do not receive a link to the vote, please email your union representative Aimee Oien aoien@ufcw3000.org. Additionally we ask that you provide us with a non-Olympic Medical Center email address. We have noticed in the past that OMC’s email system blocks emails from “SimplyVote” and UFCW.
If you do not receive UFCW emails, please check your junk/spam folder or update your contact information by October 10, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact your bargaining team or union representative.
Online Voting Period
Tuesday, October 11 • 5:00 PM
Wednesday, October 12 • 5:00 PM
Online Vote Meeting
Tuesday, October 11 • 10:00 AM
Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details. Details will be also emailed out.
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To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.
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