“After 16 sessions, our employer still refuses to offer backpay and support for our Helper Clerks both inside and outside of Seattle. We all deserve to be paid for our work, and all of us deserve a wage increase, regardless of position. Your Bargaining Team remains dedicated to winning fair and more equitable wages.” —Dan Polking, Fremont

Our workplace actions have given us momentum and have captured the PCC’s attention, but their sluggishness at the table tells us we need to get louder. That’s why we scheduled an Informational Picket on Wednesday, April 15. Together, we’ll show PCC’s administrators how ready we are to fight for the contract we deserve.

On March 10, our rank-and-file Bargaining Team met with PCC to try to reach a deal. We were prepared to bargain all night, but we left disappointed when PCC failed to present us with a full, comprehensive proposal.  

We want to strengthen worker democracy at our co-op, but PCC wants to eliminate the Worker Caucus Committee (WCC) and only extend our Labor Management Committee (LMC) by another contract cycle, which would weaken our voice.

On Feb 13, our member-led Bargaining Team returned to the table to fight for better wages, more hours, and other policies we need to uphold our co-op values.

We made some progress, reaching a Tentative Agreement with PCC that gives Helper Clerks top priority for promotions to Clerk positions.

On Jan 26 and 27, our member-led Bargaining Team returned to the table with PCC and made progress on many non-economic issues.

On Jan 20, our member-led Bargaining Team came to the table expecting meaningful progress. However, PCC only moved a few half-steps forward. They proposed:

On Jan 14, our member-led Bargaining Team came to the table expecting a response to the proposals we delivered last session. Unfortunately, PCC was not ready to respond

On December 17, our member-led Bargaining Team sat across the table from PCC, united and ready to hear their response to the proposals we delivered last session. But when they slid their counter-proposals across the table, they fell short of our needs. To be frank, we witnessed rejection after rejection after rejection.

Our contract negotiations with PCC are heating up. In back-to-back sessions on December 9 and 10, our member-led Bargaining Team delivered most of our proposals, including:

On Friday, November 21, our member-led Bargaining Team sat across the table from PCC for the second time in this contract cycle. We delivered our first round of proposals, which included weekly guaranteed hours, the creation of a centralized scheduler position to improve our shift-bidding system, additional discounts for staff, a limitation on sub-contracting deli, cut fruit, and meat products, plus language on racial justice trainings and immigration protections.

On Wednesday, November 5 our member-led Bargaining Team sat across the table from PCC for the first time this contract cycle. After introducing ourselves to the Employer, we discussed the outcomes from our bargaining survey, named our priorities for this bargain, and built solidarity within our team. Talk to the Bargaining Team member in your store for more detailed information!

Thank you to all the active union members who participated in the nomination and advisory vote at every PCC store location!