Sunrise Dental Contract Ratified!
/Our Bargaining Team is excited to announce on February 11 our contract was overwhelmingly ratified by Union members!
Read MoreAfter months of difficult negotiations, a powerful informational picket, and an overwhelming strike authorization vote, our Union Bargaining Team fought late into the night on October 8 and reached a tentative agreement on a new contract!
The Nominations are in, now it’s time to vote for who will represent you and your coworkers from Ballard, Central District, and Issaquah PCCs on the newly formed PCC Labor Management Advisory Committee (LMAC). Secure online voting will take place Wednesday, October 21 from 8am to 8pm. Every PCC store elects one LMAC representative, you may only vote on a nominee from your own store.
Following a series of highly attended vote meetings on Monday, October 5, union technical workers at St. Joseph Medical Center voted nearly unanimously to:
Reject CommonSpirit’s subpar contract offer
Authorize a STRIKE
“We set the stage and gave our comprehensive proposal letting the employer know that our priorities are to win wages that we deserve, improve our transportation benefits, win immigration protection language as well as ensuring the safety of our co-workers. We are eager to see what BDA’s response is on the 21. ” -Kota Owens, Bargaining Team Member
For the first time in history, on Tuesday, Sept 29, grocery store workers from across Washington State and North Idaho met at the same table to plan for our upcoming bargaining session with Kroger and Albertsons.
Our team met with the employer again today to continue bargaining. We have finally started discussing economics, focusing on health care and wages, which we know are our members’ top priorities. We've seen very little movement from the employer and know we need to start escalating.
Correcting the Record: Decades after Organizing Her Own Unit, Leslie Ball Is Still Fighting for Her Coworkers
Leslie Ball, a certified surgical technologist at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma and a longtime UFCW 3000 Union Steward, has spent decades standing up for herself and her coworkers.
Her fight for better working conditions began in the late 1990s, when she received a 30-cent wage increase, which ended up only being a five-cent raise after her employer reduced her shift differential by a quarter. With years of experience and a deep understanding of the value surgical techs bring to the table, she knew a nickel wasn’t going to cut it. So she and a coworker, Gail Miller, started organizing their colleagues at St. Joe's despite warnings that previous organizing efforts had failed.
Within a year, they helped Radiology, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and other departments form the hospital’s first Technical Unit, which ratified its first contract in 1999.
Please lookout for a vote notice once we can confirm when the ratification vote will take place. Members will all have a chance to review the vote documents and ask questions, we will also hold a meeting to discuss this historic TA very soon. Also, please thank your Bargaining Team! They worked very hard.
We’re getting ready to head to the bargaining table, and we want to hear from you!
Join our Union Bargaining Team for a Bargaining Kick-Off Meeting to talk about the upcoming negotiations, review bargaining priorities, discuss the bargaining process, and answer questions.
This is your opportunity to get involved, share what matters most to you, and help shape our priorities as we prepare for bargaining.
Meeting ID: 821 3753 7914 Passcode: 251390
Get Involved!
Strong contracts are built when members stay informed and involved. Join us as we kick off bargaining and make sure Jefferson County members’ voices are heard at the table.
We look forward to seeing you and hearing from you!
Our Union Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement with Olympic Medical Center and is recommending a YES vote!
After ten sessions across six months of negotiations, our union Bargaining Team reached the difficult but necessary decision to call for a strike authorization vote.
We’ve come to management with contract language addressing our positions being overstaffed by agency & traveler employees. Management have come to us rejecting this proposal.
Our Bargaining Team is thrilled to announce that on September 22, 2026, an overwhelming majority of our members voted YES and approved the contract! We now have a ratified contract!
Our Union Bargaining Team has been working for several months on an agreement to transition Audiology Assistants and Pathologist Assistants into the existing UFCW 3000 Kaiser Permanente Pro Tech Optical Contract and we have reached a tentative agreement. The Bargaining Team fully recommends this agreement.
SEATTLE – Today the Seattle City Council passed Mayor Katie Wilson’s Fair Pricing and Transparency ordinance with no corporate amendments that open the door to algorithmic pricing or weaken enforcement, making Seattle home to the strongest ban on surveillance pricing in the country.
The employer joined us for two bargaining sessions on September 17 and 18. They have hired a new legal counsel who seemingly is trying to set a different, more collaborative tone with our union. We reached Tentative Agreements on several topics, including an Artificial Intelligence Memorandum of Understanding and an Inclusion Memorandum of Understanding to help protect some of our members who are part of marginalized communities.
Join your Bargaining Team and coworkers for an update on the current bargaining campaigns on Tuesday, Sept 22, 5:30-6:30pm. We will give updates on the St. Michael and St. Joseph bargaining and how we can build power together. Please show your support for your bargaining teams by wearing your union swag with pride every day, but especially today, September 18, for our next bargaining session.
Any questions can be addressed to Charlie King at 360-409-0606 or a Bargaining Team Member.
Our Bargaining Team is excited to announce on February 11 our contract was overwhelmingly ratified by Union members!
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Our Bargaining Team recommends a YES Vote!
After many bargaining sessions, our Bargaining Team is excited to announce we have reached a tentative agreement!
Union Boards coming to EVERY location!
Increase to Vacation and 401(k)!
Grievance Process extended!
And so much more!
"It's not about perfect. It's about effort. And when you bring that effort every single day, that's where transformation happens. That's how change occurs."
— Jillian Michaels
Tuesday, Feb 10
5pm - 7pm
Link to Zoom Meeting >>
Join us to learn about the tentative agreement and ask questions.
Online Voting Period: Wednesday, Feb 11, between 8am and 4:30pm. If you have not received your ballot in your email by noon, please reach out to your Union Rep or Membership Services at 206-436-6635.
You must be a member in good standing to vote. Not a member yet? No problem! You can:
Reach out to our Bargaining Team or Union Rep.
If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to your Bargaining Team or Union Rep Penny Cramer at 206-436-6559.
Bargaining Team: Jacqueline "Jaqi" Tang, Bellevue office; Linda Thomas, Olympia office
The Employer has tentatively agreed on several great items; however, they are not hearing us on wages. Our team is still going strong and actively countering to work towards a fair agreement that includes a wage scale that will recruit and retain our skilled labor.
Thursday, November 20
6pm - 7pm
Join Zoom Meeting >>
Please join our Bargaining Team for a virtual check-in. Let's talk about the bargaining process and find out how it is going.
Wednesday, November 26
Please support our Bargaining Team by wearing your sticker on Wednesday, November 26! Please reach out to a Bargaining Team member or your Union Rep for your sticker and to share your solidarity photos.
Steward Training: How to Represent Co-Workers in Investigatory Meetings (Online) · UFCW 3000 >>
Bargaining Team: Jacqueline "Jaqi" Tang, Bellevue Office; Linda Thomas, Olympia Office
Our union Bargaining Team met with the Employer on October 23. Negotiations are still in progress. The Employer came back and tentatively agreed to some items, but we are still waiting for their counter on several others. We’ll share another update once we have more movement. Our next bargaining sessions are November 7 and 14.
Read MoreOur Bargaining Team met with the Employer on September 29 and 30. We have given the Employer our non-economic and economic proposals. The Employer responded to part of our non-economic proposals with several tentative agreements. We feel they heard us, and we are excited to return to the table on October 23 for their responses.
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On Wednesday May 31 members voted overwhelmingly to approve a new union contract!
This contract includes:
Wage increases for all employees,
including those paid above the wage scale.
$900 Bonus
One additional personal day for a total of five days.
Additional employer contribution to the 401K.
NEW Meal and Rest Periods language.
Extended time for Bereavement Leave.
Reach out to your Union Representative for additional information or if you want to get more involved.
Our Union Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract and are recommending a yes vote! We are excited to announce that the new agreement includes:
Wage increases each year of the agreement
$900 Bonus
One additional Personal Holiday
Increased Employer 401K contribution
Full details of the contract offer will be available during the online vote:
You will receive an email from UFCW 3000 via “SimplyVoting” with your unique login information. All members in good standing are eligible to vote.
TO VOTE ONLINE Make sure your information is up to date!
In order to vote on proposals, make sure your personal email is up to date in our records. If you did not receive this announcement via email please visit: ufcw3000.org/update-your-information to update your email or us.
If you do not receive an email to vote on May 31, please reach out to your Union Representative to provide an updated email address.
Charlie King (Bonney Lake, Olympia, Puyallup, Tacoma, Federal Way, Lakewood) 206-436-6518
Christie Harris (Auburn, Covington, Kent, Maple Valley, Renton, Seatac/Seattle, Tukwila/Southcenter, Bothell/Mill Creek, Everett, Marysville, Monroe, Shoreline, Ballard, Bellevue, Carnation, Issaquah, Redmond) 206-436-6606
Naomi Oligario (Gig Harbor, Sequim, Poulsbo, Silverdale) 360-662-1989
Celia Ponce-Sanchez (Lynnwood, Arlington) 360-419-4678
It is so important that members attend the Zoom Meeting to get a full understanding of the Employer’s offer and have your questions answered. 1-253-215-8782 use Meeting ID: 876 4159 3675 Passcode: 899349 Or scan the QR Code to go to the zoom meeting.
After two bargaining sessions, Management says everyone is happy and nothing needs to be improved.
When our Bargaining Team proposed increasing the number of paid holidays, Management said they were not interested.
We deserve higher pay, but Management says:
“We are paying higher than the contract, so don’t need to change wages by very much.”
Bonney Lake, Olympia, Tacoma
Kristina Wood 206-436-6598
Auburn, Federal Way, Kent, Lakewood, Maple Valley, Renton, SeaTac, Tukwila
Christie Harris 206-436-6606
Gig Harbor, Sequim, Poulsbo, Silverdale
Ryan Degouveia 360-662-1989
Arlington, Bothell/Mill Creek, Everett, Marysville, Monroe, Shoreline, Ballard, Bellevue, Carnation, Issaquah, Redmond
Jack Crow 206-436-6614
Lynnwood
Celia Ponce-Sanchez 360-419-4678
Sunrise Dental Bargaining Team: Mark Jafari, Accountant; Linda Thomas, Dental Assistant
After months of trying to get dates on the calendar, Bargaining Team Members met with Management and gave a full contract proposal including increases to wages and additional vacation and holidays.
Management seemed receptive and we anticipate a response from them soon!
Bargaining Team members included Linda Thomas from Olympia and Mark Jafari from Bellevue.
If you or one of your coworkers are not getting emails, your information may need to be updated:
ufcw3000.org/update-your-information
For additional information, contact your rep or visit our website at ufcw3000.org
We are the Union. The members of UFCW 3000 are over 50,000 members working in grocery, retail, health care, meat packing, cannabis, & other industries across Washington state, north-east Oregon, and northern Idaho. UFCW 3000 is a chartered member of UFCW International with over 1.4 million workers in North America.
To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.
Correcting the Record: Decades after Organizing Her Own Unit, Leslie Ball Is Still Fighting for Her Coworkers
Leslie Ball, a certified surgical technologist at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma and a longtime UFCW 3000 Union Steward, has spent decades standing up for herself and her coworkers.
Her fight for better working conditions began in the late 1990s, when she received a 30-cent wage increase, which ended up only being a five-cent raise after her employer reduced her shift differential by a quarter. With years of experience and a deep understanding of the value surgical techs bring to the table, she knew a nickel wasn’t going to cut it. So she and a coworker, Gail Miller, started organizing their colleagues at St. Joe's despite warnings that previous organizing efforts had failed.
Within a year, they helped Radiology, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and other departments form the hospital’s first Technical Unit, which ratified its first contract in 1999.
Jenny C., a transporter at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, knows what it looks like when management hopes a problem will just go away.
Jenny has watched the facility's transport elevators malfunction for more than a year, filing report after report after each incident she witnessed. Supervisors did not appear to take these complaints seriously.