Twin City Foods Overtime Vote: YES! Votación sobre Horas Extra: ¡SÍ!
/On Tuesday, March 10, members counted the ballots and ratified the agreement to change assigned overtime to voluntary overtime.
Read MoreThe 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.
On September 15, a strong group of UFCW 3000 members marched into EvergreenHealth’s Board meeting to make sure their voices were heard.
On Wednesday, September 16, UFCW 3000 members in the St. Michael Medical Center Pro-Tech and Clinical Support unit voted UNANIMOUSLY to reject CommonSpirit’s offer, and overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike.
On Tuesday, March 10, members counted the ballots and ratified the agreement to change assigned overtime to voluntary overtime.
Read MoreJoin us on Tuesday, March 10 to vote on voluntary overtime. The Company has proposed an agreement for notifying members regarding overtime and the process for getting overtime hours voluntarily.
Read MoreProposed Change to Uniforms and Equipment-Non-Skid Shoe Reimbursement to a Captive Shoe Program. Cambio Propuesto al Artículo de Uniformes y Equipos – Reembolso de Zapatos Antideslizantes a un Programa de Zapatos Cautivos.
Read MoreSix out of the Seven Bargaining Committee members had never sat at a bargaining table before, and this is only the second contract fight for the workers at Twin City Foods (TCF).
Seis de los siete miembros del Comité de Negociación nunca se habían sentado en una mesa de negociaciones antes, y esta es solo la segunda lucha contractual para los trabajadores de Twin City Foods (TCF).
Read MoreWe are happy to announce that the recommended tentative agreement, reached by our union bargaining committee, has been approved by an overwhelming majority of members!
¡Nos alegra anunciar que el acuerdo tentativo recomendado, alcanzado por nuestro comité de negociación de la Unión, ha sido aprobado por una mayoría de miembros!
Read MoreOur Union Bargaining Team is very proud of the hard work and unity achieved in this bargaining round. After many negotiating dates, we finally reached a tentative agreement with the company. Our bargaining committee recommends a YES vote!
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Nos reunimos con la compañía en los últimos dos días donde presentamos todas nuestras propuestas que incluyen incrementos de salario en comparación al mercado laboral.
Desafortunadamente, una de las primeras propuestas que la compañía Twin City Foods nos hizo fue incrementar el seguro médico a un 15%, elevando el costo total para los empleados al 25%! Ahora que la compañía tiene todas nuestras propuestas, esperamos que para el 26 de agosto nos den respuestas justas para todos los empleados. Confiamos en que en los próximos días de negociación podamos obtener un contrato que valore el arduo trabajo de todos los trabajadores en todos los departamentos.
De parte del comité negociador, les damos las gracias a todos por apoyarnos y por asistir al convivio el domingo pasado. ¡Compartir con ustedes fuera del trabajo siempre es una bonita experiencia!
Over the last two days, your union bargaining team met with Twin City Foods representatives to continue contract negotiations. We presented all our proposals, which included our wage proposal that we believe is comparable to the labor market.
Unfortunately, one of the first proposals we received from Twin City Foods was to increase the health insurance cost for workers by 15% (from 10% to 25%)! Now that Twin City Foods has all of our proposals, we await their response. Next contract negotiations are scheduled for August 26 and 29. We are hopeful that in the upcoming days of negotiation, we can get closer to a fair contract that values the hard work of all employees in every department.
On behalf of the negotiation committee, we thank you all for your support and for attending the gathering last Sunday. Sharing time with you outside of work is always a great experience!
We had a productive first negotiation session where we introduced our initial non-economic proposals. We worked through several other proposals and are preparing to present them at our next scheduled session next week. Our negotiating team is optimistic about achieving positive results together.
Read MoreLast month we finalized our union bargaining team and had our first meeting where we audited the current contract, discussed top priorities based on the surveys that our members filled out, and started drafting proposals.
This will be the second union contract at Twin City Foods, and a great opportunity to build on and improve our first contract! It is more important than ever to be united, get involved, and support your bargaining team!
We have sent the company a request for dates to meet, and as we wait for official dates to begin, we will be holding another Contract Action Team meeting. These meetings are a great place to bring workplace issues, plan workplace actions, and get more detailed information.
Join us at the next Contract Action Team meeting!
Wednesday, July 17 at the Pasco Public Library
1320 W Hopkins St, Pasco, WA
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM or 3:30 PM - 6:00 PM
If you have any questions, please call your Union Rep Odalys Gonzalez at (360) 409-0558.
El mes pasado finalizamos nuestro equipo de negociación de la Unión y tuvimos nuestra primera reunión donde auditamos el contrato actual, discutimos las prioridades basadas en los cuestionarios que miembros completaron, y comenzamos a trabajar en las propuestas.
¡Este será el segundo contrato de la Unión en Twin City Foods, y una gran oportunidad para mejorar nuestro primer contrato! ¡Es más importante que nunca estar unidos, involucrarse en este proceso y apoyar a su equipo de negociación!
Le hemos pedido fechas a la compañía, y mientras esperamos las fechas oficiales para comenzar, tendremos otra reunión del Equipo de Acción del Contrato. Estas reuniones son un excelente lugar para hablar sobre problemas en el trabajo, planificar acciones en el trabajo y obtener información más detallada.
La próxima reunión del Equipo de Acción del Contrato!
Miércoles, 17 de julio en la Biblioteca Pública de Pasco 1320 W Hopkins St, Pasco, WA
11:30 am - 2:00 pm o 3:30 pm – 6 pm
Si tiene alguna pregunta, por favor llame a su Representante Odalys González al 360-409-0558.
Twin City Foods ha propuesto un cambio a su plan de seguro médico. Después de revisar los cambios propuestos, decidimos que este cambio tiene que ser votado por nuestros miembros de la Union.
Tendremos una votación para que todos los miembros elegibles tengan la oportunidad de votar sobre los cambios propuestos al plan del seguro medico.
Los detalles sobre los cambios estarán disponibles en los tiempos de votacion. Recomendamos que todos los miembros de la Union asistan, hagan preguntas, y voten.
Si tiene alguna pregunta o inquietud, llame a su representante de la Union, Odalys González, al (360) 409-0558.
DETALLE DE VOTO
jueves, 25 de enero de 2024
6:00 AM-8:00 AM y 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
En las dos salas de descanso de Processo y el Nuevo Empaque
Twin City Foods
5405 Industrial Way, Pasco WA
Twin City Foods has proposed a change to your healthcare insurance plan. After reviewing the proposed changes, we are putting it up for a vote by the membership.
We will be holding a vote to allow all eligible members an opportunity to vote on the proposed changes to the healthcare plan.
Details will be available at the meeting. UFCW 3000 members in good standing are encouraged to attend, ask questions, and vote.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call your Union Rep, Odalys Gonzalez, at (360) 409-0558.
VOTE DETAILS
Thursday, January 25, 2024
6:00 AM-8:00 AM & 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
In Processing & Repack break rooms
Twin City Foods
5405 Industrial Way, Pasco WA
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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.