Workers represented by UFCW 3000 elect a board of rank-and-file members from all industries to lead our union. Board members responded to the surge of federal agents to Minneapolis and elsewhere with calls for the immediate end to the surge and demands for accountability and workplace protections.
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UFCW 3000 is a union that runs on democracy. Our Executive Board of over 40 members like you, and our union's top three officers (President, Secretary Treasurer, and Recorder), are all elected by the membership. Similarly, each member gets the opportunity to vote on their contract, which governs their wages, benefits, and working conditions.
On Tuesday, October 24, the top officers, President Faye Guenther, Secretary Treasurer Joe Mizrahi and Recorder Maria Milliron, and the rest of the Executive Board were sworn in to a new term. Under their leadership, our union is helping to lead the way in partnering with many other locals, community organizations, elected officials, and others to advance our rights and benefits and improve and enforce laws at the local, state, and federal levels. We are also excited and looking forward to pursuing the goals in our UFCW 3000 Strategic Plan for building a stronger union.
Kim Cordova, President of UFCW Local 7 was our special guest to help with the swearing-in process. Local 7 and Local 3000 have been staunch allies through many fights and we thank Kim for helping us out!
On Tuesday December 14, our member-led executive board discussed and unanimously approved a Merger Agreement between our Union, UFCW 21 and the members of UFCW 1439! The same day the board members of UFCW local 1439 also approved the merger. This is exciting news and both boards feel strongly that together we will increase our ability to continue the fight for improved wages, working conditions and benefits as well as improve our staffing, schedules and workplace safety. Members will have the opportunity to vote to approve this powerful merger during our upcoming in-person Winter General Membership Meetings in February 2022. A formal notice for the meetings with times and locations will be sent to all members in advance of the meetings once we have locations confirmed.
Kyong Barry, Front End Supervisor, Albertsons, South Auburn, E-Board Member
Derek Roybal, Cardiac Cath-Lab Technologist, Providence Sacred Heart, Spokane, E-Board Member
Cindy Kirkpatrick-Cockett, Pharmacy Technician, Kaiser-Permanente, Tacoma South Medical, E-Board Member
Jeff Smith, Home Clerk, Fred Meyer, Snohomish, E-Board Member
Together our locals will form UFCW 3000, the largest UFCW local in the country!
Members’ dues will not increase as a result of this merger.
When we unite, we win. It’s that simple. Building power across industries like grocery stores, meat-cutters, retail, health care, packing and processing, and others—helps us win better contracts and organize more workplaces where workers want a union but don’t yet have one.
Both our unions represent thousands of workers in Eastern Washington— this will double the size of our collective membership in Eastern and Central Washington Counties.
UFCW health care members and retail grocery store members acting together in counties in western Washington have already made great strides together— in places like Kitsap and Snohomish counties. The merger will expand that kind of solidarity to Spokane, Tri-Cities, Wenatchee and many other areas in the central and eastern parts of the state.
Our newly united union will have an expanded Member Resource Center, where members can call to get quick answers to questions including on weekends and late-night hours. We will also have a new Member Education Department and invest in Workforce Development and Training.
A message from UFCW 21 President Faye Guenther and other UFCW 21 leaders on the killing of George Floyd, our nation’s history of racism, and our union’s commitment to solidarity over white supremacy
“Please, I can’t breathe.” George Floyd, seconds before his murder
“As the tears run down my face, as I watched this man die, I ask myself, when will this end?” Eleanor Knight, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President and Shop Steward
“Such a shame. Hundreds of years of dehumanizing black people. I have not been this upset in about 20 years. Every time I see this on TV raw emotions overcome me, and nothing but tears continually roll down my face.” Sam Dancy, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President and Shop Steward
“As a mother of biracial children, I sobbed. I could not even stop crying when I saw what the police did to this man. I fear for the safety of my own biracial children.” Carrie Ann Perry, UFCW 21 Member
We are filled with grief as we cope with two epidemics and a failed state response to both. One is a global pandemic that has killed over 100,000 of our brothers, sisters, and siblings here in the US. COVID-19, a disease that could have been minimized, but instead was allowed to devastate our nation, is highlighting the cracks in our foundation and illustrating the gross racial and economic inequalities that plague us. The second epidemic is the deep stain of racism rooted in the founding of our country and built into the fabric of our institutions.
The widespread and institutional racism and violence against Black people in this nation goes back over 400 years. It is present and on the rise now, in 2020. This is outrageous. The list is long: police brutality, voter disenfranchisement, racism in hiring, health care, education. We stand for justice for Black people who have been murdered as a result of racist policies, practices, and actors. We lift up our collective voice and say their names: Emmett Till. Philando Castile. Sandra Bland. Michael Brown. Tamir Rice. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. George Floyd. The list could fill a book. We stand for justice for all Black people in this country.
When communities of color are being repeatedly traumatized, when we see racist acts of hate and violence on full display played out online and splashed across televisions and newspapers, we remember that labor’s power comes from our ability to act collectively. Fear undermines our collective power. Racism undermines our collective power. Racism is the enemy of the working class. Racism is the enemy of organized labor. In acts of solidarity, we can gain hope, even where we may disagree. Martin Luther King said, “There comes a time when silence is betrayal.” For working people, there is no more time to remain silent.
Please join with us in a movement for justice that we of United Food & Commercial Workers Local 21 are committed to help to build. We need your voices, your stories about the injustices that you have experienced and resisted, and we need your engagement in the continuing struggle.
“I see you, I hear you, I mourn with you. Black Lives Matter.” Jeannette Randall, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Faye Guenther, UFCW 21 President
Joe Mizrahi, UFCW 21 Secretary-Treasurer
Fredel Albritton, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Kyong Barry, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Gregg Barney, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Maggie Breshears, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Greg Brooks, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Patricia Brown, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Christy Cyr, UFCW 21 Member
Sam Dancy, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Amy Dayley Angell, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Robin Grier, UFCW 21 Member
Tashia Hicks-Templeton, UFCW 21 Member
Eleanor Knight, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Atsuko Koseki, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Mohamed N Muhidin, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Carrie Anne Perry, UFCW 21 Member
Jennifer Parker, UFCW 21 Member
Wil Peterson, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Cliff Powers, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Jeannette Randall, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Rob Shauger, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Scott Shiflett, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Chuck Svac, UFCW 21 Member
Richard Waits, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Sue Wilmot, UFCW 21 Executive Vice President
Zion, UFCW 21 Member
United State of Women Event in Nation's Capitol with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler Features UFCW 21 Member Ariana Davis. There are so many challenges of women the the workplace. But being in a union can make a huge difference. Protection from favoritism, a wage scale, security from unfair discipline.
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.
