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.
“They gave us next to nothing, so we are giving them nothing but pickets!” – Emily Hunter
Following the employer’s unacceptable conduct during our previous bargaining session, and the significant distance remaining between the parties, our Union Bargaining Team asked the employer if they would agree to request assistance from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). The employer agreed, and an FMCS mediator was available to join us beginning with this session.
The time has come to make your voices heard! We encourage all Radiant Care workers to attend our scheduled vote meeting to review the full details of our new tentative agreement, ask questions, and cast your ballot!
We still have not gotten wages back from management, though we did discuss a few of the economic sections of our contract: namely after receiving one of the aforementioned underwhelming counterproposals regarding a memorandum of understanding for RNs who perform SANE exams. Which the Employer returned the same iteration of the Memorandum of Understanding proposal they brought to us more than one year ago; which only speaks to the examination itself.
As wildfires rip through our region and smoke chokes the air, UFCW 3000 members, families, and communities face evacuations, and loss of homes and livelihoods.
Some workers could experience partial or total work closures creating difficult circumstances surrounding hours, pay, and life stability
As we navigate this emergency, please remember the union and community resources that can help. Also, please review important information below that can help keep you safe and enforce your rights at work.
We are scheduling a vote on whether to accept or reject an LOU (Letter of Understanding) that would change the language of Article 3.4 in our contract. This is regarding the pay rate for working on Saturday and Sunday.
We asked Management about their low wage proposals for 2027 and 2028. They responded that they weren’t focusing on cost-of-living increases and cited that people want to work at this destination employer because it has such a good culture. What do you think?
The rest of the day built off of that momentum and we were able to secure an agreement with the Employer that is fully recommended by our Union Bargaining Team! This offer includes a 10.5% wage increase over the life of the contract as well as increases and expansions to multiple premium pay options! We also were able to secure improvements to our scheduling language, retroactive pay, and compensation for those who are at the top of the scale.
“We had a productive bargaining meeting and reached several tentative agreements, which is an encouraging sign of the progress we’re making together. While we still have work to do on the non-economic items, the discussion remained constructive. We are hopeful that we will continue building on this momentum and make further progress at our next bargaining session.” – Clari Ramos, Nutrition Pharmacist
Yesterday we met with the Employer for the second time. It was their turn to get back to us on our proposals. After their presentation our team worked the rest of the afternoon to respond to their proposals. See the tentative agreements (TAs) we've reached so far (please keep in mind that nothing is final until all members vote and approved the Contract).
We believe outsourcing our union jobs to robots will erode our unity in the worksite, reduce available hours for those who need them to pay the rent, and threaten the stability of our benefits.
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TiIu Napp
When Silverdale Safeway Produce Clerk Tiiu Napp learned that she will become a US citizen in July, she broke down in tears. “I had no idea I would react like I did, but I cried I was so happy,” she said. “This is my home and I wanted to be a part of it.”
Tiiu’s parents fled Estonia during World War II and settled in Canada, where she grew up until she immigrated to the US. After becoming a permanent resident, she landed a job as a mail carrier on a rural route for the United States Postal Service (USPS). When she retired from USPS, she got the job at Safeway and became a UFCW 3000 member.
Though she has wanted to become a citizen since she arrived, high costs and a complicated process presented major hurdles. But when she got more involved in our union during the 2025 grocery bargain, she discovered a union benefit that helped her clear those hurdles at last.
During the grocery campaign, she asked UFCW 3000 staff about Union Citizenship Action Network (UCAN), an initiative that our UFCW International runs in partnership with our local and others. The longstanding program provides legal counsel and paperwork assistance to help members complete the citizenship application in short order.
For Napp, the process felt straightforward. After learning more about the program, she signed up for a UCAN workshop, where she met with her Union Representative and another staff member. She said the staff helped explain the forms to her and clarified any questions she had. After wrapping up the paperwork, she attended an in-person interview. Once she cleared the background check, she received her date to take her oath of citizenship at the Department of Homeland Security’s offices in Tukwila.
When she got that notice, she said she felt overjoyed, relieved, and grateful for the help. “Had I done this by myself, it would have cost me a lot more money and caused a lot more stress. Our union made such a huge difference in helping me get this done,” she said.
“I am honored to be a part of this union,” she added. “There is such a huge power when workers come together collectively.”
If you are interested and would like to schedule an appointment or have any questions, please contact your Union Representative.
TO MAY BE ELIGIBLE IF:
You have been a Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) for five years, or three years if married to a US citizen;
You have no open, unresolved criminal court matters;
You speak, write, and read basic English
English exceptions made for 50 to 54-year-olds who have been LPRs for at least 20 years; or 55-year-olds and up who have been LPRs for at least 15 years; or those with disabilities.
Saturday, July 11 in Mt Vernon, WA
- By Appointment Only -
UFCW 3000 Mt Vernon Office 1510 N 18th St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273
Saturday, July 18 in Yakima, WA
- By Appointment Only -
UFCW 3000 Yakima Office: 507 S 3rd St. Yakima, WA 98901
Silverdale超市農產部員工終於Tiiu Napp終於感到在家
當Silverdale Safeway超市農產品員工Tiiu Napp知道自己將在七月成為美國公民時，她淚眼盈。「我想不到這樣的反應，但我哭因為我快樂，」她說。「這裡是我的家，而我希望成為它的一部份。」
Tiiu的父母在第二次世界大戰時從愛沙尼亞逃亡至加拿大，她在那裡長大，直至她移民到美國。在成為永久居民之後，她在郵局找到一份鄉間郵差的工作。在郵局退休後，她在Safeway找到一份工作，成為UFCW 3000工會會員。
雖然她自來美以後一直想成為公民，高昂的費用和複雜的程序使她感到障礙重重。但當在2025年食物減價期內她更為積極參加工會事務時，她發現一頁工會福利，最後期助她克服障礙。
在該次食品減價活動中，她問工會職員關於工會公民行動網絡（UCAN）事宜，這是UFWW國際工會和我們工會及其他組織的一個合作行動。該長期計劃為會員提供法律諮詢和文件工作，幫助他們迅速的完成入簡申請〔RS1.1〕。
對Napp來說，感到過程順利。在知道更多有關計劃之後，她登記參加一個UCAN的講習會，在那裡她和她的工會代表及另一名職員會面。她說職員幫助她，說明表格內容，解答她的問題。在完成文件工作之後，她參加現場面試。經過背景檢查，她收到宣誓日期的通知，地點在Tukwila國土安全部辦公室。
收到通知時，她說她很是歡喜，如釋重負，和感謝人們的幫忙。「如我自己來做，會花更多錢和感到更多壓力。我們的工會做出重大的不同，幫助我完成過程，」她說。
「我感到榮幸身為此工會的一員，」她又說。「當員工集體團結一起時，那是多大的力量。」
想成為公民嗎？
如你有興趣和想約見或有任何問題，請聯絡你的工會代表。
你可能符合資格：
• 你是合法永久居民已有多年，或你和一名美國公民結婚已有三年；
• 你並無任何未解決的刑事法庭案件；
• 你能講，寫和讀基本英語；
• 已有至少20年身為永久居民的50-54歲移民；或55歲以上身為永久居民至少有15年；或屬傷殘人士
未來 UCAN 講習會
7月11日星期六，在華盛頓州Mt Vernon市
－必須預約－
UFCW 3000 Mt Vernon辦事處： 1510 N 18th St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273
7月18日，在華州Yakima市
－必須預約－
UFCW 3000 Yakima辦事處：
Taga-Silverdale na Produce Clerk na si Tiiu Napp ay sa Wakas na Pakiramdam ang Pagiging Kabilang
Noong nalaman ng taga-Silverdale na Safeway Produce Clerk na si Tiiu Napp na siya’y maging isang opisyal na mamamayan o citizen ng US noong July, napaiyak siya. “Hindi ko alam na ganun ako magrere-aksyon, pero napaiyak ako sa kasiyahan, “ ani niya. “Tahanan ko ito at gusto kong maging kabilang dito.”
Tumakas mula sa Estonia ang mga magulang ni Tiiu noong Pangalawang Pandaigdig na Digmaan o World War II at nanirahan sa Canada, kung saan siya lumaki hanggang lumipat siya sa US. Matapos maging isang permanenteng residente, nakakuha siya ng trabaho bilang isang kartero sa isang pambukid na rota para sa United States Postal Service (USPS). Noong nag-retiro siya sa USPS, nakakuha siya ng trabaho sa Safeway at naging isang miyembro ng UFCW 3000.
Bagamat gusto niyang maging isang citizen mula pa sa kanyang pagdating, ang mga mamahaling gastos at komplikadong proseso ay nagdulot ng malaking mga hadlang. Ngunit noong naging mas nakatuon siya sa ating unyon noong pakikipagnegosasyon sa 2025 ng grocery, nadiskubre ang isang benepisyo sa unyon na nakatulong upang mabilis na malupig ang mga hadlang na ito.
Sa kasalukuyan ng kampanya para sa grocery, tinanong niya ang staff ng UFCW 3000 tungkol sa Union Citizenship Action Network (UCAN), isang inisyatibo na pinapatakbo ng ating UFCW International kasosyo ang ating lokal at iba pa. Ang mahabang panahon nang programang ito ay nagibibigay ng legal na payo at tulong sa mga papeles upang tulungan ang mga miyembrong makumpleto ang aplikasyon sa pagiging citizen sa madaling panahon.
Para kay Napp, dere-deretso lang ang proseso. Matapos alamin ang programa, nag-sign-up siya para sa isang UCAN workshop, kung saan nakipagpulong siya sa kanyang Representatibo ng Unyon at isa pang miyembro ng staff. Sabi niya ay tumulong ang staff na ipaliwanag ang mga form at nilinaw ang iba pang mga tanong niya. Matapos ang pagkumpleto ng mga papeles, dumalo siya sa isang panayam nang personal. Pagkatapos siyang pumasa sa background check, natanggap niya ang petsa kung kailan niya maaaring makuha ang kanyang panunumpa bilang isang citizen sa opisina ng Department of Homeland Security sa Tukwila.
Noong makuha niya ang paunawa, sabi niya’y sobrang saya niya, magaan ang loob, at nagpapasalamat sa tulong. “Kung ginawa ko lang ito ng sarili ko, sobrang laki ang magagastos ko at ang stress. Malaking bagay ang nagawa ng unyon upang tulungan akong kumpletuhin ito,” ani niya.
“Karangalan kong maging isang parte ng unyong ito,” dagdag niya. “ Mayroong malaking kapangyarihan kapag nagkakaisang nagtutulungan ang mga manggagawa.”
Gusto ba Ninyo ng Tulong Upang Maging Isang Citizen?
Kung interesado kayo at nais ninyong mag-iskedyul ng isang appointment o mayroon kayong anumang tanong, pakikausap sa inyong Representatibo ng Unyon.
MAAARI KAYONG KWALIPIKADO KUNG:
Kayo’y naging isang Legal na Permanenteng Residente o Legal Permanent Resident (LPR) ng limang taon, o tatlong taon kung kasal sa isang US citizen;
Wala kayong bukas, o hindi pa lutas na mga usapin sa korte kriminal;
Kayo’y nakakapagsalita, nakakasulat, at nakakabasa ng basikong Ingles
May eksepsyon para sa mga 50 hanggang 54-taong gulang kung sino’y naging mga LPR ng 20 taon man lamang; o mga 55-taong-gulang kung sino’y naging mga LPR ng 15 taon man lamang; o kung sino’y may mga kapansanan o disability.
Mga Darating na mga UCAN Workshop
Sabado, ika-11 ng Hulyo sa Mt Vernon, WA
Sa Pamamagitan Lamang ng Appointment -
UFCW 3000 Mt Vernon Office 1510 N 18th St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273 [Text Wrapping Break]
Sabado, ika-18 ng Hulyo sa Yakima, WA
Sa Pamamagitan Lamang ng Appointment -
UFCW 3000 Yakima Office: 507 S 3rd St. Yakima, WA 98901
सिल्भरडेल उत्पादन विभागकी कर्मचारी टिउ नाप्पले अन्ततः आफ्नो घर भएको महसुस गरिन्
जब सिल्भरडेल सेफवेकी उत्पादन विभाग (Produce Clerk) कर्मचारी टिउ नाप्पले जुलाई महिनामा आफू अमेरिकी नागरिक बन्ने कुरा थाहा पाइन्, उनी भावुक भएर आँसु झार्न थालिन्।“मैले यस्तो प्रतिक्रिया दिन्छु भनेर सोचेकी पनि थिइनँ, तर म अत्यन्त खुसी भएर रोएँ,” उनले भनिन्। “यो मेरो घर हो र म यसको एउटा हिस्सा बन्न चाहन्थेँ।”
टिउका आमाबुबा दोस्रो विश्वयुद्धका बेला इस्टोनियाबाट भागेर क्यानडा पुगेका थिए, जहाँ टिउले अमेरिकामा बसाइँ सर्नुअघि आफ्नो बाल्यकाल बिताइन्। स्थायी बासिन्दा बनेपछि उनले संयुक्त राज्य हुलाक सेवा (United States Postal Service - USPS) मा ग्रामीण क्षेत्रमा हुलाक वितरण गर्ने काम पाइन्। USPS बाट अवकाश लिएपछि उनले सेफवेमा काम सुरु गरिन् र UFCW 3000 की सदस्य बनिन्।
अमेरिका आएदेखि नै उनले नागरिकता लिन चाहन्थिन्, तर उच्च शुल्क र जटिल प्रक्रियाका कारण यो उनका लागि ठूलो चुनौती बनेको थियो। तर, 2025 को किराना पसलसम्बन्धी अभियान (grocery bargain/campaign) का क्रममा उनी आफ्नो युनियनमा अझ सक्रिय भएपछि उनले एउटा यस्तो युनियन सुविधाबारे थाहा पाइन्, जसले अन्ततः ती कठिनाइहरू पार गर्न उनलाई सहयोग गर्यो।
किराना अभियानका क्रममा उनले UFCW 3000 का कर्मचारीहरूसँग युनियन सिटिजनसिप एक्सन नेटवर्क (Union Citizenship Action Network - (UCAN) का बारेमा सोधिन्। यो UFCW इन्टरनेसनलले स्थानीय युनियनहरू र अन्य साझेदारहरूसँग मिलेर सञ्चालन गर्ने एउटा पहल हो। यो लामो समयदेखि सञ्चालन हुँदै आएको कार्यक्रमले सदस्यहरूलाई नागरिकता आवेदन पूरा गर्न कानुनी परामर्श र आवश्यक कागजी प्रक्रिया पूरा गर्न सहयोग प्रदान गर्छ।
नाप्पका लागि, यो प्रक्रिया निकै सहज महसुस भयो। कार्यक्रमबारे जानकारी पाएपछि उनले UCAN कार्यशालाका लागि नाम दर्ता गरिन्, जहाँ उनले आफ्नो युनियन प्रतिनिधि र अर्को कर्मचारीसँग भेट गरिन्। उनले भनिन् कि कर्मचारीहरूले उनलाई फारमहरू बुझ्न सहयोग गरे र आफूलाई भएका सबै प्रश्नहरूको स्पष्ट जवाफ दिए। कागजी प्रक्रिया पूरा गरेपछि, उनले प्रत्यक्ष अन्तर्वार्तामा भाग लिइन्। पृष्ठभूमि जाँच सफलतापूर्वक पूरा भएपछि उनले टुकविला (Tukwila) स्थित होमल्याण्ड सेक्युरिटी विभागको कार्यालयमा नागरिकताको शपथ लिने मिति प्राप्त गरिन्।
जब उनले त्यो सूचना प्राप्त गरिन्, उनले आफू अत्यन्त खुसी, ढुक्क र सहयोगका लागि आभारी भएको बताइन्। “यदि मैले यो प्रक्रिया आफैँ गरेको भए, यसमा धेरै बढी पैसा खर्च हुन्थ्यो र धेरै तनाव पनि हुन्थ्यो। यो काम पूरा गर्न हाम्रो युनियनले निकै ठूलो फरक पार्यो,” उनले भनिन्।
“म यो युनियनको हिस्सा हुन पाउँदा गर्व गर्छु,” उनले थपिन्। “जब कामदारहरू सामूहिक रूपमा एकताबद्ध हुन्छन्, त्यहाँ ठूलो शक्ति हुन्छ।”
के तपाईंलाई नागरिकता प्राप्त गर्न सहयोग चाहिन्छ?
यदि तपाईं भेटघाटको समय लिन इच्छुक हुनुहुन्छ वा कुनै प्रश्नहरू छन् भने, कृपया आफ्नो युनियन प्रतिनिधिसँग सम्पर्क गर्नुहोस्।
तपाईं योग्य हुन सक्नुहुन्छ, यदि:
· तपाईं अमेरिकी कानुनी स्थायी बासिन्दा (LPR) भएको पाँच वर्ष पूरा भएको छ, वा अमेरिकी नागरिकसँग विवाह भएको अवस्थामा तीन वर्ष पूरा भएको छ;
· तपाईंमाथि कुनै खुला, समाधान नभएको आपराधिक अदालतमा मुद्दा छैन;
· तपाईं आधारभूत अंग्रेजी बोल्न, लेख्न र पढ्न सक्नुहुन्छ
· अंग्रेजी भाषासम्बन्धी छुट 50 देखि 54 वर्ष उमेर भएका र कम्तीमा 20 वर्षदेखि LPR भएका व्यक्तिहरूका लागि; वा 55 वर्ष र त्यसभन्दा माथि उमेर भएका र कम्तीमा 15 वर्षदेखि LPR भएका व्यक्तिहरूका लागि; वा अपाङ्गता भएका व्यक्तिहरूका लागि।
आगामी UCAN कार्यशालाहरू
शनिबार, जुलाई 11 — माउन्ट भर्नन, WA (Mt Vernon, WA)
- केवल पूर्वनिर्धारित समय -
UFCW 3000 माउन्ट भर्नन कार्यालय: 1510 N 18th St, माउन्ट भर्नन, WA 98273 (UFCW 3000 Mt Vernon Office 1510 N 18th St, Mt Vernon, WA 98273)
शनिबार, जुलाई 18 — याकिमा, WA (Yakima, WA)
- केवल पूर्वनिर्धारित समय -
UFCW 3000 याकिमा कार्यालय: 507 S 3rd St. याकिमा, WA 98901 (507 S 3rd St. Yakima, WA 98901)
Let’s get together and talk about what you want to see in the next contract!
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August 19, 2025
Kroger to Close Two Additional Fred Meyer Stores in Puget Sound Region
Contact: Rich Smith, UFCW 3000 Communications Director
rsmith@ufcw3000.org / 816-289-4520
No, this is not the same press release our union issued yesterday.
Kroger, the Ohio-based corporation that owns QFC and Fred Meyer, plans permanently to close two additional Fred Meyer stores in the Puget Sound region on October 17 and 18, affecting 343 workers.
The stores currently serve Lake City (13000 Lake City Way NE; 175 workers affected) and Redmond (17667 NE 76th St; 168 workers affected).
The company claims that those facilities represent some of the region’s lowest performers in terms of sales.
Today's announcement comes one day after the corporation announced plans to close Fred Meyer locations in Kent and Everett. All told, the closure of these four stores affects 703 workers.
In July, the company also announced plans to close a Tacoma Fred Meyer and the Mill Creek QFC. The announcement today raises the number of Kroger-store closures in our region to six.
We will sit down with the company to bargain over these changes in the coming days.
Our union contracts stipulate that Kroger must offer workers placement in equivalent positions at nearby stores, in accordance with their union seniority.
These closures apparently align with Kroger’s plan to shutter stores in low-sales areas and open stores in potentially high-sales areas, with new Kroger stores scheduled to open in 2026.
This strategy raises serious concerns about food access for working class communities. Three out of the four stores Kroger plans to close are located in zip codes with incomes that rank below their respective county’s household median income.
“In this era of mass consolidation, many of the workers we represent have come to expect this kind of callous, out-of-touch corporate management style from Kroger, but staggering store closure announcements that impact hundreds of workers and thousands of our neighbors over the course of two days is really something else,” said Faye Guenther, UFCW 3000 President.
She added: “Kroger’s closures put profit over people, plain and simple. This corporate strategy might please Wall Street investors, but we know it’ll create food deserts in our neighborhoods and disrupt the lives of hundreds of workers already displaced by a housing affordability crisis now ten years in the making. Without a doubt, these issues will lead our agenda when we return to the table with Kroger and Albertsons in 2027. In the meantime, our union strongly encourages elected leaders to prioritize policies that increase access to fresh, affordable food for all.”
In response to statements from Kroger attributing closures to crime, Bryan Gilderoy, a produce clerk who has worked at the Fred Meyer in Kent for 15 years, said: “From what I can tell in the store, crime has calmed down since COVID. Kroger added security after we demanded it, and things have gotten way better. As a matter of fact, a regular customer came in just yesterday and told me she comes to this store because she feels safest here.”
Washington State Governor Bob Ferguson said, “My office is watching this closely. The closure of six grocery stores in the Puget Sound region creates a lot of uncertainty for the workers and communities who depend on these stores to feed their families. In the coming months, we will be talking to workers and communities about their needs and build on the work we've been doing to make housing and food more affordable in Washington.”
Seattle Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said, “Food deserts aren’t a natural phenomenon—giant grocery store corporations create them when they put their bottom lines over the health and well-being of our communities and workers. Closing stores will put people out of work and make it harder for families to put food on the table – all for the benefit of corporate shareholders and even as CEOs take home millions in pay every single year. I founded the Monopoly Buster’s Caucus in Congress to fight back against this exact kind of treatment of working-class people – consumers and workers – and we’ll be fighting to ensure that everyone has access to quality, affordable food.”
On a June 20, 2025 earnings call, Kroger Interim CEO Ronald Sargent explained the context of the closures this way: “Unfortunately, today, not all of our stores are delivering the sustainable results we need. It's also important to note we paused our annual store review during the merger process ... We usually evaluate individual store performance on an annual basis, and we continue to do that, but we deferred closing any stores due to the merger process.”
Between 2022 and 2024, Kroger spent more than $1 billion in an attempt to merge with Albertsons, which owns Safeway and Haggen, among other banners.
After UFCW 3000 grocery store workers launched a campaign to stop that merger, judges blocked the $25 billion deal in December of 2024. That same month, Kroger announced $7.5 billion in stock buybacks.
Following the failed merger, C&S Wholesalers sued Kroger, claiming Kroger owed the company $125 million. Kroger settled that suit last week on August 11, 2025.
In 2024, Kroger saw a 77% higher net income and 63% higher operating income than they did in 2019, according to company filings (London Stock Exchange Group).
After authorizing a strike in June of 2025, this July grocery store workers in the Puget Sound region ratified a new contract that won first-in-the-nation language to address staffing issues, secured our union healthcare and pensions, and gained some of the largest average annual wage increases we have seen.
UFCW 3000 is the largest private-sector union in Washington State, representing more than 55,000 workers in grocery, healthcare, cannabis, retail, food packing and processing, and textiles and laundry, among other industries. We represent nearly 30,000 grocery workers in Washington, eastern Oregon, and north Idaho.
Kroger, the Ohio-based corporation that owns Fred Meyer and QFC, plans permanently to close two Fred Meyer stores in the Puget Sound region on October 17 and 18, affecting approximately 360 workers.
Read MoreEarlier this month, UFCW 3000 member Richard Talbot, a grocery worker at Fred Meyer #25 in Bellingham, joined Washington Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and a group of SNAP recipients, food bank staff, educators, and community advocates at the Arlington Community Food Bank to talk about the devastating cuts to nutrition assistance in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB).
Read MoreThough some of our contracts don’t expire until later this year— including those of us in Fred Meyer GM and in Teamsters 38— and though many of us are covered under interim agreements, our fellow grocery workers at Kroger and Albertsons will take strike authorization votes following a disappointing final bargaining session with the employers from May 19 to 21.
Read MoreAs the time to reach a deal came down to the wire, the companies acted with no urgency. They made our team wait for hours between proposals, and when they did pass something back, they only moved an inch here and there. Their posture at the table spoke volumes: They don’t value our work, and they don’t think we’re ready to fight for what we deserve. We’re happy to prove them wrong.
Our bargaining team unanimously recommends a NO vote on the contract and a YES vote to authorize a strike so corporate knows they can’t push us around.
Read MoreJason Millione and Aric Martinez know a thing or two about fresh cut fruit. The two are produce clerks at the Mill Creek Fred Meyer and have 16 years of experience between them. Their store used to lead the district in Fresh Cut sales.
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Pharmacy Technicians and Assistants at Rosauers grocery stores in Spokane Washington ratified their new contract this past Monday, December 23, 2024. They achieved significant pay increases, added security to their pension, and increased their vacation benefits. Congratulations.
Your coworker-led bargaining team met with Rosauers for the second bargaining session on December 9th and 10th. With our few Tentative Agreements, we would be able to have the option to cash out 5 vacation days if we are unable to use them due to the needs of the business. We would also be able to have the option to gift our vacation days to our coworkers who may need extra time off due to life-altering events.
We continued to propose livable wage increases with the high inflation we have all felt the effects of, but the company came back with wage proposals that were not sufficient to our team. Our coworker-led Bargaining Team is asking all of us to come together in solidarity and show Rosauers that these economic proposals are unacceptable. Please join us by wearing a button until we get the contract ratified and to show the company, we are going to continue this fight until we win!
Hector Pradis is a shop steward at the Redondo Safeway, and knows how important it for union members to advocate for each other.
Read MoreContract Action Team Meetings are a time when we can get together and plan for the upcoming contract negotiations, discuss workplace issues, and take action together!
Read MoreAs we plan for the upcoming contract cycle with the Employers, our Union Bargaining Team needs input from all members to understand the problems grocery store workers are facing at work and how together we can fight for a better contract and better workplaces.
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After months of strike preparation, store actions, and long negotiation sessions, our member bargaining committee reached a fully recommended tentative agreement with Safeway/Albertsons and Kroger on a new contract. This agreement has dramatic gains for Eastern Washington, Oregon, and historic gains for unionized grocery stores in Idaho.
“This is the most money I thought I'd ever see coming out of Kroger. The pressure we applied across all our stores was amazing! I am feeling amazed!” - Katriana Keffer, Fred Meyer
The agreement includes:
Higher wages that will address pay equity across departments
Rights that will ensure a safer store
Pension improvements
Investments in workforce development and training
And more!
This tentative agreement is not final until we vote on it. Full details of the agreement will be available at the contract vote Thursday, May 2 where members of the bargaining committee will be available to help answer questions and walk us through the agreement.
Contract Votes for Spokane Albertsons Meat, Spokane Albertsons Grocery, Spokane Safeway Meat, Spokane Safeway Grocery, Spokane Fred Meyer Meat, Spokane Fred Meyer Grocery, Spokane Fred Meyer CCK: Thursday, May 2, 2024 from 9am-12pm and 3pm-7pm at the Spokane DoubleTree Hotel and Conference Center, 322 N Spokane Falls Ct, Spokane WA 99201 - All other grocery contracts will vote at a later date.
“I feel really, really good about what we are finally getting from these employers! We broke through some big barriers in this agreement. The gains to our retirement plan felt like we were finally being listened to -we can actually retire!” -Frankie Roesser Safeway
“It’s not what everybody wants, it’s not the moon but I am really excited for my coworkers who worked for year in the Deli, my coworkers will get wage increases that they deserve. Hopefully this will help make sure we can keep people here in the store.” -Jeff Yergens, Safeway
It has come to the Union’s attention that the contractual raises, for the following contracts Albertsons - Lewiston/Clarkston (Grocery and Meat), Albertsons - Coeur d’Alene (Meat), Albertsons - Coeur d’Alene/Hayden Lake (Grocery), Albertsons - Hayden Lake (Meat), Safeway - Coeur d’Alene (Grocery and Meat), and Safeway - Pullman/Moscow (Grocery and Meat) which were scheduled to take effect on October 12, 2025, and reflect on your paycheck of Oct 24, 2025, have not yet been implemented.
After historic votes in Western and Eastern WA grocery contracts. We have been able to define and limit the scope of work permitted by Third-Party Franchise in the produce department.
We overwhelmingly ratified a new agreement at Fred Meyer Richland! Our combined strength with fellow grocery workers across the state established a unified expiration timeline in 2027 for tens of thousands of UFCW 3000 grocery workers bargaining at the same time.
As a twenty-nine year Safeway employee in Spokane Washington, who has been a shop steward for twenty of those years, Vanessa Evans has seen that consolidation over decades of work in the grocery business.
Read MoreAs the 2013 contract negotiations between UFCW 21, UFCW 367, Teamsters 38, and the national grocery chains (represented by Allied Employers) in Western Washington opened, it was obvious that it was going to be a fight to win a fair contract.
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UFCW Locals 5, 7, 324, 400, 770, 1564, 3000
Des Moines, WA – Today, a coalition of United Food & Commercial Workers local unions in fourteen states and the District of Columbia representing more than 100,000 Kroger and Albertsons workers released the following statement regarding the announcement of a divestiture deal to sell hundreds of Kroger and Albertsons stores to C&S Wholesale Grocers:
“We have raised alarms about the proposed Kroger/Albertsons merger from the very beginning— from threats of store closures, higher prices and reduced competition, the harm to unionized workers’ ability to negotiate strong contracts, as well as the negative ripple effects lower union density would have on workers throughout the grocery industry. News of a possible deal with C&S to buy hundreds of stores as part of the proposed merger in no way reduces those alarms. Indeed, in many respects this announcement raises the level of concern for our members.
“Workers and shoppers have been seriously harmed by large-scale sell-offs in the past, orchestrated as part of a potential merger. It was only in 2015 that private equity-owned Haggen acquired a large number of stores as part of a divestiture scheme to appease antitrust regulators in the Albertsons/Safeway merger. It took less than a year for that company to go bankrupt and for Albertsons to pick up the very same stores it had divested for a fraction of what Haggen paid less than a year before, thus undoing the remedy to resolve antitrust concerns. Moreover, thousands of workers lost their jobs and were forced to start over. Today’s announcement of a nearly identical divestiture scheme is a troubling sign that history could repeat itself.”
The above statement can be attributed to the following UFCW local presidents:
John Nunes, UFCW Local 5 President
Kim Cordova, UFCW Local 7 President
Andrea Zinder, UFCW Local 324 President
Mark Federici, UFCW Local 400 President
Kathy Finn, UFCW Local 770 President
Greg Frazier, UFCW Local 1564 President
Faye Guenther, UFCW Local 3000 President
Contact: Tom Geiger, UFCW 3000, 206-604-3421
Our Richland Bargaining Team met on August 16 and 17 and exchanged many proposals with the company including; arbitration procedures and grievance processes, workplace safety language, union security guarantees, just cause protections, paid holidays, sick leave and other important issues. We are very close to an agreement on many of these critical matters. We have dates set in September to continue negotiations with the employer over these critical issues.
Our team continues to fight for:
Fair wages with an enforceable wage scale and increases.
Affordable and quality health care that cannot be changed without the agreement of our union team.
It’s time to show Fred Meyer that this community is clearly on our side and demands that we get the fair first contract that includes fair wages, good health care, secure retirement, and a voice on the job that we deserve!
After months of preparation and workers taking action, marathon bargaining sessions led to a tentative agreement with Albertsons/Safeway, at 3 AM on April 14. This followed four long days of negotiations last week. Our Team will return to the bargaining table with Kroger on Tuesday, April 19. Members at our Kroger stores should continue to prepare for our Informational Pickets on 4/26 to take action on Kroger so we all gain the respect, protection, and pay we deserve. We will all stand united until we all win.
This historic agreement with Albertsons/Safeway is a direct result of our actions and commitment to fighting for essential frontline grocery store workers and serving the communities in which we live since long before COVID. Essential grocery store workers from UFCW in Colorado, California and now here in our State of Washington are gaining some of the respect, pay and protections we deserve.
This is a Tentative Agreement and is not final until you vote to accept it. We will be scheduling votes for Albertsons/Safeway members the week of April 24 through April 30. Exact dates, times and locations will follow soon.
Full details of the agreement will be provided as soon as possible. Some top line information below:
HIGHER WAGES: Exceeds the best wage increases in our union’s history, including hard money at the top of the scale and new money throughout the pay scales.
ADDRESSING PAY EQUITY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS: For years we have been working toward fundamentally changing pay scales so that underpaid departments are paid more equitably. This Tentative Agreement has significant wage increases for all perimeter departments such as Deli, Coffee, Bakery, E-Commerce, Floral, GMHBC, and Fuel, with integration onto a higher paid All Purpose Clerk scale.
“This new scale moves us one step closer to having a single pay scale for everyone in the store. An hour of work is an hour of work, regardless of what department you are in, and we deserve to be compensated equally.”
- Kyong Barry, Albertsons
“This is the biggest wage increase we have ever seen. This pay increase will help thousands of workers who are struggling to put food on the table and pay rent. I am glad Safeway acknowledged the needs of our workers and stepped up with the largest pay increase we have ever seen.”
— Naomi Oligario, Safeway
PROTECTING OUR HEALTH PLAN: For another three years there will be no increased costs for members for our quality, affordable health care. At the same time we were able to negotiate improvements to health, vision, and dental insurance.
KEEPING OUR PENSION SECURE: Our pension continues to be well-funded and secure into the future, including increases in employer contributions to our pension as our wages go up.
IMPROVING SAFETY: We won mandates for our Master Safety Committee Meetings so we have pre-scheduled meeting dates where our employer will discuss our safety concerns directly with worker representatives.
IMPROVING TRAINING: We raised the employer contribution to our joint union-employer training fund to create better pathways to training and better paying jobs. This will invest millions of dollars into our workforce development.
IMPROVING RECRUITMENT & RETENTION: With dramatic pay raises throughout the store, helping address workplace safety, keeping our quality health and pension plans, and an increased investment in training and education, this will help recruit and retain workers in our stores so we can be safely staffed.
TAKING ACTION: ENSURE KROGER WORKERS WIN A FAIR CONTRACT
PREPARE TO ATTEND THE UPCOMING INFORMATIONAL PICKETS ON APRIL 26: SIGN UP TODAY
We know our customers and communities are willing to stand with us in the fight for a fair contract, and informational pickets are an important opportunity to raise our voices, join with our communities, and show Kroger we’re not backing down. There will be morning and afternoon pickets across the region on Tuesday, April 26:
8a-12p:
Fred Meyer #122, 100 NW 85th St, Seattle, WA 98117
Fred Meyer #215, 25250 Pacific Hwy S, Kent, WA 98032
Fred Meyer #681, 2801 Bickford Ave, Snohomish, WA 98290
QFC #863, 1009 Monroe Ave, Enumclaw, WA 98022
QFC #871, 4800 NE 4th St, Renton, WA 98059
QFC #872, 9999 Holman Rd NW, Seattle, WA 98117
2p-6p:
Fred Meyer #111, 33702 21st Ave SW, Federal Way, WA 98023
Fred Meyer #28, 14300 1st Ave S, Burien, WA 98168
QFC #808, 10116 NE 8th St, Bellevue, WA 98004
Ames Reinhold, Metropolitan Market
Amy Dayley Angell, QFC
Aaron Streepy, Attorney
Cliff Powers, Safeway
Caprii Nakihei, Safeway
Cosmo Villini, Safeway
Eric Renner. UFCW 3000
Enrique Romero, Fred Meyer
Suzi Geffre, Fred Meyer
Faye Guenther, UFCW 3000 President
Jeff Smith, Fred Meyer
J’Nee DeLancey, Town & Country
Joanna Clapham, Fred Meyer
Joe Mizrahi, UFCW 3000 Secretary Treasurer
Kevin Flynn, Albertsons
Kyong Barry, Albertsons
Maggie Breshears, Fred Meyer
Naomi Oligario, Safeway
Roger Yanez, QFC
Sam Dancy, QFC
Sam Kantak, Teamsters 38 Secretary Treasurer
Shawn Hayenga, Metropolitan Market
Tammi Brady, Teamsters 38 President
Wil Peterson, Fred Meyer
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.
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.
Fresenius workers can see in Trevino’s story what solidarity looks like in action: Checking your check, speaking up when something's wrong, and stepping up to lead when your coworkers need you.
