Safeway Meat Warehouse - Bargaining Update
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We met with the employer on Monday, August 26, for our first bargaining session.
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UFCW 3000 Member Story: Matthew Leon
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Matthew was hired on as a meat wrapper at Safeway in March of 2023. After a few paychecks he noticed he was not being paid as promised, so he talked to his union representative.
Read MorePuget Sound Meatcutters Apprenticeship Program: Over 100 Years of Union History
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The Seattle Meatcutters Apprenticeship was established as a union-sponsored apprenticeship school on May 17, 1946 to increase the skills, abilities, and knowledge of meatcutters, which in turn led to higher wages and benefits for these highly trained workers.
Read MoreUFCW 3000 Member Story: Allison Smith
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Allison Smith has worked for PCC as a meat cutter since 2013, and is currently home-stored at the Issaquah store, which has been great for her as it is close to home.
During Allison’s time at PCC, she has stepped up to become a leader, including currently serving on the bargaining team for the new PCC contract…
Read MoreUFCW 3000 Member Story: Amber Wise
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Amber Wise is truly one of the busiest UFCW 3000 members we have featured here in our Member Stories. Amber is an apprentice meatcutter at PCC Redmond, a mother of two children with her husband Daniel, is serving on the UFCW 3000 Racial Justice Advisory Board and on our Climate Justice Advisory Board, and to top it all off, she is running for public office…
Read MoreUFCW 3000 Podcast Episode 4: Apprenticeships—or, WeTrain You on How to Pick Your Steak and Advance Your Career
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How can your union further your career? What is a union apprenticeship? What's our union doing to create more high-paying and safer jobs in our industries? Michaela talks to fellow UFCW 3000 member Indy about his experience with the union meat cutting apprenticeship program, and then talks to Evan and Andy about the apprenticeship and the new WeTrain workforce development organization.
UFCW 3000 union shop steward Michaela is always ready to answer fellow members’ questions about their union. She’s also a devoted murder podcast listener. Put those interests together, and she decided to start a union podcast to get all her coworkers’ questions and her own questions answered, and to meet as many people as possible who could share what it means to be a part of UFCW 3000. (No murder on this podcast, only solidarity!)
*The information shared on this podcast is offered by rank and file union member leaders of UFCW 3000. There may be inaccuracies or misstatements shared, as members will be speaking from the lenses of their perspectives and life experiences. While members are doing their best to share good information, we can make no claims to 100% accuracy and this podcast should not be construed as legal advice.
Yakima—The Markets, LLC Grocery & Meat - Contract Ratified!
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Yakima—The Markets, LLC Grocery & Meat
Contract Ratified!
Our contract offer was ratified Tuesday, August 1.
Questions? Please contact a member of our Bargaining Team or Union Rep Raul Zaragoza @ 509-850-2975
Yakima The Markets Grocery Meat Contract Vote Scheduled!
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Yakima The Markets Grocery/Meat Contract Vote Scheduled!
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
10am — 11am and 5pm — 6pm
At Wapato International Market 512 W. 1st St. Wapato, WA 98951
Highlights include:
Affordable Healthcare
Retirement Security
If you have questions please reach out to our Union Rep: Raul Zaragoza at 509-340-7391
UFCW 3000 Member Story: Indy Mendoza
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Meet Indy Mendoza, who works as a meatcutting apprentice at PCC Community Markets. Indy has completed his first year of his apprenticeship and loves working at PCC where he has worked since 2020. Prior to that, he worked as a chef in the restaurant industry. When the pandemic hit, he decided he wanted something more stable than restaurant work could provide…
Read MoreUwajimaya Meat Contract Votes Scheduled!
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Drop by during the voting time to review the Tentative Agreement, have your questions answered, and then vote. These votes are open to all active members of UFCW 3000 Meat Workers at Uwajimaya.
Contract Vote: Thursday, July 13, 2023
Bellevue Store @ 9AM—10:30AM 699 120th Ave. NE (break room)
Renton Store @ 12PM—1:30PM 501 S Grady Way Renton (break room)
Seattle Store @ 2:30PM—4PM 519 6th Ave. S (break room)
UFCW 3000 Member Stories: Misti Senn
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Misti Senn a shop steward in the meat department at the Lynnwood Fred Meyer. Misti has worked as a meat wrapper since 1998 and before that in the service deli. She has seen a lot of changes in that time, including the merger with local grocery QFC, and then Fred Meyer being acquired by the mega-national chain Kroger.
Those changes have shown Misti that having a voice on the job with her union is the only way…
Read MoreUFCW 21 Member Story: Angel Stone, Meat Cutter Extraordinaire
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When Angel decided to train to become a Meat Cutter, she was a newly single mom of two kids and was looking for an opportunity to provide for her family while doing something she genuinely felt good about. Angel says that, while it was a challenge to learn a trade like meat cutting while going through a divorce, the classes made her feel like she was part of a community. Becoming a Meat Cutter helped Angel become a leader in her workplace…
Read MoreUFCW 21 Member Story: Ana Brings Smiles to PCC
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Ana Cuevas works at Redmond PCC! Ana started at PCC 14 years ago in the deli and was a cook for 9 years. To make more money to provide for her family, Ana spoke with management about transferring to the meat department. In fact, Ana’s father was a meat cutter in Mexico and owned a butcher shop there. She then started the meat apprenticeship program and has since moved up to the Lead Position…
Read MoreSafeway Meat Warehouse - Some Early Progress in Bargaining
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On Tuesday your Union bargaining committee met with Albertsons/Safeway management for the first time to bargain the new Union contract. We made early progress with getting tentative agreements to:
Add new language limiting the amount of time that the Employer has to discipline members (10 working days)
Changing Funeral Leave to Bereavement Leave, which allows people to mourn without having to go to the funeral. This is important when family members live far away, or there isn’t formal funeral services.
But we still have big issues, in fact the big issues, ahead of us. We need to stand together as we bargain over our wages, healthcare, and retirement program.
“We made some early progress. But make no mistake, we all need to focus on the total economic package, especially our wages!”
– Jimbo
Make sure you and your coworkers stay updated, especially if we need to take action! Follow the link below to update any contact information to make sure you stay informed and ready.
THE UNION DIFFERENCE - Access to a Better Life
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Not all that long ago Billy was selling Real Change newspapers to customers at the Metropolitan Market by Seattle Center. “I was struggling with drugs and alcohol. I was homeless in the neighborhood I had grown up in. Then I got the chance to start washing dishes at the Met Market.” Billy worked his way up for years in the deli until he was accepted into the Meat Apprenticeship program in 2016…
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