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UFCW 3000

To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.

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Most Recent News & Updates
Providence Mt. Carmel - Bargaining Team Reaches Tentative Agreement—Contract Vote Scheduled!
Jul 7, 2025
Providence Mt. Carmel - Bargaining Team Reaches Tentative Agreement—Contract Vote Scheduled!
Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025
WATCH: Four Tips to Promote Wellness and Increase Longevity
Jul 7, 2025
WATCH: Four Tips to Promote Wellness and Increase Longevity
Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025
Theorem Cannabis - Bargaining Update
Jul 3, 2025
Theorem Cannabis - Bargaining Update
Jul 3, 2025
Jul 3, 2025
REI - Bargaining Update
Jul 3, 2025
REI - Bargaining Update
Jul 3, 2025
Jul 3, 2025
St. Michael Medical Center RN Bargaining Update
Jul 3, 2025
St. Michael Medical Center RN Bargaining Update
Jul 3, 2025
Jul 3, 2025
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals Tentative Agreement Reached Contract Vote Scheduled!
Jul 2, 2025
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett Professionals Tentative Agreement Reached Contract Vote Scheduled!
Jul 2, 2025
Jul 2, 2025
Card Kingdom Union Labor Management Committee updates: Your feedback in action!
Jul 2, 2025
Card Kingdom Union Labor Management Committee updates: Your feedback in action!
Jul 2, 2025
Jul 2, 2025
Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital - Bargaining Update
Jul 1, 2025
Harbor Regional Health Community Hospital - Bargaining Update
Jul 1, 2025
Jul 1, 2025
Lourdes Counseling Center - Bargaining Update
Jun 30, 2025
Lourdes Counseling Center - Bargaining Update
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Hudson News Contract Ratified
Jun 30, 2025
Hudson News Contract Ratified
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Planned Parenthood Bargaining Begins!
Jun 30, 2025
Planned Parenthood Bargaining Begins!
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Capital Medical Center RN Bargaining Update
Jun 30, 2025
Capital Medical Center RN Bargaining Update
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Sequim School District Maintenance and Operations Tentative Agreement Reached
Jun 30, 2025
Sequim School District Maintenance and Operations Tentative Agreement Reached
Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Contract Ratified!
Jun 27, 2025
Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Contract Ratified!
Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025
St. Michael Medical Center RN - SMMC RNs Deserve More
Jun 27, 2025
St. Michael Medical Center RN - SMMC RNs Deserve More
Jun 27, 2025
Jun 27, 2025
Sea Wolf Bakers - Bargaining Update
Jun 25, 2025
Sea Wolf Bakers - Bargaining Update
Jun 25, 2025
Jun 25, 2025
Mason Health Surgery Techs CONTRACT VOTE
Jun 24, 2025
Mason Health Surgery Techs CONTRACT VOTE
Jun 24, 2025
Jun 24, 2025
Fresenius Bargaining Update & Member Meeting
Jun 23, 2025
Fresenius Bargaining Update & Member Meeting
Jun 23, 2025
Jun 23, 2025
Forks Community Hospital Tentative Agreement Reached! Contract vote scheduled
Jun 23, 2025
Forks Community Hospital Tentative Agreement Reached! Contract vote scheduled
Jun 23, 2025
Jun 23, 2025
PRMCE Pro - Professionals' Wages: Progress Made, But Not Enough...
Jun 20, 2025
PRMCE Pro - Professionals' Wages: Progress Made, But Not Enough...
Jun 20, 2025
Jun 20, 2025
Sea Wolf Bakers - Bargaining Update
Jun 18, 2025
Sea Wolf Bakers - Bargaining Update
Jun 18, 2025
Jun 18, 2025
Duty Free America Bargaining  Update
Jun 18, 2025
Duty Free America Bargaining Update
Jun 18, 2025
Jun 18, 2025
Fresenius  We showed up but Management did NOT
Jun 17, 2025
Fresenius We showed up but Management did NOT
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Tentative Agreement Reached—vote times scheduled!
Jun 17, 2025
Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Tentative Agreement Reached—vote times scheduled!
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
How to Boost Heart Health Now 
Jun 17, 2025
How to Boost Heart Health Now 
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores We Reached a Tentative Agreement
Jun 15, 2025
Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores We Reached a Tentative Agreement
Jun 15, 2025
Jun 15, 2025
St. Michael Medical Center RN - Management Rejects All Staffing Proposals at Ninth Bargaining Session
Jun 13, 2025
St. Michael Medical Center RN - Management Rejects All Staffing Proposals at Ninth Bargaining Session
Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025
Providence Centralia Hospital RN Organized, Focused, & Ready: Bargaining Begins for Centralia RNs!
Jun 13, 2025
Providence Centralia Hospital RN Organized, Focused, & Ready: Bargaining Begins for Centralia RNs!
Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025
Providence Centralia Technical - CONTRACT RATIFIED!
Jun 13, 2025
Providence Centralia Technical - CONTRACT RATIFIED!
Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025
Sea Wolf Bakers Bargaining Update
Jun 13, 2025
Sea Wolf Bakers Bargaining Update
Jun 13, 2025
Jun 13, 2025
May 20, 2016

Grocery Store Workers Ratify New Contract

May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly
Grocery Store Workers Ratify New Contract

“This contract is a big step forward toward a better life for thousands of workers in our region,” said Ariana Davis, a Safeway worker from Renton and Bargaining Team member

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May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly/
Newsletter
spring 2016 newsletter, Rising Together, Grocery Bargain, minimum wage, paid sick and safe days, initiative, I-1433
May 20, 2016

Members Stand Up for Their Rights

May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly
Members Stand Up for Their Rights

While employers can fire most workers in Washington without any reason at all, they need a good reason if firing unionized workers. When Tika Kamara (shown with her kids), a Lab worker at Group Health North Shore was terminated without her employer following the rules, she contacted her union and pushed back.

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May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly/
Newsletter
spring 2016 newsletter, members, on call, just cause
May 20, 2016

UFCW 21 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly
UFCW 21 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Every student should have the opportunity to learn. And if they seek a higher education, they should be able to go to school regardless of their ability to pay. That is part of the American Dream. 

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May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly/
Newsletter
spring 2016 newsletter, scholarship winners
May 20, 2016

Donations — Thank You

May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly
Donations — Thank You

Every three months UFCW 21 members come together at General Membership Meetings around the state – from Forks to Spokane and from Centralia to Bellingham and many places in between.

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May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly/
Newsletter
spring 2016 newsletter, Donations, Flint, GMM
May 20, 2016

Personal Health Assessment

May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly
Personal Health Assessment

HRA Funding: More than half of our members have health care coverage through Sound Health and Wellness Trust and save up to $500 per member or $1,000 for a family by completing their Health Related Actions (HRA) every year.

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May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly/
Newsletter
spring 2016 newsletter, HRA funding, PHA, personal health assessment, Sound Health and Wellness Trust
May 20, 2016

Higher Minimum Wage & Paid Sick Leave for All

May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly
Higher Minimum Wage &  Paid Sick Leave for All

Until late June, we’re in the final push to gather signatures to put this initiative on the fall ballot. Contact your Union Rep or Steward to get a petition and get 10 people to sign it. A lot of people working together, that is what it means to be a union.

Read More
May 20, 2016/ Gaelan Kelly/
Newsletter
spring 2016 newsletter, Raise Up Washington, initiative, 1433
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UFCW 3000

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.

contact Your Rep.

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UFCW 3000 Member Stories!

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Member Story: Hands Off Our Work, Kroger!
May 15, 2025
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Member Story: Hands Off Our Work, Kroger!
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May 15, 2025
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Member Story: After Confronting Management Over Armed Robberies, Members Continue Fight for Safer Safeway
Mar 13, 2025
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Member Story: After Confronting Management Over Armed Robberies, Members Continue Fight for Safer Safeway
Mar 13, 2025
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Mar 13, 2025
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Member Story: Workers Across the Country Are Under Attack. Here’s How to Fight Back
Feb 24, 2025
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Member Story: Workers Across the Country Are Under Attack. Here’s How to Fight Back
Feb 24, 2025
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