Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores info pickets in April!
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The key to our success is staying unified and continuing to fight for better wages, better staffing, and better stores.
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Northwest Administrators ULP Strike Authorization Vote Scheduled
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While members previously voted in December on a general strike authorization, this second vote is specifically related to authorizing an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike in response to NWA’s illegal conduct at the bargaining table.
Read MoreFebruary Contract Action Team Meetings
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Join your coworkers at a monthly Contract Action Team meeting—Let’s stay organized to win a strong contract this year.
Read MoreHelp Support Our Striking Union Allies by Donating to Their Strike & Defense Funds
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Right now, nurses with Providence in Oregon and grocery workers with Kroger-owned King Soopers in Colorado are on strike for better staffing and safer workplaces. Join us and contribute to their strike and defense funds by using the links below. Donations help provide supplies like food, hot beverages, warm clothing, childcare, signs, and other needs as workers battle the cold rains in the PNW and the freezing temperatures in the Denver area. Their fight is our fight—and when we fight, we win!
Tri-Cities Community Health RN Memorandum of Understanding Vote
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Tri-Cities Community Health has proposed a temporary memorandum of understanding to address the RN staffing challenges in Behavior Health.
Read MoreEastern WA Grocery Stores Contract Votes set!
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After nearly six months of bargaining with Albertson/Safeway and Kroger for a new contract that respects our work, increases our wages, and improves our retirement and healthcare, we are holding a contract vote! This notice serves to inform all members that we will be holding contract vote meetings on February 19, 20, 21 and 25.
Read MoreSeattle Children’s Hospital Technical Bargaining Continues!
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Our Union Bargaining Team met with Seattle Children’s Hospital Management on Monday, February 3. Because the Employer needed more time to put together their second counterproposal on economics we began midday
Read MoreConifer St. Michael Medical Center Contract Ratified!
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We wish to thank all of our co-workers in helping us ratify this new collective bargaining agreement. Please remember that the initial 2% wage increase and ratification bonuses will be reflected on the paycheck which is the second full pay period after yesterday’s vote.
Read MorePetition: Restore Gender-Affirming Care at Seattle Children’s Hospital!
/Seattle Children’s Hospital has halted gender-affirming care, abandoning its commitment to providing comprehensive, life-saving treatment. Denying this essential care—recognized and supported by all major medical organizations—will cause unnecessary pain and suffering for some of our most vulnerable patients.
We demand an immediate reversal of this decision. If administrators refuse, we are prepared to take further action. We are also calling on Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown to investigate the hospital for potential violations of state laws against gender discrimination.
MultiCare Women's Center Clinics Accretion - Bargaining Begins!
/Following our union election victory in August of 2024, we're excited to share that our MultiCare Women's Center bargaining team had its first day of contract negotiations with management on Thursday, February 6!
In preparation for our first meeting with management, we spent this morning finalizing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)—an addition to the union contract—that outlines how Women's Center employees will be integrated into the UFCW/MultiCare Clinics collective bargaining agreement. Our proposal, which we later presented to the Employer, includes key provisions such as:
How union seniority will apply to Women's Clinics employees
Preserving and protecting the vacation/PTO we earned prior to being union, and how we will accrue paid time off moving forward,
And most importantly, how we transition to being paid on the union wage scales!
In simple terms, our position is that the most fair and equitable way to compensate us is by providing full credit for our years of relevant experience—because this is where the true value we bring to MultiCare lies!
After presenting our initial proposal to MultiCare, we were encouraged by the momentum we gained throughout the day, resulting in a total of three productive meetings with management.
Overall, we're optimistic about the progress made, and feel confident that we are on the right path toward reaching an agreement with the Employer.
We're looking forward to our next bargaining session on February 13, where we'll continue working toward securing a strong contract for Women's Center workers!
"Winning our union election was a monumental first step, and today, sitting together at the bargaining table feels like our second major victory. We got here by standing united, and together, we know that even more wins are on the way!"
—Liam Hughes, Medical Assistant
Your bargaining team [L-R]:
Liam Hughes, Medical Assistant @ Sunrise Women's Clinic; Tracey Fleming, Nurse Navigator @ Puyallup Women's Clinic; Carol Krings, Medical Receptionist @ Puyallup Women's Clinic.
Jefferson Healthcare Pro Tech Clinic - Contract Ratified!
/On Thursday, February 6, 2025, Union members at Jefferson Healthcare ratified the tentative agreement reached between Management and Employees. We appreciate all of the work done by the Bargaining Team and anticipate that the Board of Commissioners will vote on the new contract on February 19.
Highlights of the contract include:
Wage increases after ratification:
3% plus market increases of between $0.75 to $4.00 per hour for many positions and
5% for all other positions not receiving a market increase.
4% increase October 31, 2025
4% increase October 31, 2026
Ratification bonus of $750-$1550
Increased Night Shift Differential
Additional Hours Pay of $50.00-$100.00 per shift
HUCs added to the low census guarantee of hours
$4.00 On-call pay with extra pay for Surgery Techs and others working excessive call.
Copies of the ratified agreement will be available on the UFCW 3000 website.
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For additional information reach out to Union Representative Kimberly Starkweather at (206) 436-6515.
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Rosauers Contract votes set!
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After months of bargaining with Rosauers for a new contract that respects our work, increases our wages, and improves our sick leave, bereavement leave, and vacation. We are holding a contract vote!
Read MorePuget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Low Staffing Harms All of Us
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On February 3 & 4, our Bargaining Team met with the Employers and focused on sharing stories about the impacts of low staffing on our workplaces.
Read MoreMultiCare Mary Bridge RN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!
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This contract cycle spanned more than five months as our team dedicated themselves every session to ensure that our union contract at Mary Bridge not only meet the market on economic issues like wages, premiums, and differentials; but that it also worked to repair many of the workplace issues nurses have faced at Mary Bridge over the last few years.
Read MoreHudson News Bargaining Update
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This year, our Union is in negotiations with Hudson News for a new contract. Our member-led bargaining team will be at the bargaining table with management to help fight for better wages, secure scheduling, and other concerns workers raised. To prepare for negotiations, we must be united – ready to fight for and win for a strong contract.
Read MoreUFCW 3000 Member Story: Jessica Foster
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When Jessica Foster was told that she couldn’t leave the floral department at the North Bend QFC without having her payrate lowered, she contacted her union representative and pursued a grievance to protect her pay and further her career.
Read MoreNorthwest Administrators Bargaining Update
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After over a month has passed since our last bargaining date, and a strike was authorized, our Bargaining Team was scheduled to meet with the Employer on January 30 and 31 to resume negotiations.
Read MoreMultiCare Auburn Medical Center RNs - Case Manager Accretion - Tentative Agreement Reached! Contract Vote Scheduled
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Following eleven bargaining dates over the course of nearly six months, our Case Manager RN bargaining team at Auburn Medical Center are overjoyed to announce that we have reached a fully recommended tentative agreement outlining our proposed entry into the RN union contract.
At our last scheduled session on January 22, we met MultiCare at the table, and proudly announced that we’d secured a supermajority of strike pledge card signatures in our unit. Pairing this with discussions around our continued priorities in these negotiations—MultiCare requested an emergency bargaining session on Monday, January 27 to get back to the table as soon as possible and continue working towards a deal.
Considering the many challenges we’ve faced throughout bargaining, our solidarity and resolve have led to what we strongly believe is a groundbreaking agreement for Case Manager RNs at Auburn Medical Center, including:
Experience credit towards placement on the RN wage scale
Access to premiums, differentials, daily overtime, and all of the union protections contained in the RN contract
Protections around Case Manager RNs floating into other clinical areas of the hospital
A specific wage differential for Senior Case Manager RNs
RATIFICATION BONUS!
To read the full agreement and cast your ballot, we encourage all newly-organized Case Manager RNs to drop-by our vote meetings!
Monday, February 10
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
Cascade Training Room
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Your AMC Bargaining Team: Sarah Murry, RN; Amber Hamilton, Case Manager RN; Nicole Joseph, Case Manager RN; Cory Larsen, RN; Nick White, RN; Mary Lou Gustafson, RN.
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center RNs - Tentative Agreement Reached! Contract Vote Scheduled
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Following our bargaining date on Wednesday, January 22, and our announcement to MultiCare that the RNs at Auburn Medical Center had reached a majority of Strike Pledge Card signatures in less than a week’s time—management requested that we meet again at the table as soon as possible to continue negotiations on our successor bargaining agreement.
Our team recognized that this was an extremely important moment in our ongoing fight for a strong contract—in the sense that nurses were standing up and ready to take action, and that we may finally have MultiCare’s full attention.
As a result of this momentum, our union bargaining team are proud to announce that we have secured a fully recommended tentative agreement on our new contract, which includes highlights such as:
An all-new wage scale that places AMC RNs pay above many of our top competitors at nearly all steps
Increased Continuing Education funds
Ratification bonus as well as bonuses for our coworkers at the top of the wage scale each year of the contract!
ALL NEW safe staffing language, including a premium for RNs who care for a higher number of patients than the state-submitted staffing plan outlines!
To read the full agreement and check-out all of the additional wins we secured, we encourage all AMC Nurses in good standing to drop-by our vote meetings and cast your ballot.
Tuesday, February 11
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
MOB Classroom (1st Floor)
6:00 AM – 9:00 AM
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
“These negotiations have been incredibly challenging- but our bargaining team heard you all, and continued to listen throughout this process. The power that we’ve built together resulted in a contract that we’re confident will really start to fix the many issues RNs at AMC have faced, and keep AMC safe for patients and for nurses.”
—Cory Larsen, RN @ AMC
Your AMC bargaining team (L-R): Sarah Murry, RN; Amber Hamilton, Case Manager RN; Nicole Joseph, Case Manager RN; Cory Larsen, RN; Nick White, RN; Mary Lou Gustafson, RN.
Draper Valley Farms Negotiations Begin!
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On January 29 and 30, we began bargaining with Draper Valley for a new contract covering the Processing Plant and Distribution Center. We reviewed your responses to the bargaining survey and the feedback you shared about the current contract.
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