Fresenius Renal Care Contract Action Meetings

We are working to get better wages. Contract Bargaining affects the next three years of our wages, benefits and working conditions so it’s essential that we stay informed about the issues and get involved. We will be having meetings to discuss ways to make this happen.

• Make sure your contact information up-to-date so you receive important bargaining and benefits updates. www.ufcw21.org/update-your-information

• Get involved. Find out how to win a better contract!

• Learn about your on-the-job rights!

• Join the Contract Action Team!

CAT Meeting: Wed. June 1 @ 10am & 6PM

For more information contact your Union Rep Ryan Degouveia 360-662-1989

St. Michael Medical Center RN Management is unresponsive — Time to take action!

St. Michael Medical Center RN

Management is unresponsive — Time to take action!

Our Bargaining Team will be meeting with Management today and tomorrow with a Federal Mediator, continuing contract negotiations for St. Michael Medical Center nurses.

We haven’t met with the Employer since May 6 and, except for a small package proposal, haven’t received a substantive proposal from Management since our last bargaining date in April. We continue to be frustrated with the lack of progress from the Employer but have hope that the Federal Mediator will be able to help during this week’s bargaining sessions.

As of Monday morning, everything is in the Employer’s court. Our Bargaining Team is looking forward to seeing the proposal they’ve had weeks to work on.

It is imperative that nurses make a strong statement of solidarity at this week’s informational picket, showing Management we are serious about winning a fair contract. Nothing will move the employer more than a high turnout by nurses and the community at the informational picket.

We invite nurses to attend our next Contract Action Team meeting on Wednesday May 25 at 9AM & 6PM, where your bargaining team will share the latest news from negotiations and talk about the logistics of Thursday’s picket.

Informational Picket: Thursday, May 26

3:00PM – 5:00PM

@ St. Michael Medical Center

1800 NW Myhre Rd, Silverdale, WA 98383

RSVP and Join the Informational Picket!

go to: bit.ly/smmc-info-22

Join the Contract Action Team Meeting

May 25, 2022 @ 9:00AM & 6:00PM via Zoom

Grays Harbor Harbor Regional Health - Bargaining Continues

Our union bargaining team has been hard at work creating a stronger and more efficient agreement between employees and management. We are proposing real wage increases because we have given up increases for the sake of the hospital. We are behind and need to catch up. 

We are proposing wages:

• That are competitive with other local hospitals 

• That meet the increasing cost of living

• That recognize our value to the hospital and the community 

We have worked through difficult times facing the ongoing staff shortages that require you to work twice as hard!

Thanks for the burger HRH but show us the money!

For additional information or to get involved contract your union representative Brandan Zielinski @ (206) 436-6603.

“I joined the bargaining team to put my passion for social justice into action to benefit my coworkers and family. I grew up in union households and want to honor all those who have sacrificed for worker’s protections”

— Ricki Franklin, Medical Social Worker and Bargaining Team Member

Your Bargaining Team: Janet Byrd, Ricki Franklin, Dan James, Bambi Shope, Debbie Sturm.

Please remind your coworkers to update their information so that everyone can receive these updates!

Mid Valley Hospital & Clinic - New contract overwhelmingly ratified!

Mid Valley Hospital & Clinic

New contract overwhelmingly ratified!

Mid Valley Hospital and Clinic Workers voted overwhelmingly to Ratify new 3-year contract on May 12, 2022.

There were no take-aways and some of the improvements included

• Equal pay for equal experience for all Hospital and Clinic employees.

• Minimum of 10 percent increase to any employee in a job classification that started under 16 dollars per hour.

• New Increase Wage scale for Radiology department that properly classifies the different modalities.

• Improved wage scale for RNs with elimination of ghost steps at the top of the scale.

• Minimum of 12 percent increases for all employees through the three year contract.

Fresenius Renal Care - Bargaining Continues

Your Bargaining Team is working on attaining competitive wage increases:

• To mirror your skill and dedication

• To Recruit and Retain great employees to end the staffing shortages!

• To reward everyone who worked through difficult and unprecedented times!

We have met with management and made proposals around wages and non-economic contract language. We want your input and involvement! We will be holding regular Zoom Meetings and invite you to attend.

For additional information contact your Union Rep Ryan Degouveia @ 360-662-1989.

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Fresenius Renal Care Contract Action Team Meeting

Tuesday, May 17 •6:00 PM

https://zoom.us/join

Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details. Details will be also emailed out.

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“Show Fresenius that we will stand together to win the contract we deserve.  Management is proposing less than bare minimum on wage increases. United we have a chance to be paid what we deserve and an amount we can live on and be proud of.”

— Tiffani Davis, South Tacoma

Bargaining Team Member

Update Your Contact Info

https://www.ufcw21.org/update-your-information

Skagit Regional Health - It’s Time to Take Action

“We have been listening and hear the concerns of our fellow members. We will keep fighting until we have a contract that reflects the improvements we need and deserve.” 

— Jill Douglass, Data Entry Clerk

Your Bargaining Team: 

Aaron St. John – Central Supply Tech

Alina Delano – Ultrasound Tech

Ashley Price – Medical Assistant

Jill Douglass – Data Entry Clerk 

Maria Muñoz – Environmental Aid

Megan Osborn – Med Tech

Mike Koenig – Engineer

Rindi Atkins – Radiology Tech 

Thomas Kean – Exercise Physiologist

Katie Davis – Social Worker 

Cindy Tjaded – Surgical Tech

On Wednesday, May 11 our bargaining team meet with management for our sixth joint negotiation session. We presented management with our remaining new non-economic proposals. These included the creation of staffing committees, which would ensure we have a say in how staffing changes are handled. Management provided their final non-economic proposals, along with a counter proposal regarding reallocation. While management made some moves towards what we proposed, we were sad to see that key concepts, like our reallocation staff forum, were missing from their counter. After presenting, our team worked to develop more counters to managements proposals. Our hope is that in our next few sessions we can reach agreement these open issues and pave the way for our economic discussion. However, management’s recent counters have shown us that we are still far apart on some important issues. 

It’s time to take action and show management we are willing to fight for what we need! In doing so we can encourage them to provide real solutions to all of the challenges we face. Please join us at one of our upcoming Contract Action Team meetings, where we will discuss our upcoming plans to show management we are serious. These CAT meetings will be held virtually on Tuesday, May 17 at 1:00PM and 6:00PM.

If you have any questions about the bargaining process, please call our Union Rep Celia at (360) 419-4678. Celia will also be in the San Juan Conference Room from 11:00AM to 2:00PM on Monday, May 23 to answer contract and bargaining questions, as well as to discuss general workplace issues.

Stay tuned for more updates after our next session on June 1. 

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You’re Invited! 

RSVP to Our CAT Meetings

As we approach this critical point in our negotiations it is extremely important that we show management we are prepared to do whatever it takes to win a strong contract. If you haven’t already, please RSVP to one of our Contract Action Team Meetings, which will be held virtually on May 17 at 1PM and 6PM. 

Tuesday, May 17

Richland Fred Meyer Bargaining Update

Our Richland Bargaining Team met on May 9 to continue the bargaining process. Our committee drafted a complete set of proposals for the employer that include:

• A fair wage package.

• Respects those that have dedicated their lives to Kroger during the pandemic.

• Quality Health care that we can afford.

• A retirement that we can rely on.

These proposals are on top of what we have continued to push for:

• A fair grievance process.

• Workplace safety.

• Just Cause standards for discipline with a third party arbitrator.

Our union has now given the Employer a full and comprehensive proposal, that would be the basis of our contract, a legally binding agreement, for years to come.

Now it is the Employer’s turn to give us a counter-proposal and we expect them to give us a full response to all of the concepts that we pushed across the table. Fred Meyer has given us dates in June when we will meet next.

It’s time to show Fred Meyer that we expect the respect, protection, and pay that we deserve.

Skagit Regional Health - A RETURN TO IN PERSON BARGAINING

“I am grateful for the voices at this table. There is a lot of advocacy moving these negotiations forward…eager for meet again next week!”

— Katie Davis, MSW 

Your Bargaining Team: 

Aaron St. John – Central Supply Tech

Alina Delano – Ultrasound Tech

Ashley Price – Medical Assistant

Jill Douglass – Data Entry Clerk 

Maria Muñoz – Environmental Aid

Megan Osborn – Med Tech

Mike Koenig – Engineer

Rindi Atkins – Radiology Tech 

Thomas Kean – Exercise Physiologist

Katie Davis – Social Worker 

Cindy Tjaded – Surgical Tech

On May 5, 2022 our bargaining team meet in person with management for our fifth joint negotiations session. We are pleased to report that our first in person meeting was another productive one. Our team presented another set of proposals focused extending the extra benefits and protections some job classifications have to all workers covered under the contract. Management provided us with some counters to our proposals and our team is hard at work to find ways we can come to an agreement on several issues. 

At this point almost all our non-economic proposals are on the table. In our next session on May 11 we plan to provide a comprehensive set of counters to management’s proposals, in hopes that we can reach enough agreements that we can dive into and focus on economics. 

If you have any questions about the bargaining process, please call our Union Rep Celia at (360) 419-4678.

Stay tuned for more updates after our May 11 session. 

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You’re Invited! 

RSVP to Our CAT Meetings

As we approach this critical point in our negotiations it is extremely important that we show management we are prepared to do whatever it takes to win a strong contract. If you haven’t already, please RSVP to one of our Contract Action Team Meetings, which will be held virtually on May 17 at 1PM and 6PM. 

St. Michael Medical Center RN - SAVE THE DATE – INFORMATIONAL PICKET

“The Employer made very little movement and has requested federal mediation. RSVP to our May 26 Informational Picket to show management that we stand in solidarity for a fair contract!”

Your Bargaining Team: Brett Moore, Cindy Franck, Kimberly Fraser McMillan, Michael Nord, Tammy Olson, and Janice Jones.

Our Bargaining Team met with management again on May 3 to continue negotiations for the St. Michael Medical Center RN contract. 

Your Bargaining Team worked hours on crafting a comprehensive proposal for the employer on wages, staffing, and other important issues. However, the Employer only responded with a small package proposal regarding charge nurses and holiday call but nothing else. They failed to even provide an economic counteroffer!

Then at the end of our bargaining session the employer surprised the Bargaining Team by requesting that the parties bring in a federal mediator to help work through the remaining issues on the table.

We are very disappointed with the progress of negotiations and the lack of proposals from the employer at this session only furthered the Bargaining Team’s frustration. Therefore, we have agreed to begin the process of federal mediation.

Unfortunately, we must also report that we believe the employer has violated nurses’ rights on at least two occasions, forcing the Union to file Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against the employer with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). 

These incidents occurred when management asked for members to remove their “Hello Staffing Crisis” stickers in early April, then again when nurses handing out strike pledge cards at an employee entrance were told they were in violation of company policy and must leave. In addition to filing charges, we are reviewing other actions that we can take to ensure the employer will cease violating the rights of bargaining unit nurses. 

We are scheduled to meet with the Employer again on May 6, which will be our first session with the federal mediator. We’ve also signed a contract extension agreement through the end of the month, meaning that all protections of your contract remain fully intact.  

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What is mediation? 

When the Union and Employer have reached a point when little progress is being made, the parties have the option to bring in a neutral third-party mediator to help move things along. The federal government provides a free mediation service (Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service) that works exclusively on union-employer disputes and has assigned a mediator to help us reach a deal with management. The role of the mediator is to help the parties better understand the other’s point of view and to push both sides towards an agreement. However, the mediator has no power to force either side to make any changes to their proposals.

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RSVP to the Info Picket!

After months of bargaining, our Bargaining Team has announced that nurses at St. Michael Medical Center will be holding an informational picket on Thursday May 26 from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. We invite bargaining unit nurses who are off-the-clock, their families, and any member of the community to RSVP for the event. RSVP through the code or link below!

Thursday, May 26 • 3PM - 5PM
1800 NW Myhre Road, Silverdale, WA 98383

Providence St. Peter Hospital - We have reached a tentative agreement!

After six bargaining sessions, we have reached a tentative contract agreement with Providence management! In 2019, we had contentious negotiations with Providence where we fought for over a year to maintain our benefits and to win competitive wages. During this year’s negotiations, Providence told us that they wanted to reset their relationship with nurses and improve working conditions. We held them accountable at the bargaining table and throughout the bargaining process we worked collaboratively on issues like staffing, retention, floating, wages, benefits, and resolving patient assignment issues.

Through these conversations, we were able to achieve historic wins like enforceable staffing language, floating recall, an avenue to address orientation when floating, an equity and inclusion committee, better safety language, removal of several ghost steps from the wage scale, double time for incentive shifts, and competitive pay increases.

Our bargaining team is recommending a “YES” vote on the tentative agreement! We will be sending out a notice with the meeting dates to review the agreement and the online vote information.

In order to vote, you must be a union member in good-standing. To ensure you receive the link to vote online, we must have a personal email (a non-Providence email) for you on file. If you do not get email communications from UFCW 3000, please update your information online by Friday, May 20. Go to: ufcw21.org/update-your-information

In solidarity,

PSPH RN Bargaining Team

Mike Staley, Andy Dusablon Jacob Kostecka, Darlett Holm, Holly Wallace, Marcia Chinnick, Julia Douglas

Grocery Store Workers Vote Overwhelmingly to Ratify New Contract!

Over the life of this new three-year contract, grocery store workers will see wage increases of $4 — $9 an hour, gains in safety and training, health care benefits protected with no increased costs, a secured pension and more.

Frontline essential grocery store workers stayed on the job during the pandemic, ensuring our communities had the food, medicine, and supplies we all needed. While the Employers made billions of dollars in profits, Essential Workers were denied the respect, protections and pay they deserved. Workers across Western Washington united and signed thousands of strike pledges, took actions in their stores and communities, and this week voted overwhelmingly to approve their new contract.

The many improvements in the ratified contract include:

• Wage increases of $4 to $9 an hour over the term of the Agreement for the most veteran workers.

• Elimination of lower pay scales in departments such as deli, bakery, fuel, and e-commerce, some of which are disproportionately staffed by women, immigrants, and people of color.

• An increase of 150% in wage escalators – the required minimum amount for each raise, creating a larger “bump” from CPIS adjustments to the minimum wage.

• Increased funding to our Health Care plan, maintaining and improving our high-quality benefits with no increase in costs for members.

• Increased funding for our pension - one of the few pensions in the nation that has been able to make the leap from “Red Zone” to “Green Zone” status following the funding crisis caused by the 2008 financial crash.

• Stronger ability of store-level Safety Committees to address serious safety issues, beyond just COVID protections.

• A half million-dollar contribution each year from the Employers to fund the new Workplace Training program (WE TRAIN WA), allowing pathways to higher paying positions and career mobility within every store.

“This new wage 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 contract is a historic deal. No one in this region has ever seen wage increases like this and it will go a long way to address inequities in Fred Meyer stores.” — Jeff Smith, Fred Meyer

As big and important as this new contract is— it did not come about easily. We made these historic advances because the Employers knew we were ready for a fight, and fully prepared to strike if necessary. We showed the Employers that we are willing to take them on and we proved that the public, our communities, have our backs.

Over the last year we gathered in Contract Action Teams, store by store, and we united UFCW locals in Washington, Colorado, and California to fight together for breakthrough contracts. UFCW 3000 staff went to support other grocery store worker fights, including the 10-day grocery strike in Colorado.

The members on our negotiation team are people that work in the grocery stores every day, from many different departments. Young and old, veteran workers and new hires of all genders and backgrounds, these workers on the bargaining team unanimously recommended that the Tentative Agreement be passed by the membership.

The number one priority of the bargaining team for this contract was significant wage increases at the top of the scale. This ratified contract gives Journey raises between $4 and $9 per hour – far more than we have ever won. The biggest raises are going to workers in departments that have historically suffered from an inequitable pay structure that this contract eliminates.

Together as a union, we will continue to enforce the contract we have won, enforce the laws that protect workers, and build even more support and power to address important issues we all face at work and at home.

We will hold a live UFCW 3000 Telephone Town Hall on Monday afternoon at 3 PM talking about the new grocery store worker contracts and go into details on the wage increases, improved protections and how we won this historic new agreement. When your phone rings at 3 PM on Monday, just answer and you will join the call. If for some reason the call does not go through or it gets cut off, you can also call 888-652-0384 and enter meeting ID 6821 at 3 pm on Monday to join he call directly.

Contracts were ratified for Safeway, Albertsons, Fred Meyer, QFC, Metropolitan Market, Town & Country, and other independent grocery stores. Additional stores in Northern and Peninsula counties, and other independent stores will begin voting on the contract agreement in the coming weeks.

OUR UNION NEGOTIATIONS TEAM: 

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

Get to know your Negotiations Team!

Fresenius Medical Care - Contract Bargaining Begins

Our Bargaining Committee met with Fresenius Management on April 20 and April 26 to bargain over important improvements to our contract. Fresenius Management has indicated that they are prepared to bargain.

We are working on proposals that will improve wages and working conditions. It is essential that Management understands how valuable you are to them!

In the coming weeks we will ask you to participate in this process, so stay tuned!

In order for us to stay in close contact with you, please update your current information with UFCW 3000. Go to: ufcw21.org/update-your-information

Our Fresenius Bargaining Team: Michele Hardy, Tiffani Davis, Leif Ignacio

St. Michael Medical Center RN - NO DEAL – INFORMATIONAL PICKET ANNOUNCED

“We’re severely disappointed that management did not come to the table with a serious proposal to address our concerns.”

Your Bargaining Team: Brett Moore, Cindy Franck, Kimberly Fraser McMillan, Michael Nord, Tammy Olson, and Janice Jones.

Our Bargaining Team met with management again on April 27 to continue negotiations for the St. Michael Medical Center RN contract. After working late into the afternoon, we were unable to reach an agreement with management because of serious differences of opinion on what St. Michael Medical Center needs to address the current staffing crisis. 

Management sent over two economic proposals during this meeting, which only included minor changes such as increasing their wage proposal by just 2.5% over the life of the contract when compared to their April 5 proposal. We are extremely frustrated that management continues to make wage proposals that would keep our wages below what nurses at St. Joseph Medical Center are paid and then somehow expect that nurses at St. Michael Medical Center would be happy to accept their offer.

Management also continued to reject our proposal to create safe staffing standards in every department, claiming that staffing ratios wouldn’t help address our staffing crisis. They took particular issue with our proposal’s hourly premium that would be paid to nurses as a penalty when staffed outside of safe staffing standards, which was included as an enforcement measure to encourage compliance. 

Management instead countered with a new staffing proposal that outlined “staffing and scheduling principles” that they promised to adhere to. They claimed their proposal outlined a collaborative effort that would create space to talk more about possible solutions to the crisis, which they believe is better than the Union’s well defined and enforceable staffing ratios. 

Our Bargaining Team pointed out that their proposal does not include any firm deadlines, no substantive guarantees, and no efficient enforcement mechanism if they fail to follow through on their promises. And quite frankly, we don’t trust management to follow through. We will continue to review their proposal and determine if we could counter with changes that would appease our concerns, but the bottom line is that we need staffing language that commits to more than “the employer will make every reasonable effort” to address the staffing crisis. 

Our Bargaining Team presented the results of the strike pledge card as evidence that nurses are not satisfied with the progress of negotiations and management was clearly surprised that a majority of nurses signed the card. With over 435 nurses signing the strike pledge card, members have made clear that what’s on the table is unacceptable and we’re ready to do whatever is necessary to win a fair contract. 

Now is the time to put our words into action! After months of bargaining, our Bargaining Team has announced that nurses at St. Michael Medical Center will be holding an informational picket on Thursday, May 26 from 3:00PM to 5:00PM. We invite bargaining unit nurses, their families, and any member of the community to RSVP for the event.  

We are scheduled to meet with the Employer again on May 3 and 6 with our contract scheduled to expire after April 30. We are working with the employer on a possible one-month extension of our contract that would cover nurses as we continue negotiations. 

Contract Action Team (CAT) Meeting

You don’t want to miss our next meeting as our Bargaining Team is hosting picket captain training to prepare for our upcoming informational picket! We’ll also spend time talking about what to expect as we move closer to announcing a strike vote.

Wednesday, May 4

9:00AM & 6:00PM

https://zoom.us/join

Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details. Details will be also emailed out.

Skagit Regional Health - Building Momentum Towards a Strong Contract

“Our team is working meticulously to build a contract that represents everyone’s interests. We are finishing up our non-economic proposals while looking forward to getting to work on the economic side of the contract!”

-Thomas Kean, Exercise Physiologist

On Wednesday April 27, our Bargaining Team met with Management for our fourth joint negotiations session. We made another set of proposals on topics ranging from EIB cash out to extra shift procedures. We heard loud and clear from our coworkers that the Reallocation Process needed to be overhauled, as many feel they have no say in the process. This is why we proposed to make the process much more collaborative in a number of ways, including holding a staff forum before bidding takes place. At this forum workers can ask questions about and make suggestions on how a Reallocation will be handled. Management also provided us with another set of proposals which we are reviewing.

In our next session on May 5, we plan to propose the last of our “non-economic” language changes. Once that is done, we hope to quickly reach agreements on what we have proposed and start getting into more economic issues.

Our team is very aware that the economic issues we face, such as our low wages, PTO accruals, and differentials/premiums, are at the heart of the current staffing crisis and are deeply important to our coworkers. At the same time, we want to make sure the strong non-economic improvements we are seeking are not swept under the rug when our economic negotiations begin. We want to clear the way, so that when our full economic proposals hit the table, we are able to give them our full undivided attention and make sure we receive the economic increases we desperately need.

We hope that Management will work with us to quickly address the issues we have already proposed on. This will allow us to fully dive into economics and get to a strong contract as quickly as possible. In order to ensure that happens, we need to show Management we are serious.

Please join us at one of our upcoming Virtual Contract Action Team meetings on Tuesday, May 17 @ 1PM and 6PM. We will go into more detail about our negotiations so far and talk about what our coworkers can do in the field to support our team at the bargaining table. Contact a Bargaining Team member or your Union Rep for the meeting details.

If you have any questions about the bargaining process, please contact Union Rep Celia Ponce Sanchez @ (360) 419-4678 or chat in person:

Wednesday, May 4 @ 11AM - 2PM
Monday, May 23 @ 11AM - 2PM
Skagit Valley Hospital
San Juan Conference Room

Bargaining Team: Aaron St. John - CS Tech, Alina Delano - Ultrasound Tech, Ashley Price - Medical Assistant-Certified, Jill Douglass - Data entry Clerk, Maria Muñoz - Environmental, Megan Osborn - Med Tech, Mike Koenig - Engineer, Rindi Atkins - Radiology Tech, Thomas Kean - Exercise Physiologist, Katie Davis - Social Worker

Providence St. Peter Hospital RN - Bargaining update

On April 20, we had our third bargaining session with Management. We presented our proposals which address retention, safety, staffing, and compensation. Throughout these sessions Management appears to be listening to our requests for creative solutions to our staffing and retention issues. They recognize there is a staffing issue and wish to resolve it collaboratively. We expect Management to make a proposal which takes our requests into consideration. Our next bargaining sessions will be on April 25 and 26.

PSPH RN Bargaining Team: Mike Staley, Andy Dusablon Jacob Kostecka, Darlett Holm, Holly Wallace, Marcia Chinnick, Julia Douglas

It's Time To Vote! Grocery Store Worker Negotiations Tentative Agreement Reached

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April 26 Info pickets CANCELED!

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“I’m very excited about this agreement. It is the best contract in my career. Come to the vote meetings to see the details and vote!” — Amy Dayley, QFC

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. After months of preparation and workers taking action, marathon bargaining sessions have led to Tentative Agreements with Albertsons/Safeway and Kroger. Our Union Member Bargaining Team reached this Tentative Agreement and recommends a YES VOTE to accept the proposal from the employers.

These votes are open to all active members of UFCW 3000 Grocery Store Workers in King, Snohomish, Kitsap, Mason, and Thurston Counties at the big chains (Safeway, Albertsons, Fred Meyer and QFC) and independent stores covered by this Tentative Agreement.

CONTRACT VOTE MEETINGS

Active members are eligible to vote at whichever location is most convenient, during any time when polling is open.

All vote meetings will be open between the hours of 8:00AM — 12 Noon and 4:00PM — 8:00PM

Monday, April 25 LYNNWOOD

Lynnwood Convention Center, Rooms 1DEF, 3711 196th St SW, Lynnwood (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

Tuesday, April 26 SEATAC

Hilton Seatac, Emerald Ballroom, 17620 International Blvd, SeaTac (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

Wednesday, April 27 BELLEVUE

Meydenbauer Center, Rooms 404-406, 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

Thursday, April 28 BREMERTON

Kitsap Conference Center, Puget Sound Ballrooms C&D, 100 Washington Ave, Bremerton (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

Thursday, April 28 OLYMPIA

The Olympia Center Room 208, 222 Columbia St NW, Olympia (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

Friday, April 29 SEATTLE *Additional location added!

First Floor Conference Room (Joe Crump Hall), 5030 First Avenue South, Seattle (8am-12pm & 4pm-8pm)

OUR UNION NEGOTIATIONS TEAM: 

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

Get to know your Negotiations Team!

Grocery Store Worker Contract Negotiations Update & Vote Notice: Tentative Agreement Reached with Kroger

After months of preparation and workers taking action, marathon bargaining sessions have now led to a Tentative Agreement with Kroger, in addition to the tentative agreement reached with Albertsons/Safeway last week. This historic agreement with Kroger, reached at 9:15 pm today, April 19, 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, both during and long before COVID.

Our Union Member Bargaining Team reached these Tentative Agreements and recommends a YES VOTE to accept the proposal from the employers.

“This contract is a historic deal. No one in this region has seen wage increases like this ever and it will go a long way to address inequities in Fred Meyer stores.”

— Jeff Smith, Fred Meyer

“I’m very excited about this agreement. It is the best contract in my career. Come to the vote meetings to see the details and vote!”

— Amy Dayley, QFC

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.

Active members are eligible to vote at whichever location is most convenient, during any time when polling is open. Drop by any time during the voting time, review the Tentative Agreement, get your questions answered, and then vote.

These votes are open to all active members of UFCW 3000 Grocery Store Workers in King, Snohomish, Kitsap, Mason, and Thurston Counties at the big chains (Safeway, Albertsons, Fred Meyer and QFC) and independent stores covered by this Tentative Agreement.

VOTE MEETINGS

All vote meetings will be open between the hours of 8:00 AM - 12 Noon, and 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Monday 4/25 LYNNWOOD: Lynnwood Convention Center, Rooms 1DEF, 3711 196th St SW, Lynnwood (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

• Tuesday 4/26 SEATAC: Hilton Seatac, Emerald Ballroom, 17620 International Blvd, SeaTac (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

• Wednesday 4/27 BELLEVUE: Meydenbauer Center, Rooms 404-406, 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

• Thursday 4/28 BREMERTON: Kitsap Conference Center, Puget Sound Ballrooms C&D, 100 Washington Ave, Bremerton (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

• Thursday 4/28 OLYMPIA: The Olympia Center Room 208, 222 Columbia St NW, Olympia (8am–12pm & 4pm–8pm)

NOTE: The informational pickets scheduled for Tuesday, 4/26 have been cancelled.

OUR UNION NEGOTIATIONS TEAM:

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

Get to know your Negotiations Team! >>

Providence St. Peter Hospital - Bargaining begins!

We met with Providence Management for our first bargaining session on April 18. We presented our non-economic proposals and had productive dialogue about resolving workplace concerns. Management was receptive and had thoughtful responses. We are looking forward to having continued collaborative dialogue in our future sessions on April 19, 20, 25, and 26.

PSPH RN Bargaining Team: Mike Staley, Andy Dusablon Jacob Kostecka, Darlett Holm, Holly Wallace, Marcia Chinnick, Julia Douglas

Skagit Regional Health - Laying the Foundation for a Strong Contract

Bargaining Team: Aaron St. John- CS Tech, Alina Delano - Ultrasound Tech, Ashley Price- Medical Assistant-Certified, Jill Douglass- Data Entry Clerk, Maria Muñoz- Environmental, Megan Osborn- Med Tech, Mike Koenig- Engineer, Rindi Atkins- Radiology Tech, Thomas Kean- Exercise Physiologist, Katie Davis- Social Worker

“Today was a good day full of lots of discussion on both sides. Looking forward to presenting more proposals next session.” -Aaron St Paul, CS Tech

On April 13, our Bargaining Team met with Management for our third joint negotiations session. Our team presented proposals that would increase seniority protection, minimize variable shifts, and limit how much Management can change our posted schedules. Management also provided a couple of proposals, and we had some productive conversations around some of the information we requested. With this additional information, we worked on drafting many more proposals on non-economic issues. We plan to present these proposals at our next joint session on April 27. Once all of our non-economics are on the table, we can start negotiating over economic issues, like wages, Premiums, PTO, and other benefits.

While our conversations with Management have been productive so far, we know that was we get into the tougher topics (like wages) we are bound to meet a lot of resistance. This is why it’s important we start preparing to stand in solidarity and take action now. Doing so will enable us to win a stronger contract quicker.

Please join us for one of our upcoming virtual Contract Action Team (CAT) Meetings on Tuesday, April 19 @ 1PM and 6PM. At these meeting we will provide more details about what’s happening at the table, the steps we can take to support our teams in securing a strong contract, and ask for your input changes you want to see in our next contract. RSVP to get the meeting details emailed to you.

We hope to see you at our CAT meeting! Be sure to stay tuned for more updates after our April 27 session.

If you have any questions about the bargaining process, please call our Union Rep Celia Ponce-Sanchez at (360) 419-4678.

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Contact Action Team (CAT) meetings:
Tuesday, April 19 • 1pm and 6pm

Contact a Bargaining Team member or Union Rep for CAT meeting details. The RSVP links to both meetings will be emailed to you.