On Thursday, August 29, our Virtual Health Bargaining Team met with Management to continue exchanging proposals and working towards our next collective bargaining agreement. Given Management’s limited availability in the afternoon, we opted to meet with the Employer virtually in order to maximize our time at the table.
Read MoreWednesday, August 28, marked the first day of negotiations with the Employer.
Read MoreWe met with the employer on Monday, August 26, for our first bargaining session.
Read MoreWe are negotiating for a new contract which addresses compensation, benefits, and working conditions for all Ashley House employees. Our UFCW bargaining team is working hard and has agreed to bargaining dates through the end of October, when we hope to have a tentative agreement to vote on. Ashley House Management has said that they are committed to providing an equitable contract including a good compensation package.
Read MoreOur Have a Heart bargaining team met with management last week to continue negotiations. We had productive conversations about new hire training, health and safety at work, compliance-related discipline and inventory discrepancies, PTO and sick leave, and wages. We’ve come to tentative agreements on guaranteed time and a half for the second half of double shifts and changing funeral leave to bereavement leave, which offers greater flexibility, and including parents in the 5 days paid leave. Our focus continues to be on winning crucial economic improvements, navigating the challenges of Have a Heart’s reduced staffing, and minimizing takeaways for both new and existing employees. We’re hopeful that management’s next proposal will bring us closer to a recommended agreement.
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It was a great week of voting in Lewiston, Clarkston, Walla Walla, Moses Lake, and Ephrata and sharing our new contract that won:
Strongest journey wage increases in any past Grocery Store negotiation! We increased our Journeyperson wages by $4.00/hr or more over the term of the contract.
Won an “All Purpose Clerk” scale with historic pay raises for many departments —some will see an over 25% wage increase over the term of the contract.
More than quadrupling our wage escalators —that means strong wage increases throughout the pay scale when minimum wage goes up and when workers are moving through the apprentice rates.
Healthcare benefit improvements with NO increases to healthcare premiums or deductibles. Healthcare eligibility will now be based on all compensable hours.
Benefits Holiday for healthcare premiums – For Safeway/Albertsons the holiday months are: June, July, August, and September. For Kroger the holiday months of: May, June, July, and August.
Major improvements to our vacation banks that will ensure that we get vacation based off of hours worked.
Automatic pension funding increases that go up every time wages increase.
Dedicated money to fund training and workforce development to ensure that we get the training we need to do our jobs and prepare for the future of the industry.
Stronger safety language to address top issues we face in our stores.
This is our first union negotiations for these contracts since we became UFCW 3000 and our combined strength has helped us win record wage increases and major contract improvements. In the midst of a proposed grocery mega-merger, we’ve sent a clear message —We have power in our communities, we have a voice in our workplace, we have a strong new contract that will be the backbone for our future, and we are going to continue to fight for more!
If you have any questions about our new contract please reach out to your Union Representative.
“Disappointed, but not surprised- now it’s time to take collective action.” -Brent
After more than ten months of negotiations, the patience of our Bargaining Team with MultiCare is wearing thin. While we have come to negotiations ready to work hard and fight for a contract that supports all of us, it increasingly feels that the Employer may not be matching our commitment. August 21 marks the third consecutive session with Management where we have left feeling that despite our earnest efforts and the tough decisions we’ve faced, MultiCare has come unprepared to make tough decisions themselves.
We know that as dedicated hospital workers, our years of experience make us the most valuable asset that MultiCare has, and while we recognize that progress is being made on wages and credit for experience—numerous delays and proposed wage take-aways have us feeling like our work at the bargaining table is not enough to push our Employer to finalizing our first union contract.
We can no longer allow MultiCare’s delays to hold us back from getting the wages and union benefits we deserve. Now is the time to show-off our collective power and make MultiCare hear our voices!
All Union Professionals need to stand together and fight for a strong first contract! Signing-up helps our Bargaining Team get updates and details out as early as possible. Talk to your coworkers! https://www.mobilize.us/ufcw3000/event/668217/
*If your collective bargaining agreements do not permit joining our informational picket while your contract is in effect, You can support our Professional co-workers by wearing union swag and showing solidarity in the workplace!
RSVP here to work together before our informational picket to build signs, build solidarity, and get ready to rally! https://www.mobilize.us/ufcw3000/event/674068/
Please reach out to your union representative Ian Jacobson with any questions at 206-436-6550
On Thursday, August 15 our Virtual Health bargaining team met with management for our first bargaining day of this contract cycle to begin work on our next collective bargaining agreement.
Read MoreOur Bargaining Team met with Management this Monday, August 19 to begin exchanging economic proposals. We passed an initial proposal over to Management, got some verbal responses, and revised our proposals slightly.
After our second proposal, Management returned a very sparse one-page response to us just before the end of the day.
We hope to arrange Contract Action Team meetings between now and our next bargaining sessions. The purpose of these meetings will be to discuss with our coworkers how we might best organize to win the strongest contract we can. We will be inviting all of you to join this discussion.
Due to availability issues, Management was not able to schedule any further sessions with us until October. We are currently scheduled for October 3, 4, 16, and 18. We hope something else opens before then, that said.
Bargaining Team: Chad Gronsky, Distribution; Sierra Cunningham, Payroll Audit; Grace Tsuchikawa, Health and Welfare; Karolin Lund, Accounting and Eligibility; Lulu Morgan, Pension; Iva Johnson, Contract Review (not pictured)
Last week on August 14, we had our first bargaining date with Providence for our contract. Both sides came to the table prepared and we had deep discussions with management on many topics including retention and recruitment, new employee orientation, training and precepting, equity and nondiscrimination in the workplace, and how we can build trust between the Hospital and caregivers. Our next bargaining dates are September 4 and 18. On these dates we will be discussing the changes to the Aetna health care network along with other economic proposals.
Read MoreLast week on August 15, we had our first bargaining session with Providence and came to the table prepared to pass many initial proposals. We shared with hospital Leadership our concerns around hours and wages and the difficulties many of us face around having to make decisions between necessities like housing, food, and transportation.
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Nos reunimos con la compañía en los últimos dos días donde presentamos todas nuestras propuestas que incluyen incrementos de salario en comparación al mercado laboral.
Desafortunadamente, una de las primeras propuestas que la compañía Twin City Foods nos hizo fue incrementar el seguro médico a un 15%, elevando el costo total para los empleados al 25%! Ahora que la compañía tiene todas nuestras propuestas, esperamos que para el 26 de agosto nos den respuestas justas para todos los empleados. Confiamos en que en los próximos días de negociación podamos obtener un contrato que valore el arduo trabajo de todos los trabajadores en todos los departamentos.
De parte del comité negociador, les damos las gracias a todos por apoyarnos y por asistir al convivio el domingo pasado. ¡Compartir con ustedes fuera del trabajo siempre es una bonita experiencia!
Over the last two days, your union bargaining team met with Twin City Foods representatives to continue contract negotiations. We presented all our proposals, which included our wage proposal that we believe is comparable to the labor market.
Unfortunately, one of the first proposals we received from Twin City Foods was to increase the health insurance cost for workers by 15% (from 10% to 25%)! Now that Twin City Foods has all of our proposals, we await their response. Next contract negotiations are scheduled for August 26 and 29. We are hopeful that in the upcoming days of negotiation, we can get closer to a fair contract that values the hard work of all employees in every department.
On behalf of the negotiation committee, we thank you all for your support and for attending the gathering last Sunday. Sharing time with you outside of work is always a great experience!
On Friday, August 9, our Tentative Agreement was ratified by an online vote with a unanimous "YES" to approve by all those who participated!
The terms of the new contract are now in effect, and the pay increases will be reflected retroactive to August 5. If there are any questions or concerns, you may contact our current Union Representative Christie Harris at (206) 436-6606.
We wish to thank all of our Medical Assistant coworkers for standing with us to win a great new contract!
Our Bargaining Team: Wendy Rivas, Joelyn Martin, Angelica Acevedo
We met with Management this Tuesday and Wednesday as we begin negotiations towards a new Union Contract. Despite a brief interruption from an unexpected fire alarm, we were pleased that management seemed prepared to meaningfully engage with our concerns, and we were able to make progress in several areas, including:
Read MoreWe had a productive first negotiation session where we introduced our initial non-economic proposals. We worked through several other proposals and are preparing to present them at our next scheduled session next week. Our negotiating team is optimistic about achieving positive results together.
Read MoreOur Auburn Medical Center Professionals union Bargaining Team met with Management on Friday, August 2, ready to work hard, and get to an agreement on strong first union contract with MultiCare.
Read MoreOn July 31, Providence Everett case management leadership announced upcoming changes to the work schedules and FTEs for social workers and RNs working on the A or D wing. PRMCE claims that they need to adjust shifts to 8-hour durations (8am to 4:30pm) and modify FTEs to 1.0, 0.8, and 0.6.
Read MoreManagement recently proposed changing percentages between steps on the wage scale which would mean different wage and step increases depending on the step someone is at. Their proposal did not raise wages significantly for most positions.
Read MoreOn Thursday, August 1, we held our ratification vote for our new Collective Bargaining Agreement, and we are pleased to announce it was ratified with a large majority of those voting “Yes” to approve the offer!
Read MoreOn Tuesday, July 30 MultiCare Auburn Medical Center registered nurses kicked-off union contract negotiations with MultiCare. We’re feeling energized and ready to keep the momentum going; recognizing wins achieved by our union siblings in other contract negotiations at MultiCare recently.
Read MoreWe 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.
