Ellensburg Fred Meyer We did it! Grocery & Meat contracts approved by overwhelming majority!
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After months of bargaining, we have voted in our first contract with many amazing improvements including:
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Conifer St. Michael Medical Center Bargaining Update
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Coming out of bargaining on Tuesday September 24, and Wednesday September 25, we have exchanged comprehensive economic and non-economic proposals with the Employer. There has been much conversation between the parties, and while at some times the temperature at the table has felt hot, we have been making movement as the table ebbs and flows.
Read MoreProvidence St. Peter Hospital Tech Building on our Foundation!
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On September 15, 2024, we had our third bargaining date with Providence. We are continuing to build momentum to secure strong contracts for all in the bargaining unit. All proposals are on the table including compensation. We have several tentative agreements currently. We are looking forward to our next two sessions on October 8 and 15, 2024.
Read MoreProvidence Centralia Service MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
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On September 23, 2024, we had our second bargaining date with Providence and have passed several proposals. We were able to teach tentative agreements around recognition, union roster, meeting rooms in order to gain access and support the unit, and a few others. We are looking forward to our next session that will be around compensation.
Read MoreJefferson Healthcare Contract Negotiations commence for RNs and Pro Tech Clinic!
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On September 20, our RN and Pro-Tech Clinic Bargaining Teams met with Jefferson Healthcare Management to present several initial proposals. These focused on including per diems in the bargaining unit, improving non-discrimination practices, and extending the timeline for filing grievances. We successfully reached an agreement to extend the grievance filing period to 30 days, giving caregivers more time to report potential contract violations without worrying about missing the deadline.
Read MoreCHI St. Joseph Medical Center Division System Services Virtual Health Bargaining Update
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After just three days of bargaining so far- our team are feeling good about how much progress we have already made. While we have not yet started discussions on our wages, premiums, or much else in terms of financials- we did get confirmation from the Employer that they anticipate they’ll have an economic response ready for us as early as our next session.
Read MoreMultiCare Capital Medical Center Service, Office and Technical Now That’s What we Call Bargaining!
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At the end of our second session on the Friday, we’re feeling optimistic about the progress we’ve made so far. Up to this point, we’ve been exchanging Articles that do not include economics with the Employer (however, we do anticipate an economic response will be coming from them within our next few dates!) and we’ve already come to agreements on a few new Articles:
Read More2025 Frontline Grocery Store Worker Bargaining Survey
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As we plan for the upcoming contract cycle with the Employers, our Union Bargaining Team needs input from all members to understand the problems grocery store workers are facing at work and how together we can fight for a better contract and better workplaces.
Read MoreTwin City Foods Contract Ratified! ¡CONTRATO RATIFICADO!
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We are happy to announce that the recommended tentative agreement, reached by our union bargaining committee, has been approved by an overwhelming majority of members!
¡Nos alegra anunciar que el acuerdo tentativo recomendado, alcanzado por nuestro comité de negociación de la Unión, ha sido aprobado por una mayoría de miembros!
Read MoreProvidence Everett Case Managers Providence rejects our proposals
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On September 18, our Bargaining Team met with PRMCE Management to address the significant impacts of the case management restructure. We presented a comprehensive set of proposals to protect our working conditions, including improvements to scheduling, PTO bidding, floating, low census, and FTE reductions.
Read MoreMultiCare Auburn Medical Center RN & RN Case Managers Accretion Bargaining Update
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On Wednesday, September 11 our Union RN bargaining team & RN Case Manager bargaining team met with MultiCare to continue negotiations on our successor CBA, & to introduce the Case Manager RNs into our union!
Read MoreEllensburg Fred Meyer We have reached a Tentative Agreement!
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After months of bargaining, we secured our first contract with many amazing improvements including:
Read MoreMultiCare Mary Bridge RN & Diabetes Educator RNs Bargaining Update
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Regarding the economic proposals for the main RN contract, because we’re still awaiting MultiCare’s response we decided it was best to hold off on addressing a few of the other Articles we’ve been discussing with Management; an approach that allows us to carefully weigh all our priorities as a team. While this decision was challenging, we believe that receiving strong compensation proposals from MultiCare will better inform our evaluation of our top priorities. Our goal is to maximize benefits for the greatest number of nurses, and we are committed to achieving that.
Read MoreMultiCare Capital Medical Center Service, Office and Technical Workers BARGAINING BEGINS!
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We have watched as union workers at MultiCare across Washington State spent the last nine months of this year achieving huge wins through determination and solidarity at the bargaining table, and we’re all eager to keep the wins coming in Olympia!
Read MoreWashington Beef: We are Your Union Bargaining Team
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Este martes, 10 de septiembre en Yakima, tuvimos nuestra primera negociación de contrato con nuestro empleador.
This Tuesday, September 10th in Yakima, we had our first collective bargaining session with our employer.
Read MoreMultiCare Auburn Medical Center RNs & RN Case Managers HARD WORK PAYS OFF… NEXT TIME?
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We had aimed to present our proposals up front hoping that it may inspire Management to do the same; the sooner we get to a final tentative agreement, the sooner we get the union protections, premiums, and wages we negotiate! Not to mention this expedites the Case Manager RNs transition from being non-union, to being official union members!
Read MoreProvidence St. Peter Technical Make your Voices Heard
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On September 4, 2024, we had our second bargaining date with Providence for our contact. We made progress today with several tentative agreements. We had clarifying conversations with Providence on topics that will help us move forward for our next sessions, which include exploring options on retirement plans, the Aetna network change, and our insurance premiums. Our next bargaining dates are September 18 and October 8.
Read MoreSavMart Wenatchee Contract ratified!
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Wage Increases
Longevity Pay
Healthcare premium Holidays
REI Workers - Gaining Momentum
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Our REI campaign is gaining momentum! At the Democratic National Convention, UFCW 3000’s President Faye Guenther spoke to a crowd of WA state delegates about the anti-union tactics REI has been waging against its workers. Through this, delegates helped hand out our petition to get REI representatives at the bargaining table and have committed to support our campaign through political, community, and workplace fights.
Have your friends and family sign the petition here!
Faye Guenther, our union’s Secretary-Treasurer Joe Mizrahi, and chief of staff Sarah Cherin will start joining our bargaining tables with REI. Their attendance at our sessions on August 28 and 29 has already changed the pace. We achieved another Tentative Agreement—successorship (what happens if REI is sold)—and sent 4 additional proposals for REI to consider. In the next few weeks, our bargaining team will finalize a comprehensive proposal and begin negotiating off of a full contract with REI moving forward.
This week we filed another Unfair Labor Practice against REI based on two major issues:
Employer’s Refusal to TA Language
Regressive Bargaining
If you have questions about our ULPs, reach out to our bargaining team.
UFCW staff will be coming through to grab photos and quotes from us at REI to begin using them in our media campaign. If you’re interested in supporting the digital campaign, let one of our bargaining team members know how to get plugged in.
Our next membership meeting will be 7:00 PM on September 22 at Goods Local Brews in Bellingham (2620 Northwest Ave, Bellingham, WA).
Forward together, not one step back!
REI Bellingham Bargaining Team:
Alex, Tini, Sue, Dan (not pictured): Sharon
Summit Pacific Medical Center - Bargaining Update
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We have been bargaining for several weeks. Summit management has been receptive to our proposals, but we have not reached agreement on wages and other economics. We have reviewed the wages of several local hospitals with management to show them how much workers need to be paid for Summit to be competitive. We have discussed the high cost of living and management is speculating that the cost of living will level out. Although they have acknowledged what other employers are paying for the same jobs, management has not committed to paying competitive wages at Summit. We are continuing to advocate for wages that will be competitive and sustainable.
Our next bargaining session is scheduled for September 9.
For more information contact a member of our Bargaining Team: Kim Starkweather Patient Coordinator, Allison Felder RN ED, Monica Ortiz RN ACU, Barb Ford ED Tech, Judea Prouty Medical Assistant, McCleary Clinic, Kurt E Phillips Lead Building Engineer.
Union Representatives: Kiambo White (206) 436-6515, Madison Derksema (206) 436-6603
"Management is hearing our concerns and has been somewhat responsive."
— Barb Ford
"We are collaborating and hope to come to agreement soon."
— Kimberly Starkweather
