Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Jefferson County & Clallam County Contracts Ratified!
/On December 5, new Jefferson county and Clallam county grocery and meat contracts were ratified!
Read MoreOn December 5, new Jefferson county and Clallam county grocery and meat contracts were ratified!
Read MoreDowntown Dog Lounge is proposing to begin a new vacation policy after the new year. Because this is change affects our existing contract, we will be voting on the proposal on December 18.
Read MoreOur meeting with MultiCare on December 5 left us hoping for more. Over the previous two sessions, we provided Management with a significant majority of our non-economic and economic proposals.
Read MoreWe negotiated with management on December 1 and December 3. Our focus is getting competitive wages for all three years of the contract, creating a contract provision for education, and continuing to negotiate over layoff and severance pay, seniority, and management rights.
Our team hopes that management is receptive to keeping wages and other economics competitive and we have spent a great deal of time discussing the work we do and our dedication to excellent patient care in our work.
On December 3 we also hosted a drop-in Zoom meeting to discuss where we are at in bargaining and we plan to meet again soon.
Our next bargaining date is December 15, 2025.
If you would like additional information, talk to a Bargaining Team member.
Bargaining Team: Eleanor Artman, Christina Murphy, Katrina de la Cruz
Our Union has been in negotiations with Metropolitan Market since our fellow union members at Safeway, Fred Meyer, QFC, and Albertsons (“Allied”) ratified their contract earlier this year in June. Recently, our Bargaining Team met with Metropolitan Market representatives on November 24 to have further discussions regarding the grocery contract proposals. On November 7, meat managers throughout Metropolitan Market met with employer representatives to work on our meat agreement.
Read MoreOn November 25, our union Bargaining Team met with Recovery Cafe for another bargaining session. We began our discussion asking questions about Management’s plan to support staff to meet the goals at the SODO location, what happens if the goals are not met, and alternatives to a worksite closure.
Read MoreCome meet with our Bargaining Team to learn more about the proposal process and the work we’re doing at the table with the Employer. We are currently developing our economic proposals including wages, premiums and leaves.
Read MoreYesterday, November 25, our union Bargaining Team representing the RNs, Service and Tech workers met with the Employer for the second time.
Read MoreWe have been working for several months on a new collective bargaining agreement. The current discussion is about wages and other economic contract provisions.
Read MoreFollowing yesterday’s highly attended vote meetings, members of our union Bargaining Team tallied up the ballots received- the results of which were nearly unanimous- and are proud to announce that our first Collective Bargaining Agreement is officially ratified!
Read MoreOn Friday, November 21, our member-led Bargaining Team sat across the table from PCC for the second time in this contract cycle. We delivered our first round of proposals, which included weekly guaranteed hours, the creation of a centralized scheduler position to improve our shift-bidding system, additional discounts for staff, a limitation on sub-contracting deli, cut fruit, and meat products, plus language on racial justice trainings and immigration protections.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 19, our Bargaining Team met with Management for our third formal session with MultiCare! We have primarily been exchanging non-economic articles back and forth while we await the Employer’s first economic proposal.
Read MoreOn Wednesday, November 19, we met with the company as part of effects bargaining over the significant increase to the health insurance plan.
El miércoles 19 de noviembre, nos reunimos con la compañía como parte de la negociación de efectos por el aumento significativo del seguro médico.
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The Employer has tentatively agreed on several great items; however, they are not hearing us on wages. Our team is still going strong and actively countering to work towards a fair agreement that includes a wage scale that will recruit and retain our skilled labor.
Thursday, November 20
6pm - 7pm
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Please join our Bargaining Team for a virtual check-in. Let's talk about the bargaining process and find out how it is going.
Wednesday, November 26
Please support our Bargaining Team by wearing your sticker on Wednesday, November 26! Please reach out to a Bargaining Team member or your Union Rep for your sticker and to share your solidarity photos.
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Bargaining Team: Jacqueline "Jaqi" Tang, Bellevue Office; Linda Thomas, Olympia Office
Meeting ID: 8389762 9915
Passcode: 110190
Contract Action Team Meeting
Wednesday, November 19
6pm
On the 6, we presented our full economic proposal, which includes fair wage increases and market wage adjustments, a stronger step progression, improvements to premium pay, and updates to PTO.
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Wray’s Grocery & Meat
Wray’s Selah Market Meat
Contracts Ratified!
On November 12, our Bargaining Team had a fourth bargaining session with Management. We have made improvements on differentials and premiums, tuition reimbursement, required call out times, diversity and inclusion, workplace violence, and language addressing AI.
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.