Conifer St. Joseph - Vote Details Announced!
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After months of hard work in negotiations, your Bargaining Team has reached a deal with Conifer and are recommending a “YES” Vote.
We have secured a contract that includes:
Guaranteed wage increases
Job protection from unjust terminations
A formal process to address workplace issues
Double time for work on a Holiday
And So Much More!
UFCW 21 members in good standing are encouraged to attend a meeting, ask questions, and vote on the contract. Contact a Bargaining Team member or your Union Representative for any questions.
Vote Details
Date: Thursday, September 10
11AM - 1PM
3PM - 5PM
6PM - 8PM
Location: Shiloh Baptist Church, 1809 S. L St., Tacoma, WA 98405 (Located behind St. Joe’s)
Franz Bakery - Tentative Agreement Reached, Contract Vote Scheduled
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After lengthy negotiations we were able to win meaningful wage increases and a long-term solution for our pension while maintaining our benefits with FULL retro and NO takeaways!
Details of agreement and full document will be available at vote meetings. Ratification votes will be held in stores following masking and social distancing guidelines. UFCW 21 members in good standing are encouraged to attend a meeting, ask questions, and vote on the contract.
Contact a Bargaining Team member or your Union Representative for any questions.
Ratification votes will be held in stores following masking and social distancing guidelines:
Bremerton – 4800 Auto Center Way, Bremerton
Tuesday, September 1
9AM - 10AMPort Angeles - 2920 E Hwy 101, Port Angeles
Tuesday, September 1
3PM - 4PMSeattle – 2901 6th Ave S, Seattle
Tuesday, September 1
9AM - 10AMTukwila - 17500 W Valley Hwy, Tukwila
Tuesday, September 1
11AM - 12PM
The Doctors Clinic - Contract Vote Scheduled
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Your Bargaining Team has finally reached an agreement with The Doctors Clinic. Management was initially opposed to many of our demands, however, a safety focused campaign successfully pressured TDC to come to the table and reach a deal.
The tentative agreement includes:
Wage increases retroactive to August 1,
Increased Paid Time Off (PTO) accruals,
NEW safety committee language,
NEW floating holidays that YOU schedule,
NEW COVID-19 language, and more.
Now it’s time to vote to approve your new contract! Due to the current health crisis we will be conducting the ratification vote through mail-in ballots. We will be sending out a vote packet with your ballot and a summary of the proposed changes to the mailing address we have on file.
Please reach out to your Union Representative if you do not receive your vote packet by September 7.
We will be holding a contract vote meeting to explain the tentative agreement via Zoom on Monday, September 14 from 8AM – 9AM, 12PM – 1PM, and 6PM – 7PM.
Instructions to join will be included in your vote packet.
Conifer St. Joseph - Contract Vote Scheduled
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After months of hard work in negotiations, your Bargaining Team has reached a deal with Conifer and are recommending a “YES” Vote.
We have secured a contract that includes:
Guaranteed wage increases
Job protection from unjust terminations
A formal process to address workplace issues
Double time for work on a Holiday
And So Much More!
Vote Details
Date: Thursday, September 10
Location: Tacoma, WA (exact location TBD)
Olympic Medical Center Support Services - Contract Vote Scheduled
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Our Bargaining Team for Support Services has reached an agreement with OMC. We began bargaining in late June 2020 due to the pandemic. Our main concerns during bargaining were wages and ensuring that we fixed the wage compression given the increased State hourly minimum rate. Initially OMC proposed lower increases than we expected given the loss in revenue due to the pandemic. But at the end, we were able to fight and win higher increases than in past contracts!
The next step is to vote to approve the contract. We will be sending out a second notice with a vote date/time or we will be running a mail-in ballot contract vote. Please update your email/address on our website in order to receive your vote documents.
We will be holding a contract vote meeting to explain the tentative agreement via Zoom on August 18, from 8AM - 9PM and 5PM - 6PM.
If you have any question, please contact your Union Rep, Aimee Oien @ 360-662-1981.
Virtual Vote Meeting
Tuesday, August 18 • 8AM - 9PM • 5PM - 6PM
Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details.
Details will be mailed / emailed out with vote instructions.
To make sure you receive your vote documents please update your address!
Olympic Medical Center ProTech - Contract Vote Notice
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OMC ProTech, your contract vote ballots are due on August 14. The due dates for ballots was omitted from the original notice. As a result, we are sending out this notice. Please send back your ballots via mail to PO Box 80682, Seattle, WA 98108 by August 14 (postmarked) in order for your vote to be counted.
If you have any questions please contact your Union Rep, Aimee Oien 360-662-1981
PRMCE RN Contract Extension Vote
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Contract Extension Vote
At the end of May 2020, Providence approached the Union and proposed a contract extension for the RN unit through June 2021. The current RN contract expires October 31, 2020 and we had planned to start bargaining before October.
It is typical that the Union and Providence enter a contract extension of three months during regular bargaining in order to keep the contract in effect. Since this is a longer than typical extension, we started having weekly calls amongst the bargaining committee and key RN leaders to discuss the benefits and negatives of an extension.
After many meetings, your RN bargaining committee/leaders have decided that an extension would NOT be beneficial for the unit.
Currently Providence is offering a 4% increase in 2020, but all RNs would start paying for parking as of October 2021. Meaning that a portion of your increase would go towards parking. Parking was a huge issue during the professional and technical units’ bargaining last year. They fought to postpone paying for parking until the RNs started paying for parking. As so, an extension with paid parking would affect the RNs, Pros, Techs, and even other union members at PRMCE. Although a 4% increase sounds enticing, all units would loss the benefit of free parking and we likely will never be able to win back that benefit!
That said, your bargaining committee and RN leaders are recommending a “NO” vote! We will be conducting the contract extension vote via standard mail. All ballots must be postmarked by August 7, 2020 in order to be counted. If you do not receive mail from the Union, please update your contact information online: ufcw21.org/update-your-information or contact Anthony Cantu, Union Rep (206)436-6566.
Vote meeting to explain the contract extension: Tuesday, July 28 at 8pm via Zoom Meeting After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Cascade Valley Hospital - Contract Vote Scheduled
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Through multiple Zoom bargaining sessions our Bargaining Team reached a tentative agreement with Management that includes some of the following highlights:
Ratification Bonus
Wage Increases for 2020
Increases to Shift Differentials
No Takeaways
Wage, Healthcare and Equity Adjustment Reopener in 2021
“We look forward to discussing this with everyone at the Vote Meetings and encourage our membership to attend the Zoom meetings.”
— Cascade Bargaining Team
Contract Information Zoom Meetings
Wednesday, July 22
11:00am – 12:30pm
Thursday, July 23
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Zoom Invitations and Voting Materials will be sent out soon.
Conifer St. Joseph - Enough is Enough! Vote Notice
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Conifer delayed bargaining with us for 9 months! The time has come to vote.
What we vote on will be determined by Conifer, and on July 17 the Bargaining Team will either have a proposal from the employer that the Bargaining team will recommend for RATIFICATION and VOTE YES or the Bargaining team will recommend to REJECT and VOTE NO!
“Strong people stand up for themselves, Stronger people stand together”
– Terri Ross
VOTE DETAILS
Friday, July 17
3:00PM - 7:00PM Tacoma, WA - TBD
Want more details? Join our Online CAT Meeting Via ZOOM.
Contact your Bargaining Team or Union Rep for call-in details. Details will be also emailed and texted out.
Forks Community Hospital Tech / Service - Contract Vote Scheduled
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After historically productive negotiations, we were able to reach a tentative agreement before our contract expiration. We were able to win significant market adjustments for a number of positions and overall COLAs over the 3 year agreement that bring us up to industry and area standards.
We also were able to win:
A new preceptor program
Improved rest between shift language
Easier access to EII benefits
Increased premiums and differentials
With NO Takeaways!
“We achieved our goal of making improvements to our contract that make our facilities more comparable with and even competitive to surrounding hospitals and facilities.”
— Our Bargaining Team
We will be voting this fully recommended offer by mail! Please make sure your address and information are up to date.
You can view the full contract and wage scales online.
Contract with Proposed Changes - View Document
Join an online vote meeting to hear more about the offer and ask questions. Vote meetings will be 7/13 at 8 AM and 6 PM. Details for joining will be mailed out with the vote instructions.
Olympic Medical Center - ProTech - Contract Vote Scheduled
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Your Professional-Technical Unit Bargaining Team has reached a fully recommended tentative agreement with Olympic Medical Center! We have been bargaining over wages, working conditions, and the short-term disability program since May 2020. During bargaining, we did an analysis of our wages compared to the surrounding hospitals and other rural hospitals in the area. OMC proposed to retire our “short term disability” program and we gave this a lot of thought. Our short-term disability program provides 60% or 75% wage compensation per week. We fought to keep our plan but heard from the unit that wages should take priority. In addition, the new Washington Paid Family Medical Leave provides a higher benefit and accrual than our current short-term disability program.
There are more details to our tentative agreement, which we will go over in depth via a Zoom video webinar on July 9 at 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM (the link will be included with the vote documents). Please join us on either date to ask questions and go over the vote documents. Given the pandemic, we are unable to hold an in-person contract ratification vote and will be doing a mail-in ballot. The Union will be mailing and posting the vote documents on the UFCW 21 website through the link provided below.
If you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact our union representative, Aimee Oien at aoien@ufcw21.org or our negotiator, Evelyn Orantes-Fogel at eorantesfogel@ufcw21.org.
Virtual Vote Meeting Webinar
Thursday, July 9 • 7:30 AM • 4:30 PM
Details for joining will be mailed and emailed out with vote instructions. To review a copy of the full legal document with all proposed changes please view the document here.
Planned Parenthood - Tentative Agreement Reached with Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and Hawaiian Islands
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Our Bargaining Team began meeting this Spring to negotiate our contract. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic prevented us from meeting in person, we have continued to work together to fight for fair wage increases.
We won respectful wage increases across the board for all employees.
This agreement is for one year (through 5/31/21), so we’ll be back to the table next spring to negotiate a full contract. We’re excited to work with our co-workers to continue to address wages and other issues.
“Given restrictions on meetings and dealing with an ongoing pandemic, we are glad to have reached this 1-year deal now so that members can get immediate raises. The outcome of the presidential elections will give us a clearer picture or Planned Parenthood’s funding, and we can fight for everything we deserve next year.”
– Your Bargaining Team
Join an online vote meeting
6/22 9am - 10:30am
6/22 6pm - 7:30pm
*Contact a Bargaining Team member or your Union Representative for call-in details
To review a copy of the full legal document with all changes to the contract please visit the link provided in the text below.
PCC - Contract Vote Scheduled
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Our Bargaining Team began meeting this last winter to negotiate our contract. Even though the COVID-19 pandemic prevented us from meeting in person, we have continued to work together to fight for fair wage increases.
We won significant wage increases with full retro throughout the scale while maintaining our healthcare and securing our pension. This agreement is for 1 year (through December 2020), so we will be back to the table this fall to negotiate a full three-year contract. We’re excited to work with our co-workers to continue to address wages and other issues.
Given restrictions on meetings and members dealing with an ongoing pandemic, we are glad to have reached this 1-year deal now so that members can get immediate raises and full back pay. We can all focus on fighting for a full 3-year contract in a few months when we can regroup in person.
– Your Bargaining Team
To review a copy of the full legal document with all changes to the contract please visit the links provided below.
Grocery - View Document
Meat - View Document
Zoom Vote Meeting Times
6/16 9am - 11am
6/16 5pm - 7pm
6/17 9am - 11am
6/17 5pm - 7pm
Contact a bargaining team member or your Union Rep for call-in details.
Harrison Medical Center Service & Dietary - Contract Vote Scheduled
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Your Bargaining Team reached a tentative agreement with the Medical Center that won substantial wage increases, new short-term personal leave, improved schedule posting language, as well as many other improvements.
We will be holding drop-in virtual vote meetings on Friday, June 19 at 8AM and 4PM to answer any questions about the tentative agreement. Details for joining will be mailed out with the vote instructions.
We will send out information soon with more details of the changes in your new contract and how the mail-in voting process works. To review a copy of the full legal document with all proposed changes please visit the link provided in the body of the email below.
