Our Bargaining Team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract that will expire September 30, 2029. Our goals this bargaining cycle were to build on the wins from our last contract to address staffing and retention, meal and rest breaks, safety, and explore benefit improvements—all with the goal of retaining the highest skilled nurses to serve our community.
Our Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement on a new three year contract and recommends a yes vote!
After months of negotiating with Macy’s management, our Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement and recommends a YES vote to accept the proposal from Macy’s.
Now is your opportunity to vote and make your voice heard! The vote on this agreement is open to all active members of Macy’s Retail and Furniture Gallery contracts.
Last week, late Wednesday/early Thursday, we agreed to the terms for a new collective bargaining agreement with management. Our union Bargaining Team fought a persistent employer and we were able to put together a package that includes:
After several months of bargaining, we have reached a tentative agreement. We said NO to increased medical benefit costs for part time workers! We held strong on our priorities!
Over the past couple of weeks, our Bargaining Team has met to review the survey responses you shared with us. Your feedback is helping us prepare our proposals and, most importantly, make sure your voices, priorities, and concerns are represented at the bargaining table
We finally got to a tentative agreement on our first union collective bargaining agreement! After almost a year of bargaining, we were able to reach a tentative agreement in our last session on August 14 with the employer.
And health care is not the only improvement in this tentative agreement! There is much more that we cannot wait to share with you when we present the full agreement for your vote. Our Bargaining Team recommends a yes vote!
On Thursday August 13, our union was notified that Citadel Acquisition LLC (a subsidiary of ZMC Management) will be purchasing a majority stake in Card Kingdom effective late September 2026.
On August 13 we held our third bargaining session with management and were able to carry our forward momentum into our first tentative agreements!
Our OMC Service Bargaining Team came to the table on August 12 focused, prepared, and ready to push for meaningful change.
After months of bargaining with Rosauers for a new contract that respects our work, increases our wages, and improves our sick leave, bereavement leave, and vacation. We are holding a contract vote!
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Following eleven bargaining dates over the course of nearly six months, our Case Manager RN bargaining team at Auburn Medical Center are overjoyed to announce that we have reached a fully recommended tentative agreement outlining our proposed entry into the RN union contract.
At our last scheduled session on January 22, we met MultiCare at the table, and proudly announced that we’d secured a supermajority of strike pledge card signatures in our unit. Pairing this with discussions around our continued priorities in these negotiations—MultiCare requested an emergency bargaining session on Monday, January 27 to get back to the table as soon as possible and continue working towards a deal.
Considering the many challenges we’ve faced throughout bargaining, our solidarity and resolve have led to what we strongly believe is a groundbreaking agreement for Case Manager RNs at Auburn Medical Center, including:
Experience credit towards placement on the RN wage scale
Access to premiums, differentials, daily overtime, and all of the union protections contained in the RN contract
Protections around Case Manager RNs floating into other clinical areas of the hospital
A specific wage differential for Senior Case Manager RNs
RATIFICATION BONUS!
To read the full agreement and cast your ballot, we encourage all newly-organized Case Manager RNs to drop-by our vote meetings!
Monday, February 10
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
Cascade Training Room
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
11:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Your AMC Bargaining Team: Sarah Murry, RN; Amber Hamilton, Case Manager RN; Nicole Joseph, Case Manager RN; Cory Larsen, RN; Nick White, RN; Mary Lou Gustafson, RN.
Following our bargaining date on Wednesday, January 22, and our announcement to MultiCare that the RNs at Auburn Medical Center had reached a majority of Strike Pledge Card signatures in less than a week’s time—management requested that we meet again at the table as soon as possible to continue negotiations on our successor bargaining agreement.
Our team recognized that this was an extremely important moment in our ongoing fight for a strong contract—in the sense that nurses were standing up and ready to take action, and that we may finally have MultiCare’s full attention.
As a result of this momentum, our union bargaining team are proud to announce that we have secured a fully recommended tentative agreement on our new contract, which includes highlights such as:
An all-new wage scale that places AMC RNs pay above many of our top competitors at nearly all steps
Increased Continuing Education funds
Ratification bonus as well as bonuses for our coworkers at the top of the wage scale each year of the contract!
ALL NEW safe staffing language, including a premium for RNs who care for a higher number of patients than the state-submitted staffing plan outlines!
To read the full agreement and check-out all of the additional wins we secured, we encourage all AMC Nurses in good standing to drop-by our vote meetings and cast your ballot.
Tuesday, February 11
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center
MOB Classroom (1st Floor)
6:00 AM – 9:00 AM
11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
“These negotiations have been incredibly challenging- but our bargaining team heard you all, and continued to listen throughout this process. The power that we’ve built together resulted in a contract that we’re confident will really start to fix the many issues RNs at AMC have faced, and keep AMC safe for patients and for nurses.”
—Cory Larsen, RN @ AMC
Your AMC bargaining team (L-R): Sarah Murry, RN; Amber Hamilton, Case Manager RN; Nicole Joseph, Case Manager RN; Cory Larsen, RN; Nick White, RN; Mary Lou Gustafson, RN.
"Stand your ground with confidence, state your value, back it with facts, and seek mutual success"
—Tesfaldet Kidanemariam, Respiratory Therapist
On Monday, January 27 we met with the employer for the fifth time to continue negotiating a strong contract that respects our specialized skill set.
We continued our negotiations, advocating for competitive wages and working conditions to recruit and retain our expert staff. Our coworkers on the Bargaining Team spent much of our time justifying why we deserve to be well compensated for the work we do. We know that other area hospitals send our kids to Seattle Children's Hospital for excellence in pediatric care. We shared stories of misdiagnoses at other facilities. We spoke about how it often takes months—even a year or more for techs from adult facilities to acquire our unique technical skills that save pediatric lives.
Join us on Monday, February 3, at 4:00 PM for a virtual update on the latest news from the bargaining table:
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Our Bargaining Team (Left to Right): Adriana Ingwerson, Ultrasound Sonographer; Heidi Cuffee, Echo Sonographer; Jennifer Becker, Surgical Tech; Tesfaldet Kidanemariam, Respiratory Therapist; Robin Phare, Pharmacy Tech; Tarin Knight, END Tech
On Friday, January 24, our Bargaining Team met with Management for our second bargaining session. We are very pleased to announce that we arrived at Tentative Agreements for both the grocery and meat contracts that the team can fully recommend "YES" votes in favor of ratification!
Read More“The MSWs are voting yes for transparency, competitive wages, equality between nursing case managers and Social Workers, case managers, and a work-life balance.” - Rita Palmquist, Social Worker
Read MoreAfter months of bargaining with Rosauers for a new contract that respects our work, increases our wages, and improves our sick leave, bereavement leave, and vacation, we are holding a contract vote! This notice serves to inform all members that a critical contract vote meeting will be held on February 4 for members covered by the Rosauers Spokane Grocery and Spokane Meat contracts and on February 6 for members covered by the Rosauers Lewiston Grocery & Meat contract.
The Bargaining Team will present the tentative agreement received from the Employer. Members will have the opportunity to discuss the terms and implications of the offer before voting on the fully recommended settlement.
Any member covered by the Rosauers Spokane Grocery and Spokane Meat contracts or the Rosauers Lewiston Grocery & Meat contract that are in good standing are encouraged to attend a meeting, ask questions, and vote on their contract. Contact a Bargaining Team member or your Union Representative for any questions!
February 4, 2025
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
UFCW 3000 Spokane Office
2805 N. Market St. Spokane, WA 99207
February 6, 2025
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Hampton Inn Lewiston
2701 Nez Perce Dr, Lewiston, ID 83501
On Wednesday, January 1, after negotiating from 9am to 7pm, our Bargaining Team came to a Tentative Agreement with Conifer’s Management team. In this, our 10th bargaining session since August, after many hours of work and passing a total of 18 economic package proposals to Management, we were able to secure:
Read MoreOn Wednesday, January 1, after negotiating from 9am to 7pm, our Bargaining Team came to a Tentative Agreement with Conifer’s Management team. In this, our 10th bargaining session since August, after many hours of work and passing a total of 18 economic package proposals to Management, we were able to secure:
Read MoreAfter nearly six months of bargaining with Albertson/Safeway and Kroger for a new contract that respects our work, increases our wages, and improves our retirement and healthcare, we are holding a contract vote! This notice serves to inform all members that a critical membership meeting will be held on January 9, 10, 13.
Read MoreUNION NOTICE: Please be advised that a contract ratification vote has been scheduled as follows:
Read MoreAfter several bargaining sessions, our bargaining team is proud to announce that we have a tentative agreement.
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Monday, December 23, 2024 @ 7:30pm
UFCW 3000 2805 N. Market St. Spokane WA 99207
Significant pay increases
Retirement security
Unfortunately, we were not able to reach agreement on an offer that we felt we could recommend! By 6pm, the furthest Management had moved was as follows:
Read MoreOur Union Bargaining Team is excited to announce that after several months we have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for Nurses!
Read MoreOn November 26, after just seven productive negotiation sessions, our bargaining team at Virtual Health is thrilled to announce that we have reached a fully recommended Tentative Agreement on our 2024 successor contract!
Read MoreUnless significant progress is made in our next session, we will be recommending a “NO” vote on the contract, and a separate “YES” vote to authorize a strike should our Bargaining Team feel they need to call for one in the future. We will be able to answer questions about the vote in our pre-vote meeting that will be held on December 12.
Read MoreThe practice of “rounding” timecards at the seven-to-eight-minute mark is being eliminated, and we will instead be transitioning to “actual” timekeeping: where employees are paid to-the-minute. While we anticipate that this change will improve the overall accuracy of our timecards (& potentially increase the amount of compensable time-worked we are paid for overall), there are a few anticipated impacts this change may have, and therefore negotiated the below protections through our Union:
Read MoreThe outcome of these negotiations is a historic first union contract that we believe sets a new standard for healthcare workers, and we feel that we have secured some of the strongest workplace protections, wages, and benefits we’ve ever seen in a new contract.
Read MoreWith these priorities in mind, our team went to work—fighting to secure a strong, competitive contract for the Service, Office, and Technical workers at MultiCare Capital Medical Center. We believe the result is a contract that will stand the test of time and keep us competitive for years to come.
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.
Jenny C., a transporter at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, knows what it looks like when management hopes a problem will just go away.
Jenny has watched the facility's transport elevators malfunction for more than a year, filing report after report after each incident she witnessed. Supervisors did not appear to take these complaints seriously.
Fresenius workers can see in Trevino’s story what solidarity looks like in action: Checking your check, speaking up when something's wrong, and stepping up to lead when your coworkers need you.
