Sequim School District Maintenance and Operations Tentative Agreement Reached
/Our union bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement and recommends a ‘Yes’ Vote to accept the Sequim School District’s proposal.
Read More“At a time when workers are struggling to keep up with sky-high prices for groceries, housing, health care, and other basic necessities, we cannot afford to give a tax cut to the wealthiest people in our state,” said Sam Dancy, UFCW 3000 Executive Board Vice President and Grocery Bargaining Team Member
Our member-led Bargaining Team met with representative from Puzzle Break to lay the foundation for the negotiations of our first union contract. We discussed guidelines around how proposals will be passed, Bargaining Team availability and our desire to have consistent and timely bargaining dates moving forward.
After months of difficult negotiations and a powerful show of solidarity, we have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract! Thanks to our collective strength, we secured significant improvements, including:
Please join us in person at the UFCW 3000 Des Moines office for Contract Action Team meetings on the following dates. We will be meeting in person at the union office, but for those who cannot join in person there will be an online option. During these meetings, will be sharing updates as well as creating picket signs for an upcoming info picket.
After months of difficult negotiations, a powerful informational picket, and an overwhelming strike authorization vote, our Union Bargaining Team fought late into the night on October 8 and reached a tentative agreement on a new contract!
The Nominations are in, now it’s time to vote for who will represent you and your coworkers from Ballard, Central District, and Issaquah PCCs on the newly formed PCC Labor Management Advisory Committee (LMAC). Secure online voting will take place Wednesday, October 21 from 8am to 8pm. Every PCC store elects one LMAC representative, you may only vote on a nominee from your own store.
Following a series of highly attended vote meetings on Monday, October 5, union technical workers at St. Joseph Medical Center voted nearly unanimously to:
Reject CommonSpirit’s subpar contract offer
Authorize a STRIKE
“We set the stage and gave our comprehensive proposal letting the employer know that our priorities are to win wages that we deserve, improve our transportation benefits, win immigration protection language as well as ensuring the safety of our co-workers. We are eager to see what BDA’s response is on the 21. ” -Kota Owens, Bargaining Team Member
For the first time in history, on Tuesday, Sept 29, grocery store workers from across Washington State and North Idaho met at the same table to plan for our upcoming bargaining session with Kroger and Albertsons.
Our team met with the employer again today to continue bargaining. We have finally started discussing economics, focusing on health care and wages, which we know are our members’ top priorities. We've seen very little movement from the employer and know we need to start escalating.
Correcting the Record: Decades after Organizing Her Own Unit, Leslie Ball Is Still Fighting for Her Coworkers
Leslie Ball, a certified surgical technologist at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma and a longtime UFCW 3000 Union Steward, has spent decades standing up for herself and her coworkers.
Her fight for better working conditions began in the late 1990s, when she received a 30-cent wage increase, which ended up only being a five-cent raise after her employer reduced her shift differential by a quarter. With years of experience and a deep understanding of the value surgical techs bring to the table, she knew a nickel wasn’t going to cut it. So she and a coworker, Gail Miller, started organizing their colleagues at St. Joe's despite warnings that previous organizing efforts had failed.
Within a year, they helped Radiology, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and other departments form the hospital’s first Technical Unit, which ratified its first contract in 1999.
Please lookout for a vote notice once we can confirm when the ratification vote will take place. Members will all have a chance to review the vote documents and ask questions, we will also hold a meeting to discuss this historic TA very soon. Also, please thank your Bargaining Team! They worked very hard.
We’re getting ready to head to the bargaining table, and we want to hear from you!
Join our Union Bargaining Team for a Bargaining Kick-Off Meeting to talk about the upcoming negotiations, review bargaining priorities, discuss the bargaining process, and answer questions.
This is your opportunity to get involved, share what matters most to you, and help shape our priorities as we prepare for bargaining.
Meeting ID: 821 3753 7914 Passcode: 251390
Get Involved!
Strong contracts are built when members stay informed and involved. Join us as we kick off bargaining and make sure Jefferson County members’ voices are heard at the table.
We look forward to seeing you and hearing from you!
Our Union Bargaining Team has reached a Tentative Agreement with Olympic Medical Center and is recommending a YES vote!
After ten sessions across six months of negotiations, our union Bargaining Team reached the difficult but necessary decision to call for a strike authorization vote.
We’ve come to management with contract language addressing our positions being overstaffed by agency & traveler employees. Management have come to us rejecting this proposal.
Our Bargaining Team is thrilled to announce that on September 22, 2026, an overwhelming majority of our members voted YES and approved the contract! We now have a ratified contract!
Our Union Bargaining Team has been working for several months on an agreement to transition Audiology Assistants and Pathologist Assistants into the existing UFCW 3000 Kaiser Permanente Pro Tech Optical Contract and we have reached a tentative agreement. The Bargaining Team fully recommends this agreement.
Our union bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement and recommends a ‘Yes’ Vote to accept the Sequim School District’s proposal.
Read MoreDuring recent contract negotiations for the Professional Technical, Business Office, Service & LPNs Unit, Mason Health agreed to bargain the inclusion of Surgery Techs into the existing contract.
Read MoreWe have reached a fully recommended tentative agreement with FCH that will prevent a wage freeze. On June 30, we will have a ratification vote to make the CBA adjustments based on this agreement.
Read MoreOur union member bargaining team reached a Tentative Agreement and recommends a YES vote to accept the proposal from the employers.
“This is the ninth time I’ve sat at this table—this contract allows us to majorly build our power in the region” —Jeff Smith, Fred Meyer GM
Read MoreProposed Change to Uniforms and Equipment-Non-Skid Shoe Reimbursement to a Captive Shoe Program. Cambio Propuesto al Artículo de Uniformes y Equipos – Reembolso de Zapatos Antideslizantes a un Programa de Zapatos Cautivos.
Read MoreAfter five bargaining sessions, our bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement.
Contract Ratification Vote
June 12, 2025
6:30 AM - 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Providence Centralia Admin Conference Room
Our bargaining team unanimously recommends a “YES” vote. Highlights of the agreement include:
Wages:
Year 1 New Wage Scale with increases
Year 2 & 3 ATBs of 3.00% & 3.00%
Removed ghost steps at years 16 & 19
Experience Audit following ratification, which will provide members with a second wage increase once moved to 1:1 years’ experience
And more...
Union Membership:
Reduced ‘opt-out’ window from membership from 30-days following ratification & 15-days following hire, to 10-days for both.
Union Representation:
Significantly improved Union Rep Access to remove restrictions on rep visits which limited access to areas of the hospital that are ‘open to the general public’ & removed language stating that reps are ‘subject to the same general rules applicable to other non-employees’
New Article which allows for two months of Union Leave
And more...
All members of the Providence Centralia Technical Unit are encouraged to be part of this important vote. Your voice and vote are critical to building power for the future. Only members in good standing are eligible to vote, and voting will only be conducted in person.
Bargaining Team: Jennifer Frunz, Mammography Technologist; Jennifer Mullins, CT Technologist; Shauna Allen, Pharmacy Tech; Shea Carney, Respiratory Care Practitioner
“We made strong gains on wages, and our pay is now competitive in the market. We are thrilled to be moving forward.”
— Shauna Allen, Pharmacy Technician
Questions or to get more involved, please contact Union Representative Collin Greer, (360) 662-1982 or email Cgreer@ufcw3000.org
As the time to reach a deal came down to the wire, the companies acted with no urgency. They made our team wait for hours between proposals, and when they did pass something back, they only moved an inch here and there. Their posture at the table spoke volumes: They don’t value our work, and they don’t think we’re ready to fight for what we deserve. We’re happy to prove them wrong.
Our bargaining team unanimously recommends a NO vote on the contract and a YES vote to authorize a strike so corporate knows they can’t push us around.
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!
Read MoreAfter many long months of working with the Employer we have reached a tentative agreement on the accretion of the Mares Campus & EEG Techs.
Read MoreDepending on how our upcoming negotiations go, our Bargaining Team may recommend a NO vote, a strike authorization vote, or a contract ratification vote.
Read MorePlease come vote on the Annual PTO Cashout Election proposed change. This is a change to the current language that was voted on in January and requires another vote.
Read More“After intense negotiations we have reached a tentative agreement pending a vote by the Union members. We didn’t get everything we wanted, but positive changes to come!”
Read More“After intense negotiations we have reached a tentative agreement pending a vote by the Union members. We didn’t get everything we wanted, but positive changes to come!”
Read MoreOur union Bargaining Team was able to reach a tentative agreement with Management on a new contract. The Bargaining Team is recommending a yes vote on the contract offer, which includes:
Read MoreContract Vote Proposal Meeting
Read MoreAfter several negotiation sessions over the last few months, we are excited to share that we have reached a tentative agreement! Our Union Negotiation Committee recommends a YES vote! This contract includes: Significant wage increases, A 3-year contract, Improved Boot benefit, New Labor Management Committee.
Read MoreAfter several months of bargaining for a new contract, we have reached a tentative agreement. The Bargaining Team recommends a YES vote! All members in good standing are eligible and encouraged to vote.
Read MoreWednesday, March 26 at 1pm
United Way of Spokane County 910 N Washington St, Suite 101 Spokane WA 99201
For questions please contact Eric Renner at 866-210-3000 ext. 7395
Through conference committee we have highlighted retention and recruitment issues throughout the Technical unit. Providence heard our suggestions and has proposed changes to Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) job titles and classifications. Specifically, the Employer is proposing to:
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.
Correcting the Record: Decades after Organizing Her Own Unit, Leslie Ball Is Still Fighting for Her Coworkers
Leslie Ball, a certified surgical technologist at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma and a longtime UFCW 3000 Union Steward, has spent decades standing up for herself and her coworkers.
Her fight for better working conditions began in the late 1990s, when she received a 30-cent wage increase, which ended up only being a five-cent raise after her employer reduced her shift differential by a quarter. With years of experience and a deep understanding of the value surgical techs bring to the table, she knew a nickel wasn’t going to cut it. So she and a coworker, Gail Miller, started organizing their colleagues at St. Joe's despite warnings that previous organizing efforts had failed.
Within a year, they helped Radiology, Respiratory Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, and other departments form the hospital’s first Technical Unit, which ratified its first contract in 1999.
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.