SEATTLE – Today the Seattle City Council passed Mayor Katie Wilson’s Fair Pricing and Transparency ordinance with no corporate amendments that open the door to algorithmic pricing or weaken enforcement, making Seattle home to the strongest ban on surveillance pricing in the country.
The employer joined us for two bargaining sessions on September 17 and 18. They have hired a new legal counsel who seemingly is trying to set a different, more collaborative tone with our union. We reached Tentative Agreements on several topics, including an Artificial Intelligence Memorandum of Understanding and an Inclusion Memorandum of Understanding to help protect some of our members who are part of marginalized communities.
Join your Bargaining Team and coworkers for an update on the current bargaining campaigns on Tuesday, Sept 22, 5:30-6:30pm. We will give updates on the St. Michael and St. Joseph bargaining and how we can build power together. Please show your support for your bargaining teams by wearing your union swag with pride every day, but especially today, September 18, for our next bargaining session.
Any questions can be addressed to Charlie King at 360-409-0606 or a Bargaining Team Member.
On September 15, a strong group of UFCW 3000 members marched into EvergreenHealth’s Board meeting to make sure their voices were heard.
On Wednesday, September 16, UFCW 3000 members in the St. Michael Medical Center Pro-Tech and Clinical Support unit voted UNANIMOUSLY to reject CommonSpirit’s offer, and overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike.
We are excited to announce that the 2026 nominations for the PCC Labor Management Advisory Committee (LMAC) will open on September 21, 2026. This is a great opportunity to nominate yourself or a coworker to help shape important decisions that impact PCC workers and our stores.
MultiCare continues to propose a wage scale placement process that could result in significant wage cuts for some members. Our Union Bargaining Team remains committed to fighting any proposal that moves workers backward.
Tuesday, September 8, was our most recent bargaining session with Broadcast management, following a successful flyer and button-up action at the cafe last Friday.
Our OMC Service Bargaining Team came to the table on September 4 prepared to have collaborative and productive discussions with management and we made meaningful progress.
Our Bargaining Team met with CommonSpirit management again on Thursday, September 3, to continue negotiations for a successor contract.
Unfortunately, the day did not end on a positive note. After more than five months since our contract’s original expiration date, our Bargaining Team has made the difficult decision to call for a Strike Authorization Vote.
On Wednesday, September 2, UFCW 3000 Children’s Therapy Center members voted with an OVERWHELMING MAJORITY to ratify our new two year collective bargaining agreement.
On Tuesday, September 1, UFCW 3000 Service & Dietary members at St. Michael Medical Center voted UNANIMOUSLY to ratify our new three-year collective bargaining agreement!
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.
After eight months of bargaining, sticker-ups, button-ups, leaflets at our stores, dozens of Contract Action Team meetings, and a massively successful info picket — all to reclaim our co-op for the workers and members who built it — your Bargaining Team reached a Tentative Agreement and recommends a YES vote to accept the proposal from PCC
Read MoreAll members that participate in the vote will be able to review the vote materials before casting their ballot. Before the votes, we will also have a meeting to review the full contract including the wage scale, the healthcare language, our grievance procedure, and all of the other articles in the agreement. At this meeting, you can ask questions to your bargaining committee and staff about the agreement. This meeting will take place on Thursday, June 18 at 7pm PST.
Read MoreOver the last several months, we’ve stickered up, buttoned up, leafleted our stores, attended dozens of Contract Action Team meetings, and educated our customers and coworkers at a massive info picket — all to reclaim our co-op for the workers and members who built it.
And now, after bargaining into the wee hours of the morning on June 11, our worker-elected, member-led Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement with PCC.
After ten months of determined advocacy and solidarity, we are excited to announce we have reached Tentative Agreements with the employer for strong three-year contracts for Service, Technical and RN units.
Read Moreour Bargaining Team recommend voting YES on the MOU, which offers the effected employees things like:
Read MoreOur Bargaining Team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement. Priorities included, better wages, improved language around grace period and attendance.
Read MoreOur Union Bargaining Team is recommending a YES vote on June 15!
Read MoreOur Bargaining Team Recommends a YES Vote!
Our Forks Community Hospital RN Bargaining Team has reached a tentative agreement with Management and recommends a YES vote to approve the agreement.
Our team worked to secure improvements that recognize the essential work Forks nurses provide every day. This tentative agreement includes wage increases for all years of the agreement and other contract improvements that will be reviewed in full with members at the vote.
Highlights of the Tentative Agreement
Wage increases for all years of the agreement
Contract improvements to language
Removal of negative wage re-opener
"We fought hard for a good and fair contract" —Ryan Elmer, Bargaining Team Member
Our Bargaining Team will be available during the vote to review the tentative agreement, answer questions, and provide members with the information needed before voting. Only members in good standing are eligible to vote.
In the late hours of Friday, May 29, our Mason General RN bargaining team reached a final tentative agreement on our new union contract!
We encourage all nurses to attend one of the vote sessions below to read through the new Agreement, which includes wins such as:
We are disappointed to announce that after a ten-hour bargaining day at our tenth bargaining session, CommonSpirit leadership still failed to present an offer we could recommend our workers ratify.
As such, the following vote has been scheduled so we can share the Employer’s proposed offer — and to be clear, we unanimously recommend voting NO on the Employer’s offer, and voting YES to authorize a strike.
Read MoreProvidence Centralia Hospital Service Unit members will vote on the Tentative Accretion MOU covering Operating Room Assistants, Senior Electronic Imaging Assistants, and Supply Chain Technicians.
This MOU brings these classifications into the UFCW 3000 Service Unit Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement includes language addressing seniority, PTO balances, already-approved PTO requests, wage step placement, and step progression.
Read MoreNow it is our turn to vote! Our union member-led Bargaining Team reached a tentative agreement and recommends a YES vote to accept the Employer’s proposal.
Read MoreOur Bargaining Team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement. Priorities included adopting the SRH wage table and improving working conditions in general, We are proud of a contract that includes:
Read MoreAfter months of bargaining, we have come to a tentative agreement with the Employer for the Mary Bridge Transfer RN accretion process. Through the agreement, we have placed everyone on the wage scale. The employer will have 30 days to review the placements to make sure they are accurate.
Read MoreAs a part of our union contract, we have set a limit on healthcare cost increases year to year of 10% (5% shared by the Employer, 5% shared by union members). Our healthcare costs have increased 12.3% (2.3% more than our contract covers). Members in good standing are encourage to participate in this online vote to maintain our existing healthcare coverage. Voting yes would increase the healthcare cost on employees an additional 2.3% on top of what the contract covers and would ensure we can maintain the existing coverage in our healthcare plan.
Read MoreDespués de dos días de votación, los trabajadores de Vestis votaron 100% a favor de autorizar una huelga.
Vestis debe tomar esto en serio. Los trabajadores merecen un contrato justo que mantenga su buen seguro médico, asegure una jubilación digna y ofrezca salarios que alcancen para el costo de vida que sigue subiendo.
After two days of voting, 100% of Vestis workers voted to authorize a strike.
Vestis needs to take this as a wake-up call. Workers deserve a fair contract that maintains their high-quality health care, delivers a dignified retirement, and provides a wage that keeps up with skyrocketing costs.
Read MoreOur bargaining team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement. Priorities included adopting the SRH wage table and improving working conditions in general,
We are proud of a contract that includes:
· Across the Board Wage Increases every 6 months
· Robust Market Adjustment
· A contractual commitment on moving into a improved OT system
· Ratification bonus
· And much more
Read MoreAfter eight months of Bargaining and the recent Tentative Agreement at the Skagit bargaining table, we are confident that a Tentative Agreement may be reached at the next bargaining session on Monday, April 13. To ensure that all the pieces are falling into the right place, we have tentatively scheduled a ratification vote for next Friday, April 17, concurrent with the Skagit vote. It is important to understand that this vote will happen only if an agreement is reached. We also have a backup bargaining day schedule for April 27.
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.
