Metropolitan Market Bargaining Update

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Metropolitan Market Bargaining Update

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.

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PCC Our Proposals Are on the Table, Now We Must Build Power!

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PCC Our Proposals Are on the Table, Now We Must Build Power!

On 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.

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Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Peninsula Contract Votes Scheduled!

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Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Peninsula Contract Votes Scheduled!

After months of negotiations, leafleting, info-picketing, a 97% strike authorization vote in June, and ratification votes from grocery store workers in many Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores, our Union Bargaining Team harnessed all that power from thousands of grocery workers to fight and win a fair contract.

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PCC Our Voice-Our Power! PCC Contract Negotiations Begin

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PCC Our Voice-Our Power! PCC Contract Negotiations Begin

On Wednesday, November 5 our member-led Bargaining Team sat across the table from PCC for the first time this contract cycle. After introducing ourselves to the Employer, we discussed the outcomes from our bargaining survey, named our priorities for this bargain, and built solidarity within our team. Talk to the Bargaining Team member in your store for more detailed information!

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Grocery UFCW 3000 files grievance with employer over backpay

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Grocery UFCW 3000 files grievance with employer over backpay

It has come to the Union’s attention that the contractual raises, for the following contracts Albertsons - Lewiston/Clarkston (Grocery and Meat), Albertsons - Coeur d’Alene (Meat), Albertsons - Coeur d’Alene/Hayden Lake (Grocery), Albertsons - Hayden Lake (Meat), Safeway - Coeur d’Alene (Grocery and Meat), and Safeway - Pullman/Moscow (Grocery and Meat) which were scheduled to take effect on October 12, 2025, and reflect on your paycheck of Oct 24, 2025, have not yet been implemented.

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Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Skagit, Island, Whatcom counties Contracts Ratified!

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Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Skagit, Island, Whatcom counties Contracts Ratified!

On October 16, we ratified new contracts for UFCW 3000 grocery stores in Skagit, Island, and Whatcom Counties at Safeway, Haggen, Fred Meyer, and Albertsons/Safeway, and Saar’s Grocery in Oak Harbor.  

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Metropolitan Market - Bargaining Update

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Bargaining Team: Dan Howes, Produce - Crown Hill; Alej Gallardo, Meat Cutter - Sammamish; Devin Kjolso, Meat Cutter - Uptown; Maggie Baze, Mercer Island; Tori Nakamatsu-Figaroa, Bakery - Uptown; Bill Graves, Maintenance Clerk - Crown Hill; Felicity, Sand Point; Kelly Shaffer, Bakery - Uptown (not pictured)

Our bargaining team met with Metropolitan Market again after nearly two months since our last bargaining session. Although there was significant time between bargaining sessions, we continued to organize—wearing buttons and organizing leaflets at our stores until we reach a deal.

At the bargaining table on October 2, we made significant progress on aligning our interests with Metropolitan Market with key issues—apprentice wage scale progression, training & development investments, department head premiums, and other contract improvements. While many of the concepts our employer discussed were benefit improvements, some of our key issues still need to be addressed—guaranteed hours and wages.

A significant part of our discussion was Metropolitan Market's desire to merge the seafood clerk and meat wrapper classifications into one. While this would significantly raise wages for seafood clerks and provide more flexibility in the department, our bargaining team raised concerns regarding our wrapper's right to daily seniority, labor hours and staffing, and workload. We will continue this discussion at our next bargaining session which will be scheduled soon.

If you're interested in hearing more about negotiations or want to share your thoughts on existing proposal discussion, please reach out to your union representative or bargaining team member.

Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Skagit, Island, Whatcom counties Contract Votes Scheduled!

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Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores Skagit, Island, Whatcom counties Contract Votes Scheduled!

These votes are open to all members of UFCW 3000 grocery stores in Skagit, Island, and Whatcom Counties at the big chains (Safeway, Haggen, Albertsons d/b/a Safeway in Oak Harbor, and Fred Meyer) and independent stores (The Market and Saar’s).  

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PCC October Contract Action Team Meetings

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Join your coworkers to prepare for upcoming negotiations and how to win a fair contract! If you have any questions, please call your Union Representative.

Monday, October 6: 10am—11am Issaquah Public Library, Meeting Room: 10 W Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA 98027

Tuesday, October 7: 10am—11am Ballard Library - 5614 22nd Ave NW Seattle, WA 98107 - Meeting Room

Tuesday, October 7: 4pm—5pm Fremont Library - 731 N 35th St. Seattle, WA 98103 - Meeting Room

Tuesday, October 7: 9am—10am Starbucks, 22833 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell , WA 98021

Tuesday, October 7: 5pm—6pm Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

Tuesday, October 7: 4pm—5pm Burien second floor meeting room, 400 SW. 152nd St. Suite 100 Burien, WA 98166

Tuesday, October 7: 9am—10am Starbucks, 22833 Bothell Everett Hwy, Bothell , WA 98021

Tuesday, October 7: 5pm—6pm Mountlake Terrace Library 23300 58th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

Tuesday, October 7: 6pm—7pm Kirkland Library 308 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, Wa 98033

Wednesday, October 8: 10am—11am Northeast Library: 6801 35th Ave NE, Seattle WA, 98115

Wednesday, October 8: 6:30pm—7:30pm Green Lake Library: 7364 East Green Lake Dr N, Seattle WA, 98115

Wednesday, October 8: 3:30pm—5:00pm West Seattle. 2306 42nd Ave. SW., Seattle, WA 98116

Wednesday, October 8: 5pm—6pm Bellevue Public Library, Meeting Room #3: 1111 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

Wednesday, October 8: 9am—10am Starbucks, 11523 Avondale Rd NE, Redmond, WA. 98052

Thursday, October 9: 9:15am—10:15am Mountlake Terrace Library, 23300 58th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

Thursday, October 9: 9:15am—10:15am Mountlake Terrace Library 23300 58th Ave W, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043

Thursday, October 9: 7:00pm—8:00pm On-Line Zoom Meeting >>