PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS - It Pays to Know Your Contract

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Cliff Berger a Courtesy Clerk at the Auburn Safeway was sent home early by his manager because “we didn’t meet sales.” Knowing his contract, (the schedule may be changed in case of an emergency or by 48 hrs notice to the employee or by mutual agreement between the employer and the employee), Cliff questioned his Manager. Safeway HR was notified of the contract violation and Cliff was paid for his time. Cliff knew the benefits in his union contract and stood up for his rights in the workplace.

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PEOPLE POWERED POLITICS - Secure Scheduling Ordinance

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Kevin Steendahl from Fred Meyer has worked in retail for over 2 years and enjoys connecting with customers but does not enjoy the scheduling practices used at his workplace before the Secure Scheduling Ordinance passed. With short notice and an unpredictable number of hours, he found it difficult to plan life around his work schedule.

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PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS - Weingarten Rights

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PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS - Weingarten Rights

Jaime Smith, a Meat Wrapper at Lacey Fred Meyer, was told by Management to come to their office, they told her that she was going to receive discipline. Knowing her contract and her Right to Representation (Weingarten Rights), she told Management she was going to call her Union Rep. Going into the meeting Management already had their mind made up with corrective action notice ready. 

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STEWARDS ARE KEY - Build Strength Through Unity

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STEWARDS ARE KEY - Build Strength Through Unity

Members at PCC just won a new contract with increased wage scales, affordable accessible health care, improved scheduling practices, improved promotion language and many other improvements. The Stewards at PCC unified the groups of grocery and meat workers resulting in a great turnout for their vote and a good contract.

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PEOPLE POWERED POLITICS - Paid Family Medical Leave Act

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Karina Romero has worked at Macys for 6 years and is a single mother of 7 year old twins. One of Karina’s sons was diagnosed with a rare condition called Kawasaki disease which required her to take unpaid time off to monitor her son’s recovery. Once the new Paid Family and Medical Leave Act goes into effect workers won’t have to take unpaid time in Karina’s situation.

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PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS - Together We Win

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PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS - Together We Win

Jodi Spurgin is a workplace leader at Holy Family Hospital. Five of her co-workers came to her saying they were not being paid the rest between shift premium (their contract states, you are allowed 12 hours rest before starting your next shift or you will be paid an additional premium for those hours worked). Management fought and retaliated against the workers by making scheduling more difficult. Jodi, with the help of the union and her co-workers, stood up and fought back. 

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