STEWARDS ARE KEY - Protecting Our Rights
/Emilia Ortega is a Steward at the Aramark Laundry plant in Everett. When the plant Manager at Aramark tried to implement a new vacation policy Emilia took action
Read MoreEmilia Ortega is a Steward at the Aramark Laundry plant in Everett. When the plant Manager at Aramark tried to implement a new vacation policy Emilia took action
Read MoreKassi Carpenter is a Medical Assistant at Jefferson Healthcare. After going over her union contract she realized that she had not been paid correctly for her shift differentials.
Read MoreJose Hernandez has worked at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane for 10 years. Jose decided to become a Steward last Spring, he says, “I wanted to become a Steward to hold Management accountable to our contract and to treat me and my co-workers fairly.”
Read MoreDon Rubidoux is a Meat Cutter at the Mountlake Terrace Albertsons. Don is very active in politics in his community and his union. He knows real change can happen when you elect politicians that care about the issues and rights of working people. Don says, “It’s important to me that my co-workers vote…
Read MoreDiane Stedham-Jewell is an RN at Providence Centralia Hospital. She is a workplace leader, and Union Steward. If a member has questions or concerns they call Diane.
Read MoreCassy Wolle is a Checker at the Port Orchard Fred Meyer. She is a strong leader and Steward in her store, in her union and in the community. She is part of the Movement Builders coalition to build strength in her community and her union.
Read MoreSouthcenter Macy’s workers Zandra Treyes and Aysen Yesil-Martinez stepped-up to lead their co-workers into action fighting for a fair contract.
Read MoreGwendolyn Herron is a Business Office Representative and a Steward at Whidbey Health Medical Center. When the HR Director told them that she was raising the number of hours that would qualify workers as part-time, Gwendolyn and her fellow co-workers took action…
Read MoreBrenda Eaden is an Associate at the Southcenter Macy’s Furniture Gallery. When Macy’s violated the contract and took 40 hours of worker’s vacation and turned it into sick leave after the new Sick and Safe Leave Law, Brenda called her union.
Read MoreGlen Steele has worked as a Tech at the Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital for almost a decade. Glen is a strong leader and one of the founding members of UFCW 21’s Movement Builders, a group dedicated to connecting members and community. With Movement Builders Glen has worked diligently for LGBTQ rights, issues dear to his heart because he has a trans child. Glen says…
Read MoreStephanie Weibel has worked as an RN in the Emergency Room at Trios Health for 5 years. After attending a Trios bankruptcy meeting, she realized how important it was to be involved in anything that affects her workplace. Stephanie decided the best way to stay informed and make positive change in her workplace was to become a Steward.
Read MoreMacy’s associates Worked-It at the Seattle Pride parade with Pride at Work, Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA), MLK Labor and thousands of revelers. As the parade moved down 4th Avenue in front of Macy’s, UFCW 21 members gave out feather boas and beads and led a chant “We are Union!”
“I have a passion to do what is right. I will continue going door to door in order to express my passion for worker’s rights until we prevail!” Lance Van Landuyt, Shoreline Fred Meyer
Read More“Nothing can stop me from getting out the vote. This is a union issue and we will not back down!”
Read MoreBrenda Stabler has worked at Safeway in West Bremerton for 38 years. She’s one of eleven UFCW 21 members who went all the way to Missouri to stand alongside working people in that state.
Read More“We didn’t come 2,000 miles to let torrential rain, thunder and lightning stop us from sending out the message. We are Missouri, no on Right to Work for Less!”
Read MoreShelley Dudley is a Checker at the Belfair QFC. Shelley came from a non-union employer in the UK where a bully-boss constantly had her co-workers in fear of losing their jobs.
Read MoreNot all that long ago Billy was selling Real Change newspapers to customers at the Metropolitan Market by Seattle Center. “I was struggling with drugs and alcohol. I was homeless in the neighborhood I had grown up in. Then I got the chance to start washing dishes at the Met Market.” Billy worked his way up for years in the deli until he was accepted into the Meat Apprenticeship program in 2016…
Read MoreBill Buenbrazo is a Lead at the CCK Checkout at the Greenwood Fred Meyer. He has worked there for 9 years and really values his healthcare.
Read MoreLinda Filippi has worked as an RN for the last 9 years and for many years as a CNA before that. She knew Prov Everett when, in her words, it came a lot closer to living up to its mission.
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.