HRA Funding: More than half of our members have health care coverage through Sound Health and Wellness Trust and save up to $500 per member or $1,000 for a family by completing their Health Related Actions (HRA) every year.
Read MoreUntil late June, we’re in the final push to gather signatures to put this initiative on the fall ballot. Contact your Union Rep or Steward to get a petition and get 10 people to sign it. A lot of people working together, that is what it means to be a union.
Read MoreMay 17, 2016
We write you this update with a heavy heart. Kenny Bunker, your Union Rep at UFCW 21, passed away Sunday. Kenny’s membership was mainly in the Seattle and Renton area at grocery stores, Southcenter Macy’s, Unified Grocers, Filson, Safeway Meat Warehouse and Restaurant Depot.
Kenny was a young and hard working family man and union brother. Before starting on staff at UFCW 21 three years ago, Kenny served four years in the US Army and worked in the Auburn Safeway Meat Warehouse for 7 years where he was a very active member, steward and bargaining committee member.
In addition to his significant and important work at UFCW 21 helping build our union so members and their families can lead better lives, Kenny deeply loved his family. Other interests included snowboarding and coaching his son’s football team. He was a solid and dependable person and we will dearly miss him.
He is survived by his son and his wife. Please join us in sending sympathies and love.
If you should have union related question, please call 206-436-6586 and press “0” to speak with the Union Rep of the Day.
These meetings are usually less than one hour long. Members receive credit for one half of one month’s dues for attending. A New Member Meeting will be held immediately after each of these meetings.
Aberdeen
Monday, May 23rd
6:00 pm
Grays Harbor Hospital- West Campus
915 Anderson Drive
Conference Room E - 1st Floor
Auburn
Wednesday, May 25th
2:30 pm
Auburn Regional
Plaza 1: 202 N. Division St.
AMC Board 1st Floor
Bellevue
Thursday, May 26th
9:00 am & 7:00 pm
Sheraton Hotel
100 112th Ave NE
Newport Room
Bellingham
Wednesday, May 25th
7:00 pm
Quality Inn Baron Suites
100 E Kellogg Road
Olympus Room
Bremerton
Thursday, May 26th
11:00 am
Harrison Medical Center
2520 Cherry Ave.
Cafeteria
Brewster
Wednesday, May 25th
5:00 pm
Three Rivers Hospital
415 Hospital Way
Hillcrest Admin. Bldg. Room 105
Centralia
Wednesday, May 25th
3:00 pm
Providence Centralia
914 S. Scheuber Road
Cafeteria
Colville/Chewelah
Wednesday, May 25th
5:00 pm
Nordlig Hotel
101 W Grant Ave, Chewelah
Meeting Room
Coupeville
Wednesday, May 25th
3:15 pm
Whidbey General Hospital
101 N. Main St.
Conference Room B
Enumclaw
Monday, May 23rd
1:00 pm
Guesthouse Inn
1000 Griffin Ave
Meeting Room
Everett
Thursday, May 26th
9:00 am (New am Location)
& 7:00 pm
Snohomish Cty PUD
2320 California St.
Room - TC1-A
Federal Way
Tuesday, May 24th
9:00 am
Hometown Office Suites & Svcs
33530 1st Way South #102
Class Room
Forks
Monday, May 23rd
2:00 pm
Forks Community Hospital
530 Bogachiel Way
Community Health Conf. Room
Kennewick
Monday, May 23rd
6:00 pm
IBEW 112
2637 W. Albany
Meeting Room
Kent
Monday, May 23rd
9:00 am & 5:00 pm
Kent Commons
525 4th Ave N
Interurban Room
Lynnwood
Monday, May 23rd
7:00 pm
Lynnwood Convention Center
3711 196th St SW
Room 2A
Monroe
Thursday, May 26th
3:30 pm
EvergreenHealth Monroe
14701 179th Ave. SE
The Café Corner
Moses Lake
Thursday, May 26th
5:00 pm
Samaritan Healthcare
801 E. Wheeler Road
Classroom 401
Mount Vernon
Tuesday, May 24th
7:00 pm
UFCW 21 Office
1510 N 18th St.
Conference Room
Oak Harbor
Wednesday, May 25th
7:00 pm
Best Western Harbor Plaza
33175 SR 20
Board Room
Olympia
Monday, May 23rd
12:00 pm
GHC - Olympia Medical Ctr
700 Lily Rd. NE
Room A
Tuesday, May 24th
3:30 pm
Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall Dr. SW
Cafeteria
Wednesday, May 25th
1:00 pm
St. Peter Hospital
413 Lily Road NE
Cafeteria
Omak
Tuesday, May 24th
2:30 pm
Mid-Valley Hospital
Family Medical Building
800 Jasmine St.
Room E (Family Medical Center)
Tuesday, May 24th
5:15 pm
Mid-Valley Clinic
529 Jasmine St.
Break Room
Pt. Angeles
Wednesday, May 25th
4:30 pm
Olympic Medical Center
939 Caroline Street
Farishter Room
Pt. Townsend
Tuesday, May 24th
12:00 pm & 5:15 pm
Pt. Townsend Senior Ctr.
620 Tyler St.
Board Room
Republic
Tuesday, May 24th
12:30 pm
Ferry County Memorial Hospital
36 Klondike Road
HUB Conference Room
Sea-Tac
Monday, May 23rd
7:00 pm
Angle Lake Community Center
4040 S 188th Street, #100
Meeting Room
Seattle
Tuesday, May 24th (New Day)
9:30 am & 7:00 pm
Phinney Neighborhood Center
6532 Phinney Ave. N.
AM - Room 32 Lower Brick Bldg.
PM - Room 2 Blue Bldg.
Thursday, May 26th
9:00 am & 7:00 pm
UFCW 21 - Seattle
5030 1st Ave S.
Joe Crump Hall
Sequim
Wednesday, May 25th
7:00 pm
Quality Inn
134 River Road
Breakfast Room
Shelton
Monday, May 23rd
12:00 pm
Mason General
901 Mountain View Dr.
Pershing Room
Silverdale
Wednesday, May 25th
9:00 am & 5:30 pm
UFCW 21 Office
3888 NW Randall Way #105
Conference Room
South Bend
Monday, May 23rd
3:00 pm
Willapa Harbor Hospital
800 Alder Street
Evergreen Room
Spokane
Thursday, May 26th
8:00 am, 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm
UFCW 21 Office
1710 N. Calispel
Conference Room
Tacoma
Tuesday, May 24th
2:00 pm & 5:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
621 Tacoma Ave S.
Room 119
Tonasket
Wednesday, May 25th
12:30 pm & 2:00 pm
North Valley Hospital
203 S. Western Ave
Orientation Room
Walla Walla
Monday, May 23rd
3:15 pm (New Time)
St. Mary’s Hospital
401 W. Poplar St.
Marian Room
Wenatchee
Thursday, May 26th
12:00 pm
Central Washington Hospital
1300 Fuller St.
Conference Room H
For the first time in fifteen years, grocery store workers in the Puget Sound area and the big national chains reached a tentative agreement before expiration of their contract. This new contract protects the health plan, shores up pension funding, and improves wages and working conditions. Grocery store workers have been active in pushing for stronger contracts in negotiations, taking actions to pass higher minimum wage and paid sick leave, and protecting their union grocery jobs from expansion efforts of non-union grocers. In addition, these workers have deepened partnerships with scores of community organizations committed to our shared vision for a better Puget Sound region.
The week of vote meetings concluded last night. The new contract, passed by a strong majority of members, includes the following:
Another part of our 2016 plan to “Rise Together” is to pass I-1433, the higher statewide Minimum Wage and Paid Sick and Leave law. This initiative campaign will phase in a higher minimum wage to $13.50 over four years and provide up to 7 days of Paid Sick Leave. UFCW 21, 367 and Teamsters 38 are all supporting this effort.
“This contract is a big step forward toward a better life for thousands of workers in our region,” said Ariana Davis, a Safeway worker from Renton. “We have been able to protect our health benefits, secure our retirement, and make many other improvements to pass our new contract before it expires. We hope this sets a new tone for negotiations in future years. As workers who have been taking action since the last negotiation in 2013, we will continue to take action together between now and our next bargain."
As you may know, a fully recommended tentative agreement was reached in negotiations on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. See the information below for times, dates, and locations for union members to review the tentative agreement, get questions answered, and vote. You may vote at whatever location is most convenient, at any time when polling is open at that location.
These votes are open to UFCW 21 grocery store workers in King, Snohomish, Kitsap, Mason and Thurston Counties at the big chains as well as the independent stores. This includes all workers at Safeway, Albertsons, QFC, and Fred Meyer (including CCK and General Merchandise), as well as workers at stores with an interim (or “me too”) agreement, such as Metropolitan Market, Town & Country and other independent stores.
You can come by at any point during the scheduled times and take as long as you like to review the contract offer and ask questions before casting your vote. You must be present at a vote and a current union member in order to cast a ballot.
Bellevue
Meydenbauer Center
Rooms: 404-406, 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA 98004
Everett/Lynnwood
Lynnwood Convention Center, Rooms 1DEF
3711 196th St SW, Lynnwood 98036
Sea Tac
Seatac Hilton
Emerald Ballroom, 17620 International Blvd., Seattle 98188
Bremerton
Kitsap Convention Center
Ballroom D, 100 Washington Ave, Bremerton 98337
Seattle
Best Western Executive Inn
Seafair Ballroom, 200 Taylor Ave N, Seattle 98109
Olympia
Southsound Manor
Logan Room, 455 North Street SE, Tumwater 98501
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