Secretary-Treasurer Faye Guenther takes her PHA
/UFCW 21 Members with Sound Health and Wellness Trust health care need to take their PHA (Personal Health Assessment) before September 30. It's easy and can be done online and even on your phone. Save money on your deductible. Take you PHA at soundhealthwellness.com
Members Stand Up for Their Rights...
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Liquor/Wine Manager Nora Bush from the Sequim Safeway noticed that her Sunday pay was incorrect on her paycheck. It was half the amount it should be on Sundays. She works every Sunday and realized this error dated back 14 months. With the help of her Rep, Nora took all her pay stubs to her store manager. The issue was sent to corporate and Nora received $1,200 in back pay.
Don’t Waive Your Breaks
If you waive your meal and rest breaks, employers will continue to under-staff and many times you are working without pay during that time. Hundreds of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett RNs filled out missed meals/break period forms and turned them into Labor and Industries. Working together collectively the Nurses at PRMCE tracked their missed breaks and are on their way to winning their case, getting reimbursed for the missed breaks and changing their workplace. Contact your union Rep if missed breaks is a problem in your workplace.
All Working Hours ARE Equal
Terri Gorman is currently working in the Deli department at the Bremerton Safeway. She has worked at her store for 9 years accumulating over 11,000 hours. Safeway kept her at $10/hr because they said she had been jumping departments, and her accumulated hours started over each time she changed departments. With the amount of hours she had worked in the store she should be at the Journey rate of pay. Terri went to her union Rep about the new language in the grocery contract that says all hours are equal. Thanks to the new contract and Terri knowing her rights she is now at $15/hr and received $2,500 in retro pay.
Bully Boss Exposed
left to right: Amanda Tapfield, Linda Johnson, Danielle Wolfe, and Doris Kimball
At Planned Parenthood Contact Center in Tacoma, 20 members have been working for over a year in a hostile work environment due to a bully boss. When their numerous complaints were ignored, they took collective action. With the help of the union, they created a petition with a “Vote of No Confidence” and marched on their boss. Because of the collective action, their voices were heard and an investigation was launched. Management agreed to meet with members to discuss the findings of the investigation and solutions to the problem.
Standing Up for Disabilities
A Courtesy Clerk at the Issaquah Fred Meyer was approached by his manager, in front of customers, to talk about his job performance. He felt ambushed. With his mental disability, he needs support in confrontational situations. His co-worker confidant, was not working that day so he had to leave to seek support. Fred Meyer never called to see what happened, they just told him that he was terminated when he returned to work. When his Steward Mary Stoddard heard her co-worker got fired for an issue relating to his disability, she took action. Mary worked together with the union and got her co-worker his job back. Outstanding Stewards like Mary Stoddard let us know we are not alone in times of trouble.
Seniority Travels
Scott Eddy worked for The Markets and was laid off after the store closed. He remained unemployed for 22 months. When applying at Safeway, Scott informed them that he had been at Journey rate for The Markets. He was hired at Safeway starting at minimum wage. Our Skagit Grocery contract gives Safeway the option to bring in our members at 2 steps below Journey rate if they have been out of the unit for 0-2 years, but not at minimum wage. Because Scott knew his rights under the contract and informed the union we were able to correct Scott’s wages.
Your Voice Matters
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Being in a union is about having a voice—a voice at the workplace and at the bargaining table—but also a voice about the future of our cities, our state and our country. Yet, many of us are failing to exercise our “almost sacred” right, as John Lewis calls it, of voting.
Read MoreHigher Wages & Paid Sick Leave
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I-1433: The initiative would raise the minimum wage in Washington State to $13.50 by 2020, and allow workers to earn an hour of paid sick leave for every forty hours worked. Such a law will reduce wage inequality and boost the local economy, as well as responsibly reduce the chances of spreading illnesses in the workplace.
Read MorePersonal Health Assessment
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Eligible plan participants can earn funding up to $500 for employee-only coverage and up to $1,000 for family coverage by annually completing a variety of health-related actions such as the PHA. Your HRA helps you to avoid a higher deductible as HRA funds are used to cover the first eligible medical expenses covered by the plan in each calendar year.
Read MoreSummer Picnics
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Picnic at the Park: September 8 SOLD OUT
Thank you for your interest and support for this event. If you have tickets reserved to this event or were on the waiting list and tickets became available you will have heard via email.
Summer General Membership Meetings
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Aberdeen
Monday, August 22
6:00 pm
Grays Harbor Hospital- West Campus
915 Anderson Drive
Conference Room E - 1st Floor
Auburn
Wednesday, August 24
2:30 pm
Auburn Regional
Plaza 1: 202 N. Division St.
Cascade Training Room - 1st Floor
Bellevue
Thursday, August 25
9:00 am & 7:00 pm
Sheraton Hotel
100 112th Ave NE
Newport Room
Bellingham
Wednesday, August 24
7:00 pm
Quality Inn Baron Suites
100 E Kellogg Road
Olympus Room
Bremerton
Thursday, August 25
11:00 am
Harrison Medical Center
2520 Cherry Ave.
Cafeteria
Brewster
Wednesday, August 24
5:00 pm
Three Rivers Hospital
415 Hospital Way
Hillcrest Admin. Bldg. Room 105
Centralia
Wednesday, August 24
3:00 pm
Providence Centralia
914 S. Scheuber Road
Cafeteria
Colville/Chewelah
Wednesday, August 24
5:00 pm
Nordlig Hotel
101 W Grant Ave, Chewelah
Meeting Room
Coupeville
Wednesday, August 24
3:15 pm
Whidbey General Hospital
101 N. Main St.
Conference Room B
Enumclaw
Monday, August 22
1:00 pm
Guesthouse Inn
1000 Griffin Ave
Meeting Room
Everett
Thursday, August 25
9:00 am
& 7:00 pm
Snohomish Cty PUD
2320 California St.
Room - TC1-A
Federal Way
Tuesday, August 23
9:00 am
Hometown Office Suites & Svcs
33530 1st Way South #102
Class Room
Forks
Monday, August 22
2:00 pm
Forks Community Hospital
530 Bogachiel Way
Community Health Conf. Room
Kennewick
Monday, August 22
6:00 pm
IBEW 112
2637 W. Albany
Meeting Room
Kent
Monday, August 22
9:00 am & 5:00 pm
Kent Commons
525 4th Ave N
Interurban Room
Lynnwood
Monday, August 22
7:00 pm
Lynnwood Convention Center
3711 196th St SW
Room 1A
Monroe
Thursday, August 25
3:30 pm
EvergreenHealth Monroe
14701 179th Ave. SE
The Café Corner
Moses Lake
Thursday, August 25
5:00 pm
Samaritan Healthcare
801 E. Wheeler Road
Classroom 401
Mount Vernon
Tuesday, August 23
7:00 pm
UFCW 21 Office
1510 N 18th St.
Conference Room
Oak Harbor
Wednesday, August 24
7:00 pm
Best Western Harbor Plaza
33175 SR 20
Board Room
Olympia
Monday, August 22
12:00 pm
GHC - Olympia Medical Ctr
700 Lily Rd. NE
Room A
Tuesday, August 23
3:30 pm
Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall Dr. SW
Cafeteria
Wednesday, August 24
1:00 pm
St. Peter Hospital
413 Lily Road NE
Cafeteria
Omak
Tuesday, August 23
2:30 pm
Mid-Valley Hospital
Family Medical Building
800 Jasmine St.
Room E (Family Medical Center)
Tuesday, August 23
5:15 pm
Mid-Valley Clinic
529 Jasmine St.
Break Room
Pt. Angeles
Wednesday, August 24
4:30 pm
Olympic Medical Center
939 Caroline Street
Wendell Room
Pt. Townsend
Tuesday, August 23
12:00 pm & 5:15 pm
Pt. Townsend Senior Ctr.
620 Tyler St.
Board Room
Republic
Tuesday, August 23
12:30 pm
Ferry County Memorial Hospital
36 Klondike Road
HUB Conference Room
Sea-Tac
Monday, August 22
7:00 pm
Angle Lake Community Center
4040 S 188th Street, #100
Meeting Room
Seattle
Wednesday, August 24 (New Day)
9:30 am & 7:00 pm
Phinney Neighborhood Center
6532 Phinney Ave. N.
Room 6 Blue Bldg.
Thursday, August 25
9:00 am & 7:00 pm
UFCW 21 - Seattle
5030 1st Ave S.
Joe Crump Hall
Sequim
Wednesday, August 24
7:00 pm
Quality Inn
134 River Road
Breakfast Room
Shelton
Monday, August 22
12:00 pm
Mason General
901 Mountain View Dr.
Skokomish Room
Silverdale
Wednesday, August 24
9:00 am & 5:30 pm
UFCW 21 Office
3888 NW Randall Way #105
Conference Room
South Bend
Monday, August 22
3:00 pm
Willapa Harbor Hospital
800 Alder Street
Evergreen Room
Spokane
Thursday, August 25
8:00 am, 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm
UFCW 21 Office
1710 N. Calispel
Conference Room
Tacoma
Tuesday, August 23
2:00 pm & 5:00 pm
First United Methodist Church
621 Tacoma Ave S.
Room 119
Tonasket
Wednesday, August 24
12:30 pm & 2:00 pm
North Valley Hospital
203 S. Western Ave
Orientation Room
Walla Walla
Monday, August 22
1:00 pm (New Time)
St. Mary’s Hospital
401 W. Poplar St.
Mother Gamelin Room B
Wenatchee
Thursday, August 25
12:00 pm
Confluence Health
1300 Fuller St.
Conference Room G
