STEWARDS ARE KEY - Build Strength Through Unity
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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
/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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UFCW 21 Largest Private Sector Union Endorses Moon for Mayor
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UFCW 21 joined together today with three other local unions endorsing Cary Moon for Seattle Mayor. UFCW 21 and Unite Here were new endorsements and SEIU 6 and SEIU 925 had already endorsed Moon. All together the four unions represent about 20,000 of working women and men in Seattle.
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THE UNION DIFFERENCE - Scholarship Success
/Marisa Nanakul, daughter of Safeway worker Maroot Nanakul, recently graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Informatics concentrating in Data Science. Marisa made a special point to thank UFCW 21 for our role in her education.
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