Grocery Store Bargain Update: Unions Build Unity, While Employers Stall
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Despite ongoing conversations over the past two days to discuss changes to our contract language on scheduling, we were not able to make any progress on this important issue. On the very important issue of wages, the employers still, after our repeated requests, have failed to respond to our wage proposal from over a month ago…
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Join us for the Refuse to Abuse 5K!
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WA State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Refuse to Abuse 5K // Saturday, July 20 // 9am
Join us as we literally take steps towards curing domestic violence in our community through raising vital funds for outreach and education throughout the state. Sound Health and Wellness Trust will reimburse the cost for registering and give you HRA credit.
https://refusetoabuse5k.org/
Register with Team: UFCW 21 Works It!
Let us know if you have any questions and more details will emerge about Pride and our Refuse to Abuse Team. Please share with members! For more details contact: kbeifus@ufcw21.org
Providence Patients before Profits Rally July 26
/On Friday, July 26 join hundreds of fellow union members from across Washington for a spirited rally at Providence headquarters to stand up for quality patient care and good jobs. All job titles throughout Providence including nurses, nursing assistants, techs, social workers, transporters, hospice workers, pharmacists, environmental services, nutrition workers, clerks and lab workers will gather in a massive show of unity.
We’re all experiencing the same attacks from Providence as the corporation prioritizes excessive executive pay, profits and branding above the needs of patients and front-line workers. We are struggling with severe under-staffing, unaffordable health benefits, unfair wages, cuts to our sick time, and disrespect and discrimination on the job.
Meanwhile, Providence raked in $24.4 BILLION in operating revenue and $165 MILLION in operating profits last year. The CEO Rod Hochman had a 157% increase in total compensation to $10.5 MILLION in 2017, and the top 15 Providence execs had over $41 MILLION in total compensation that year.
Let’s all send a powerful message directly to these millionaire executives that Providence needs to stop wasting resources and invest in quality care for our patients! RSVP below…
July 26
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Providence Headquarters
1801 Lind Ave SW Renton, WA 98057
RSVP to attend the Providence Patients before Profits Rally
The West United
/A common day of action across the western US where grocery store workers from all these states wore “The UNITED WEST” stickers to show solidarity.
Press Release: Providence Workers Across the State Join Together For Informational Pickets: Spokane, Everett and Olympia
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For Immediate Release:
Providence Workers Across the State Join Together For Informational Pickets: Spokane, Everett and Olympia
WHAT: Informational Pickets protest against proposed cuts of benefits for thousands of workers across the state by Providence. These workers in Spokane, Everett and Olympia all have contracts that are now expired. There will be good visuals with picketers + picket signs. Interviews with workers at each location will be able to be arranged upon request.
DATE: Thursday, June 27, 2019
LOCATIONS/TIMES:
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center
8th & McClellan
Spokane
TIME: 2 PM – 5 PM
(UFCW 21 members will be joined by members of Washington State Nurses Association)
Providence St Peter Hospital
Lilly & Ensign
Olympia
TIME: 2 PM – 5 PM
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett
Colby & 13th
Everett
TIME: 3 PM – 6 PM
Note – there will also be a leaflet action at Providence St Mary’s Medical Center, 401 Poplar St, Walla Walla from 7-8 AM and 1 – 3:30 PM
WHY: Despite making $24.4 billion last year and paying their CEO over $10 million, Providence is trying to take away the hard-earned benefits of workers, many whom have been dedicated employees for decades. These proposed take aways include: erasing millions of dollars’ worth of accrued benefits that workers have in their Sick Leave, and ongoing failure to address staffing shortages.
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UFCW 21 has over 46,000 members across the state of Washington and is the largest UFCW local in the nation. By growing our union, we are building a movement for the 21st century, an inclusive and democratic union that pushes for racial, gender, economic and political justice.
For more information, go to: UFCW21.org
Grocery Store Bargain: Telephone Town hall
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Great member participation on Wednesday evening telephone town hall. Listen to the entire recording of the call and find out answers about bargaining and proposals on wages, safety, scheduling and much more.
