We have reached a thoroughly recommended tentative agreement with FCH regarding the new Overtime calculation method, which will be calculated by the minute instead of rounding.
Read MoreOn July 17, Maintenance and operations members at the Sequim School District have ratified a 3-year contract that will take effect on Sept 1, 2025.
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On the early morning of July 18—following a nearly 24-hour bargaining session—your union bargaining team representing the Technical workers at Providence Everett is proud to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement on our new contract!
Vote meetings have been scheduled, and all PRMCE Techs are encouraged to attend!
Key wins in our new agreement include:
Wages & Pay Scale:
Significant & highly competitive wage increases across all job classifications!
Removed all "ghost steps"
No more minimum hours required to qualify for step increases!
EIB Day One: Access to our Extended Illness Bank on the first day of a qualifying illness or absence.
All new contract language about workers who travel between Colby & Pacific campuses; cases being canceled when we're already on our way to the hospital while on Standby; and addressing a "sunset" period for documented corrective actions or disciplines
"Our union bargaining team worked incredibly hard for this win—and it shows! We focused heavily on wages that will benefit everyone, and secured creative language to try to resolve ongoing workplace issues and address the challenges Techs at PRMCE face every day. We are very proud of the collaboration between our leadership team and members of our bargaining team. This agreement is worth checking out at our vote on July 30 & we unanimously recommend a yes vote!"
— Maria Goodall, Vascular Technologist
Bargaining Team: Maria Goodall, Vascular Technologist; Madison Derksema, UFCW 3000 Union Representative; Maureen Hatton, UFCW 3000 Healthcare Division Director; Brandan Zielinski, UFCW 3000 Lead Contract Negotiator; Noah Holland, Sr. Surgical Tech; Darryl Keffer, Respiratory Care Practitioner; Terryl Smith, Pharmacy Technician; Cris Cassady, IR Technologist; Rodney Powers, Radiology Technologist
Only UFCW 3000 union members in good standing are eligible to vote, and voting will be conducted in person only.
Pavillion:
7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
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Colby Campus:
10:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Rainer Conference Room
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With an overwhelming supermajority, Dreamclinic LMTs have officially won our union election. This win was powered by our unity, our courage, and our belief that we deserve better. We stood together across clinics, shifts, and schedules and proved that we are strongest when we act as one.
Winning the election is just the beginning. Now, we come together to build a strong first contract that reflects our values and supports Dreamclinic:
Fair pay
Real breaks
Respect on the job
Safety & voice in our work
If you have any questions or want to get more involved, please reach out to Organizer, Ondrea Shallbetter @ (360) 409-0337 or oshallbetter@ufcw3000.org
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The next step in this process is to hold a vote of the membership at ACME Farms + Kitchen. We will be on site on Tuesday, July 29 with copies of the Fully Recommended Settlement Agreement and will be able to discuss the terms with members.
Read More"After a unanimous YES vote, your union team at Mount Carmel is happy to announce our contract for 2025-2028 is a go and will be ratified! It wasn't the easiest process, but as a group, we are happy with the outcome."
— Rebecca Landers, Bargaining Committee Member
Congratulations to Mt. Carmel RNs who ratified their new three-year contract. RNs at Mt. Carmel will see an 11.5% wage increase over the next three years, new recognition for being SANE trained, increased premiums, new sleep accommodations for staff who must stay on duty at the hospital, and more. We worked hard with management to improve many aspects of our working lives and feel that this contract is moving in the right direction. We deserve a contract that reflects the hard work we all do every day, and we can only do that by staying involved and informed.
The President just signed a budget bill that cuts $1 trillion from healthcare to pay for tax cuts that overwhelmingly benefit the rich.
In a live town hall, nationally recognized public health expert Dr. Vin Gupta and a team of health policy experts from Manatt Health will explain how these severe cuts to healthcare will impact you, your family, and your community.
As Dr. Gupta recently shared on MSNBC News, “It’s scary—and there’s a reason the proponents of this bill don’t want to talk about it.”
Save the date: RSVP here to join us on July 29 at 3:30 pm for this discussion. And come with your own questions -- we’ll leave plenty of time for a live Q&A!
After months of pushing back on takeaways and fighting for a fair contract, our bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with Have a Heart and fully recommends a yes vote. We’ll be holding a contract ratification vote on Wednesday July 30, in-person at each store.
Read MoreOn July 16 and 17, we met again with the Lourdes Management Team and reached tentative agreements on several proposals. We continue to make headway on our economic proposals.
Read MoreWe’ve been made aware that healthcare coverage for Bartell Drugs members on the Sound Health & Wellness Trust may have lapsed due to the company not reporting hours.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, July 15, healthcare professional workers at PRMCE overwhelmingly ratified our 2025 union contract following a morning of highly attended vote meetings. Our bargaining team is proud of the work we accomplished at the table—and proud to share this win with all of our coworkers.
Finalizing the Contract: Our union and Providence will now work to finalize and sign the new agreement. Once completed, printed copies will be distributed throughout the medical center.
Access in the Meantime: Redlined versions of the fully ratified Agreement (including updated language articles and wage scales) will be uploaded to our union's website so we can review and enforce our new contract in the meantime.
Wage Increases: Our new wages will go into effect two full pay periods following ratification (July 15).
If you have any questions about our new union contract, please reach out to our Union Rep Bruce Le at (206) 436-6614, or contact a member of our bargaining team!
Bargaining Team: Taylor Widener, Sr. Dietician; Holly Gramse, Physical Therapist; Sara Dillon, Sr. Discharge Planner (Case Manager)
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On July 16, we had our first bargaining session with Recovery Cafe. From the beginning, our intent with organizing was to be one bargaining unit – united in our issues and under one contract together. We’re looking forward to continuing negotiations with the goal of one contract for all of us.
Read MoreAfter months of leafleting, info-picketing, petition-signing, and winning a 97% strike authorization vote, our bargaining team harnessed the power of thousands of grocery and meat workers to fight and win a fair contract. All that organizing helped win:
Read MoreAfter months of leafleting, info-picketing, petition-signing, and winning a 97% strike authorization vote, our bargaining team harnessed the power of thousands of grocery and meat workers to fight and win a fair contract. All that organizing helped win:
Read MoreThe company has changed their Last and Final offer that we voted down by 97%! Our bargaining team has reviewed the company's latest offer which has moved significantly toward our last proposal. We are close, but not close enough to fully recommend a contract for approval.
The company MUST understand we will not move backwards during the term of this contract. Please continue to support the union bargaining team, as we continue the fight!
Bargaining Team: Tiffanie Ibach, Jessica Flatt, Jeannie Payton
On July 14, 2025 our Metropolitan Market bargaining team (made up of rank and file workers), met with Metropolitan Market management to pass our initial proposals for a successor contract. Some of the key issues we’re fighting for include:
Read MoreEarlier this month, UFCW 3000 member Richard Talbot, a grocery worker at Fred Meyer #25 in Bellingham, joined Washington Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and a group of SNAP recipients, food bank staff, educators, and community advocates at the Arlington Community Food Bank to talk about the devastating cuts to nutrition assistance in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB).
Read MoreAfter many delays and the closure of nearly all the other drug stores on the former Northwest Employee Relations (NERI) multi-employer union contract, an agreement has been drafted between UFCW 3000, Ostrom's Drug, and Katterman's Pharmacy. The Letter of Understanding will allow (with a ratification vote of the members at both pharmacies) Katterman's Pharmacy employees to merge with the Ostrom's Drug union contract. This will replace the now-expired NERI contract and accept most of the terms of the Ostrom's Drug contract.
Most notably, the pension plan will change from the old legacy plan, the Sound Retirement Trust, to the current Sound Variable Annuity Pension. The new plan will allow newer members vesting credit if they have been with Katterman's less than five years so that they do not have to begin their vesting period again, and automatic vesting for those already past the five-year mark on the Sound Retirement Trust.
Most workers on the old pension voted in favor of this change in 2019 and moved over to the new plan in the following year. The variable annuity pension is structured in such a way to allow market trends to not have such dramatic impacts on pensions, as happened with many in the wake of the 2008 global financial crash.
July 23
Ostrom’s Drug, (on site): 10:00 AM - Noon
Katterman’s Pharmacy: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Your Union Representative Aaron Bailey will be on site with the UFCW 3000 negotiator Daniel Cobb on July 23 to hold this ratification vote and answer any questions you may have. Aaron can be reached at 206-436-6631 if you have clarifying questions.
On Wednesday, July 9, our bargaining team, representing registered nurses at Providence St. Peter Hospital, met with management for the eighth bargaining session of this contract cycle.
After more than a month since our last session, our team came prepared and eager to make meaningful progress. At the start of the day, nearly all outstanding proposals were with the Employer. Over the course of two morning meetings, we received their responses and had productive exchanges.
By the end of the day, we had traded both economic and non-economic proposals and we're encouraged by the progress made. We reached mutually aligned language on several key non-economic issues, including:
Personnel File Protections: outlining a process for when verbal and written disciplines may be removed from an employee's file.
Equal Opportunity Language: Strengthened protections against discrimination and harassment, including a defined process for feedback and accountability when concerns are raised.
As of the end of the session, only a few important non-economic Articles remain unresolved:
Negotiations Release Time: A proposal to ensure that bargaining team members can be released to attend scheduled negotiations sessions; supporting full, effective representation at the table.
Free Parking Protections: Language to preserve free employee parking for nurses at PSPH—reflecting current practice and preventing future rollbacks.
Pre-Meeting Time for Committees: A proposal to allow 30 minutes of paid time for union members to meet prior to important worksite meetings, such as the Labor-Management and Hospital Staffing Committees.
Steward Pay Protections: Contract language to ensure union stewards remain on paid time while attending grievance meetings or representing coworkers.
Workplace Safety Measures: Proposals to enhance on-campus safety, including a weapon detection system at the Emergency Department entrance, and a particular focus on improvements to security in the hospital parking lot; which we feel are long overdue.
On the economic front, the Employer presented their second wage scale proposal, which included:
An increase to wage rates for nurses at Step 25 & above (reflecting around a 1.75% - 3.5% increase for these steps, compared to the Employer's initial proposal)
Removal of additional "ghost steps"—years where there is no wage increase, leaving only one remaining across their twenty-eight step proposal.
While we appreciate this movement, management's second proposal still brought no changes to any of the other components of our compensation; for example there are still no proposed increases to any of our workplace premiums or differentials.
Most concerning, however, was when we inquired about when we might expect a response to the safe staffing article our team presented back on April 29 (which included minimum nurse to patient ratios, the addition of break relief nurses, and an emergency department contingency staffing plan)—the Employer seemed to indicate that they'd forgotten about it entirely. Considering that this is a highly important issue for us and our coworkers—we're hopeful that bringing this article back to management's attention will result in meaningful responses.
We return to the bargaining table with management for back-to-back sessions on July 23 and 24. Despite some concerns about the Employer's responses, we feel that Wednesday's session was a productive step forward. We're proud of the progress made, and remain committed to pushing forward on issues like wages, workplace safety, and protections that honor and respect the work of all RNs at Providence St. Peter.
Thursday, July 10
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
906 Columbia St SW
- Olympia 98501
ThursdayJuly 24
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
906 Columbia St SW
- Olympia 98501
"We made strong progress today! While there are still issues to work through, but it was great that we exchanged so many proposals and really landed on the same page as Providence on so many items... I'm excited about the direction we're heading and to keep this going at our next sessions!"
— Darlett Holm, RN
Your bargaining team: Mary Bloomberg, Surgical Acute RN; Jacob Kostecka, PACU RN; Darlett Holm, SADU West RN; Mike Staley, SADU RN; Ashley McBride, L&D RN; Julia Douglas, Sepsis RN; Grace Kraege, ED RN; Kelly Williams, Inpatient Psychiatry RN; Melanie Oakes, ED RN; Andy Dusablon, PACU RN; Haley Sweet, Neurology RN.
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On Tuesday, July 8, our bargaining team met with management for our tenth bargaining session. We spent much of our day in caucus formulating our latest counterproposal on all things economic, including a wage scale with progression based on length of service, a potential system for tip pooling, and vacation accruals. We presented our counterproposal in the afternoon and had a lengthy discussion with management about where we are apart on the issues.
We also had a frank and open dialogue with them about our desire to address improvements to the existing excessive heat policy. We are happy to report that management seemed to understand this is an extremely important issue to all of us and they said they would return to the table next session with a revamped proposal for us to consider.
While they are still resistant to certain proposals, we feel with all our coworkers standing together in solidarity we can win a contract that we can all be proud of! We will be passing out Union swag for folks to wear at work soon (buttons and bandanas) and will be holding another all-member Contract Action Team meeting to discuss next steps. Please stay tuned for more details from our bargaining team and Union Representative Allison Hanley (who can be reached at 206-436-6586).
We will have our next bargaining session July 29 and are working on setting two more bargaining dates in August.
Bargaining Team: Frankie Hull, Delivery Driver; Sophia Cerreta, Savory & Bread Departments; Miller Hammond, Barista
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