On Friday, April 17, healthcare workers at Skagit Regional Health, with a 98% acceptance rate, ratified their new contract. The new contract was ratified after a day of well-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.
Read MoreYesterday we held a vote on the Memorandum of Understanding surrounding the Respiratory Therapist Career Ladder and it was voted down. We are currently reaching out to the Employer to figure out next steps and will update everyone as soon as possible.
If you have any questions, please reach out to your Union Representative David Trujillo.
Read MoreAs a part of our union contract, we have set a limit on healthcare cost increases year to year of 10% (5% shared by the Employer, 5% shared by union members). Our healthcare costs have increased 12.3% (2.3% more than our contract covers). Members in good standing are encourage to participate in this online vote to maintain our existing healthcare coverage. Voting yes would increase the healthcare cost on employees an additional 2.3% on top of what the contract covers and would ensure we can maintain the existing coverage in our healthcare plan.
Read MoreOur Union has been in negotiations with Recovery Cafe for over 8 months. While first contracts can take time to ensure existing benefits are secured and to build upon important issues, our Union Bargaining Team is eager to get to a contract as soon as possible. As prices rise, each week without meaningful wage increases or improvements on healthcare costs is felt deeply by our coworkers.
Read MoreThrough months of negotiations and direct actions like leafleting, our Union Bargaining Team reached a tentative agreement with Uwajimaya. Our tentative agreement gives us higher than market raises for Journeyperson wage increases, secures our pension & healthcare and makes improvements to benefits such as vacation and sick leave.
Read More3 Days of Bargaining!
On April 14, 15, and 16 your Macy’s bargaining committee met with Macy’s management to negotiate a new contract. We made some progress on smaller contract language issues around vacation benefits, personal days, and Washington State’s Paid Family Medical Leave.
Read MoreDespués de dos días de votación, los trabajadores de Vestis votaron 100% a favor de autorizar una huelga.
Vestis debe tomar esto en serio. Los trabajadores merecen un contrato justo que mantenga su buen seguro médico, asegure una jubilación digna y ofrezca salarios que alcancen para el costo de vida que sigue subiendo.
After two days of voting, 100% of Vestis workers voted to authorize a strike.
Vestis needs to take this as a wake-up call. Workers deserve a fair contract that maintains their high-quality health care, delivers a dignified retirement, and provides a wage that keeps up with skyrocketing costs.
Read MoreWe met with the Employer on March 17 and March 31, both half days. We have tentatively agreed to several more Articles during these sessions, and we are scheduled to meet with the Employer, virtually, on April 28 & 29 for full days sessions. We are hopeful to achieve many more Tentative Agreements during our first two full back-to-back bargaining sessions and look forward to the Employer coming to the table and bargaining in good faith with us.
Read MoreOur session on April 10 was very productive. Our Bargaining Committee started the day meeting with a subcommittee of Kristina and Rachel to work on the caseload calculator. The Employer acknowledged that they heard us about how important a caseload maximum was and worked on integrating it into their proposal. It was very beneficial and while there are still some adjustments we would like to make, we are very close to closing the gap on our proposals and finalizing the section. After that session, Management presented their proposal and TA’d inclement weather, without making movement on much else. In an attempt to identify places we would be willing to move without sacrificing our position, we passed across package proposals (proposals that need to be accepted in their entirety or rejected). We hope this signals to the employer where our outstanding issues are and help them create proposals that could move in similar directions.
Read MoreOur Bargaining Team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement with Uwajimaya on April 10. We entered negotiations with Uwajimaya independently for the first time with the goal of getting a contract that reflects the value we provide as Union workers. After 3 months of negotiating, we have achieved that goal.
Read MoreManagement gave us a presentation of their current financial situation and we were able to ask questions to determine how we move forward and make improvements to our wages and working conditions. This included a discussion about how they are dealing with debt. They acknowledged that they had debt and talked about how they were reducing it.
They discussed the need to increase the amount of patient care within Olympic Medical we are currently giving to increase the amount of money coming into the organization.
Read MoreErrol is a pro-union candidate with decades of experience in grocery and retail, including working as the VP of Grocery for Whole Foods. He believes in the power of co-ops to run thriving businesses while respecting workers and treating unions in good faith.
Read MoreOur Union Bargaining Team met with Grand Central Bakery for a productive virtual session. Our team has been working hard on crafting economic proposals that include feedback and recommendations from the membership. We are pleased that Grand Central Bakery has been so open to discussion and has continued to be collaborative at the table. They’ve also expressed interest in our priorities for economic bargaining, and we are excited and hopeful for when we show our next economic proposals!
Read MoreOur bargaining team is excited to have reached a tentative agreement. Priorities included adopting the SRH wage table and improving working conditions in general,
We are proud of a contract that includes:
· Across the Board Wage Increases every 6 months
· Robust Market Adjustment
· A contractual commitment on moving into a improved OT system
· Ratification bonus
· And much more
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Ray’s Meats Production Wage Opener Proposal Meeting
May, 5, 2026 at 6:00pm
UFCW 3000 Yakima Office 507 S 3rd St Yakima WA 98901
Tuesday, April 28 beginning at 1pm & Wednesday, April 29 at TBD.
LinkedUnion 12601 W. Explorer Dr., Suite 200 Boise ID 83713
After eight months of Bargaining and the recent Tentative Agreement at the Skagit bargaining table, we are confident that a Tentative Agreement may be reached at the next bargaining session on Monday, April 13. To ensure that all the pieces are falling into the right place, we have tentatively scheduled a ratification vote for next Friday, April 17, concurrent with the Skagit vote. It is important to understand that this vote will happen only if an agreement is reached. We also have a backup bargaining day schedule for April 27.
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Our Bargaining Team met with the Employer on April 8 to kick off negotiations. We are confident the Employer heard our priorities about retaining and recruiting Registered Nurses. We reached several non-economic tentative agreements. We are tentatively scheduled to meet again on April 17 to continue our economic proposal.
“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”
— Mattie Stepanek
Bargaining Team: Sophia Rubalcava, RN; Hilda Torres, RN; Carina Gonzalez, RN
Please reach out to our Bargaining Team or your Union Rep, Juanita Quezada, (509) 340-7407, if you have any questions or concerns.
During our first joint bargaining session, our Bargaining Team focused on the nuts and bolts of the contract—reviewing and cleaning up outdated language. We made progress with the employer on improving member access to union information and updates, including movement toward better use of information boards. By the end of our second joint bargaining session, we had presented most of our proposals, both language and economic. Our goal is to work efficiently and reach an agreement we can all be happy with.
Read MoreJoin us to hear from our guest speaker why you should be filing L&I on your missed breaks and meals. We are excited to invite Carl Bakken from Labor and Industries (L&I) to give an education on missed Meal and Rest Breaks, how to file complaints, and answer any questions you may have!
Read MoreWe are the Union. The members of UFCW 3000 are over 50,000 members working in grocery, retail, health care, meat packing, cannabis, & other industries across Washington state, north-east Oregon, and northern Idaho. UFCW 3000 is a chartered member of UFCW International with over 1.4 million workers in North America.
To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.
