Our Union Bargaining Team is excited to share an update following our first Sea Wolf Bakers contract bargaining session on Tuesday, March 25! To begin negotiations, we met with the Employer and shared our initial round of non-economic proposals.

We are excited to let you know that our first bargaining date is set, and negotiations for our first contract will begin on Tuesday the 25!

On March 4, our bargaining team met with Hudson News to present our non-economic proposal which included:

We met again with REI’s Morgan Lewis lawyers on February 24 and 25. We reached a Tentative Agreement on Anti-Discrimination and continued to get closer on Union Representation, Health & Safety, Job Vacancies & Promotions, Seniority, and Technology & Data. We’re hopeful that REI will keep up this momentum and continue to come to the table prepared and with respect as we work towards a fair first contract. This shift is in no doubt due to all of our organizing efforts and the unity we’ve maintained over the last few years!

Our Union held our first round of Contract Action Team (CAT) meetings on February 19 at 9am and 4pm. We identified higher wages, better seniority, scheduling protections, and improving our retirement as major priorities to fight for at the bargaining table.

This year, our Union is in negotiations with Hudson News for a new contract. Our member-led bargaining team will be at the bargaining table with management to help fight for better wages, secure scheduling, and other concerns workers raised. To prepare for negotiations, we must be united – ready to fight for and win for a strong contract.

On January 17, we met with REI’s representatives from Morgan Lewis to continue first contract negotiations. Similarly to December’s sessions, we did not reach any new tentative agreements, but we did have productive discussions around in-store issues and identified pathways to agreement on our open Health & Safety, Seniority, Anti-Discrimination, Job Vacancies & Promotions, and Union Representation proposals.

UNION NOTICE: Please be advised that a contract ratification vote has been scheduled as follows:

We met with REI’s attorneys again this week to continue bargaining for a fair first contract for our coworkers. We discussed technology and data, union representation, communication, job vacancies and promotions, and health and safety.

Following yesterday’s court rulings blocking the proposed Kroger and Albertsons mega-merger, we welcome Albertsons’ decision to terminate the merger transaction, meaning there will be no further court appeals seeking to complete the merger. We encourage the leaders of both Kroger and Albertsons to invest resources in their stores by investing in adequate staffing so customers are better served and workers can safely and effectively operate the stores and stock the shelves. These investments will result in higher sales and improved satisfaction by shoppers and employees alike.