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Getting Ready for Grocery/Meat/GM Fred Meyer Negotiations
On Tuesday, March 9th, the 27 grocery/meat/GM Fred Meyer workers who represent you on the union bargaining team gathered to prepare for our upcoming contract negotiations. We’ve been preparing for a year, and in December, thousands of union members replied to surveys to offer their input about negotiations and sign up for e-mail updates. Then in February, 400 grocery, meat, and GM Fred Meyer workers from UFCW 21, UFCW 81 and Teamsters 38 joined together to launch our campaign. Read more...
When you’re at the hospital, the people caring for you need to be alert and focused. Unfortunately, a loophole in state law forces many hospital workers to go without real rest breaks and a meal break during their shift. Watch our TV ad and then read the story of one UFCW 21 member who went to the State Capitol to fix this loophole.
State Liquor Stores
make money and
protect the public
Rev. Jimmie James and State Rep. Zack Hudgins are convinced that deregulation of state liquor stores would be a bad idea for public safety, liquor control, and the state budget. Read their guest editorial on the issue in the Seattle Times.
UFCW 21 Scholarships
Deadline was March 1st for scholarships.The decisions will be announced in May.
Check it out.