PCC Bargaining Update: Let's Be Clear About Hazard Pay

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As you may have heard, your member bargaining team received a proposal from PCC to extend hazard pay beyond Seattle and Burien.

We believe real hazard pay shouldn’t come with strings attached. Unlike the hazard pay that we won for grocery workers in Seattle and Burien, PCC only proposed paying the $4/hr to workers for 5½ weeks, a small fraction of the time we won in Seattle and Burien.

In exchange, PCC is demanding that we make permanent changes to our rights and job protections:

Your PCC Bargaining team: Atsuko Koseki, Greg Brooks, Keith Allery, Quinn Ráo, Scott Shiflett, Yasab Pfister

Your PCC Bargaining team: Atsuko Koseki, Greg Brooks, Keith Allery, Quinn Ráo, Scott Shiflett, Yasab Pfister

  • Bring back U-SCAN/Self Check without going through the bargaining process

  • Implement new technologies in the stores at PCC's discretion without workers having a voice in the process

  • Push work to lower paid classifications when offering curbside delivery services

  • In addition, PCC has failed to propose quarantine pay for workers that are exposed to COVID.

“The bargaining team is committed to fighting for hazard pay to acknowledge our hard work and sacrifice throughout the pandemic. The last week has seen both workers and customers across PCC demand $4 hazard pay, and denounce attempts made by company leadership to thwart meaningful grocery worker legislation. Now, PCC wants us to agree to long-term concessions in our contract in exchange for reinstating short term ‘hazard pay.’ We insist that hazard pay should not come with strings attached.”

-Quinn Ráo, Ballard Front End, bargaining team member

Your PCC Bargaining Team

Atsuko Koseki, Edmonds Deli

Greg Brooks, Fremont Meat

Keith Allery, Greenlake Village Deli

Quinn Ráo, Ballard Front End

Scott Shiflett, Redmond Meat

Yasab Pfister, Burien Front End