UFCW 3000 Endorses Bob Ferguson for Governor!

UFCW 3000 – State’s Largest Labor Union Endorses Bob Ferguson for Governor

Des Moines, WA - Today, UFCW 3000, the state’s largest labor union, announced the endorsement of Bob Ferguson for Governor. UFCW 3000 represents over 53,000 workers in grocery stores, health care, retail, food packing/processing, cannabis and several other industries.

“We have worked with Bob Ferguson for many years, and he has consistently been an advocate for working people, standing up for our rights, defending us, and making sure we are protected,” said Kyong Barry, an Albertsons worker and elected UFCW 3000 executive board member who came to the United States as a young child and became a naturalized US citizen in 1999.

"Attorney General Ferguson has taken the time to come and speak in person with hundreds of our member leaders over the years,” added Patricia Brown, a Licensed Practical Nurse at Tacoma General and an elected UFCW 3000 executive board member. “This personal connection has allowed essential workers from across our union to meet him and hear directly from him as to his values and his commitment to upholding the laws of the land and defending the interests of workers, consumers, patients and the community."

The list of Ferguson’s efforts on behalf of working people is too long to fully articulate here, but many of the most important examples include:

1. Protecting Grocery Store workers and shoppers: Attorney General Ferguson filed a lawsuit against Albertsons to block the $4 Billion pay-out to shareholders as part of the proposed mega-merger of Albertsons and Kroger. This lawsuit delayed the massive pay-out for several months and forced the companies’ executives to testify under oath and make public important details about the proposed merger.

2. Protecting Immigrant Rights: Attorney General Ferguson was a leader among AGs across the nation defending the rights of people in the US and around the world from an unconstitutional travel ban that discriminated against people of certain religious beliefs or their nation of origin. One of his lawsuits blocked the Trump administration’s decision to rescind DACA, the federal program that protects DREAMers.

3. Protecting Access to Quality Affordable Health Care: AG Ferguson sued Providence and CHI Franciscans over their lack of proper charity care that resulted in improved access to quality, affordable care for those who qualify for free or low-cost care and allowed them to get access to that care in their communities.

4. Supported the City of Seattle Minimum wage law when it was challenged in court by business interests. This 2015 case was an important one and helped future advances in the minimum wage law that was passed statewide in 2016.

5. Filed lawsuits that helped enforce wage theft cases where workers were not being paid appropriately under the law.

6. Helped our efforts to address Retail Theft concerns and defend the interest of workers who have significant safety and employment security as a result of organized crime’s retail theft in our stores.

7. Fought for the rights of workers against unfair so-called Non-Compete clauses that harmed workers by constraining their freedom to seek out and find employment.

8. Attorney General filed lawsuit to protect the rights of those incarcerated at the Tacoma Detention Center who were being paid $1 a day in violation to state wage laws.

Again, these are just some of the highlights of the many actions taken by Ferguson that have demonstrated for over a decade his commitment to UFCW members, and all workers across the state, and indeed all people across the world against those who would trample on our rights.

"We need elected officials like Bob Ferguson and are confident that he would be able to continue to be an advocate for the rights of all Washington workers. He has no qualms about taking on the billionaires and the bullies and we are standing with him in his campaign to become our next Governor,” said Faye Guenther, President of UFCW 3000.    

Press contact: Tom Geiger, UFCW 3000, 206-604-3421

UFCW 21 Endorsements

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Workers’ rights are under attack at the national level. But we can protect the big wins we’ve had here in Washington State, expand our rights on the job, and elect powerful allies in Olympia and in DC who will have our back when it really matters. Want to see secure scheduling statewide? Want to fight for a fairer tax system in our state? Don’t miss the chance to pick the right candidates in the primary so we have real choices this fall. It’s time to make our voices heard at the ballot box.

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Candidate Endorsements

Federal

Pramila Jayapal
United States Congress, District 7

Jason Rittereiser
United States Congress, District 8

Kim Schrier
United States Congress, District 8

State Legislature

Candidate: Derek Stanford
Office Running for: State Representative 1st Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Marcus Riccelli
Office Running for: State Representative 3rd Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Timm Ormsby
Office Running for: State Representative 3rd Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Bill Ramos
Office Running for: State Representative 5th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Lisa Callan
Office Running for: State Representative 5th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Zack Hudgins
Office Running for: State Representative 11th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Steve Bergquist
Office Running for: State Representative 11th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Tanisha Harris
Office Running for: State Representative 17th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Kathy Gillespie
Office Running for: State Representative 18th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Erin Frasier
Office Running for: State Representative 19th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Strom Peterson
Office Running for: State Representative 21st Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Lillian Ortiz-Self
Office Running for: State Representative 21stLegislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Laurie Dolan
Office Running for: State Representative 22nd Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate:  Beth Doglio
Office Running for: State Representative 22nd Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Sherry Appleton
Office Running for: State Representative 23rd Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Mike Chapman
Office Running for: State Representative 24th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Steve Tharinger
Office Running for: State Representative 24th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Julie Door
Office Running for: State Representative 25th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Brian Duthie
Office Running for: State Representative 25th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Connie Fitzpatrick
Office Running for: State Representative 26th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Joy Stanford
Office Running for: State Representative 26th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Emily Randall
Office Running for: State Senator 26th Legislative District

Candidate: Laurie Jinkins
Office Running for: State Representative 27th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Jake Fey
Office Running for: State Representative 27th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Mari Leavitt
Office Running for: State Representative 28th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Christine Kilduff
Office Running for: State Representative 28th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Melanie Morgan
Office Running for: State Representative 29th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Claire Wilson
Office Running for: State Senate 30th Legislative District

Candidate: Mike Pellicciotti
Office Running for: State Representative 30th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Kristine Reeves
Office Running for: State Representative 30th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Lauren David
Office Running for: State Representative 32nd Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Karen Keiser
Office Running for: State Senator 33rd Legislative District

Candidate: Eileen Cody
Office Running for: State Representative 34th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Joe Fitzgibbon
Office Running for: State Representative 34th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Shannon Braddock
Office Running for: State Senator 34th Legislative District

Candidate: Noel Frame
Office Running for: State Representative 36th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Rebecca Saldaña
Office Running for: State Senator 37th Legislative District

Candidate: June Robinson
Office Running for: State Representative 38th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Mike Sells
Office Running for: State Representative 38th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Debra Lekanoff
Office Running for: State Representative 40th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Tana Senn
Office Running for: State Representative 41st Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: My-Linh Thai
Office Running for: State Representative 41st Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Nicole Macri
Office Running for: State Representative 43rd Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Frank Chopp
Office Running for: State Representative 43rd Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: John Lovick
Office Running for: State Representative 44th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Jared Mead
Office Running for: State Representative 44th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Manka Dhingra
Office Running for: State Senator 45th District

Candidate: Gerry Pollet,
Office Running for: State Representative 46th Legislative District, Position 1

Candidate: Javier Valdez
Office Running for: State Representative 46th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Pat Sullivan
Office Running for: State Representative 47th Legislative District, Position 2

Candidate: Patty Kuderer
Office Running for: State Senator 48th Legislative District

Candidate: Monica Stonier
Office Running for: State Representative 49th Legislative District, Position 2

UFCW 21 Endorsed Candidates

State Auditor
Jeffrey Sprung

Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Chris Reykdal

7th congressional district     
Pramila Jayapal              

9th congressional district
Adam Smith                   

US Senator
PATTY MURRAY

State Auditor
Pat McCarthy

Govenor
Jay Inslee

Lieutenant Governor
Cyrus Habib

Insurance Commissioner
Mike Kreidler

Attorney General
Robert Ferguson

SECRETARY OF STATE
TINA PODLODSKI

LAND COMMISSIONER
Hilary Franz
 

Seattle Initiative 124: Yes

Prop 1 Transit: Yes

State initiatives:

1433: Yes

1464: Yes

1501: Yes

732: No

Lisa Wellman, State Representative, Legislative District 41

Derek Stanford, State Representative, Legislative District 1, Position 1

Andrew Billings, State Senator, Legislative District 3

Marcus Riccelli, State Representative, Legislative District 3, Position 1

Timm Ormsby, State Representative, Legislative District 3, Position 2

Jason Ritchie, State Representative, Legislative District 5, Position 1

Lynnette Vehrs, State Representative, Legislative District 6, Position 1

Sharlene Lichty, State Representative, Legislative District 6, Position 2

Robert Hasegawa, State Senator, Legislative District 11

Zachary Hudgins, State Representative, Legislative District 11, Position 1

Steven Berquist, State Representative, Legislative District 11, Position 2

Tim Probst, State Senator, Legislative District 17

Samuel Hunt, State Senator, Legislative District 22

Beth Doglio, State Representative, Legislative District 22, Position 2

Kevin De Wege, State Senator, Legislative District 22

Mike Chapman, State Representative, Legislative District 24, Position 1

Jamie Smith, State Representative, Legislative District 25, Position 1

Michelle Chatterton, State Representative, Legislative District 25, Position 2

Jeannie Darneille, State Senator, Legislative District 27

Laurie Jinkins, State Representative, Legislative District 27, Position 1

Jacob Fey, State Representative, Legislative District 27, Position 2

Marisa Peloquin, State Senator, Legislative District 28

Mari Leavitt, State Representative, Legislative District 28, Position 1

Christine Kilduff, State Representative, Legislative District 28, Position 2

Michael Pellicciotti, State Representative, Legislative District 30, Position 1

Ruth Kagi, State Representative, Legislative District 32, Position 2

Mia Gregerson, State Representative, Legislative District 33, Position 2

Eileen Cody, State Representative, Legislative District 34, Position 1

Joseph Fitzgibbon, State Representative, Legislative District 34, Position 2

Irene Bowling, State Representative, Legislative District 35, Position 1

Noel Frame, State Representative, Legislative District 36, Position 1

Michael Sells, State Representative, Legislative District 38, Position 2

Kirk Pearson, State Senator, Legislative District 39

Frank Chopp Jr, State Representative, Legislative District 43, Position 2

John Lovick, State Representative, Legislative District 44, Position 1

Roger Goodman, State Representative, Legislative District 45, Position 1

Gerald Pollet, State Representative, Legislative District 46, Position 1

Jessyn Farrell, State Representative, Legislative District 46, Position 2

Patricia Kuderer, State Representative, Legislative District 48, Position 1

Sharon Wylie, State Representative, Legislative District 49, Position 1

Monica Stonier, State Representative, Legislative District 49, Position 2

Hans Dunshee, Snohomish County Councilmember 

*This list may not be the complete list of endorsed candidates.  For full list please see the 2016 Washington State Labor Council Endorsement list website

UFCW 21 Endorsements

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