Grocery Store Bargain Update: Bargaining Team Makes Our Wage Proposal
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Today we came historically close to reaching agreement on safety and workforce development. We then turned our full attention to wages. We know we want to protect our health care, ensure our pensions are safe, and get real wage increases. Grocery store workers have been falling behind for too long.
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New Leadership elected at UFCW 21
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An experienced leadership team. Our top leadership team of the union has over 80 years of combined experience with our union. Under their leadership, we have won and enforced some of the strongest contracts in the nation, partnered in community and with elected officials to improve lives for our members and others in our state. Our next challenge is to fully develop a new generation of leadership at each and every workplace. And we are well on our way – with now over 1,500 trained workplace leaders and on target to hit our goal of 2,000 by the end of the year. A strong union is about having racial, economic, and social justice, and we need thousands of workplace leaders to make that happen.
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Spring 2019 General Membership Meeting Schedule
/Aberdeen
Monday, May 20
6:00 pm
Grays Harbor Hospital
West Campus
915 Anderson Drive
Conference Room E - 1st Floor
Auburn (New Time)
Wednesday, May 22
1:45 pm
Auburn Regional Medical Center
Plaza 1: 202 N Division St
AMC 1st Floor
Board Room
Bellevue
Thursday, May 23
9:00 am & 7:00 pm
Sheraton Hotel
100 112th Ave NE
Newport Room
Bellingham
Wednesday, May 22
7:00 pm
Quality Inn Baron Suites
100 E Kellogg Road
Olympus Room
Bremerton
Thursday, May 23
11:00 am
Harrison Medical Center
2520 Cherry Ave
Aspen Room - 2nd Floor
Brewster
Wednesday, May 22
5:00 pm
Three Rivers Hospital
415 Hospital Way
Hillcrest Admin. Bldg.
Commons Area
Centralia
Wednesday, May 22
10:00 am
Providence Centralia Hospital
914 S Scheuber Road
Cafeteria
Colville/Chewelah
Wednesday, May 22
5:00 pm
Nordlig Hotel
101 W Grant Ave, Chewelah
Meeting Room
Coupeville
Wednesday, May 22
3:15 pm
Whidbey Health Medical Center
101 N Main St
Conference Room Trailer
Enumclaw
Monday, May 20
1:00 pm
Guesthouse Inn
1000 Griffin Ave
Meeting Room
Everett
Thursday, May 23
9:00 am & 7:00 pm
Snohomish County PUD
2320 California Street
AM & PM - TC2-A
Federal Way
Tuesday, May 21
9:00 am
Hometown Office Suites & Svcs
33530 1st Way South #102
Classroom
Forks
Monday, May 20
2:00 pm
Forks Community Hospital
530 Bogachiel Way
Main Conference Room
Kennewick
Monday, May 20
6:00 pm
IBEW 112
2637 W Albany Ave
Meeting Room
Kent
Monday, May 20
9:00 am & 5:30 pm
Kent Commons
525 4th Ave N
Interurban Room
Lynnwood
Monday, May 20
7:00 pm
Snohomish County PUD
21014 63rd Ave W
Conference Room
Monroe
Thursday, May 23
3:30 pm
EvergreenHealth Monroe
14701 179th Ave SE
The Cafe Corner
Moses Lake (New Room)
Thursday, May 23
5:00 pm
Samaritan Healthcare
801 E Wheeler Road
Classroom 401
Mount Vernon (New Day)
Thursday, May 23
7:00 pm
UFCW 21 Office
1510 N 18th St
Conference Room
Oak Harbor
Wednesday, May 22
7:00 pm
Best Western Harbor Plaza
33175 SR 20
Oak Harbor Room
Olympia
Monday, May 20
12:00 pm
Kaiser Permanente
700 Lily Rd NE
Conference Room A
Tuesday, May 21
3:30 pm
Capital Medical Center
3900 Capital Mall Dr SW
Cafeteria
Wednesday, May 22
1:00 pm
Providence St. Peter Hospital
413 Lily Road NE
Cafeteria
Omak
Tuesday, May 21
2:30 pm
Mid-Valley Hospital
Family Medical Building
800 Jasmine St
Conference Room C & D
Tuesday, May 21
5:15 pm
Mid-Valley Clinic
529 Jasmine St
Break Room
Port Angeles
Wednesday, May 22
4:30 pm
Olympic Medical Center
939 Caroline Street
Linkletter Hall
Port Townsend
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm & 5:15 pm
Pt. Townsend Senior Ctr.
620 Tyler St
Board Room
Sea-Tac
Monday, May 20
7:00 pm
Angle Lake Family Resource Center
4040 S 188th St #100
Meeting Room Suite 100
Seattle
Tuesday, May 21
9:30 am & 7:00 pm
Phinney Neighborhood Center
6532 Phinney Ave N
AM & PM - Room 6 Blue Bldg.
Thursday, May 23
9:00 am & 7:00 pm
UFCW 21 - Seattle
5030 1st Ave S
Joe Crump Hall
Sequim
Wednesday, May 22
7:00 pm
Quality Inn
134 River Road
Breakfast Room
Shelton (New Location)
Tuesday, May 21
12:00 pm
Roosters Restaurant
3001 Olympic Hwy N
Large Meeting Room
Silverdale
Wednesday, May 22
9:00 am & 5:30 pm
UFCW 21 Office
3888 NW Randall Way #105
Conference Room
South Bend
Monday, May 20
3:00 pm
Willapa Harbor Hospital
800 Alder Street
Evergreen Room
Spokane
Thursday, May 23
8:00 am, 1:00 pm & 4:00 pm
UFCW 21 Office
2805 N Market St
Conference Room
Tacoma (New Location)
Tuesday, May 21
2:00 pm & 5:00 pm
Tacoma General Hospital
315 MLK Jr Way
2:00 PM - MMC 5 (Rainier Tower)
5:00 PM - Mary Bridge Board Room
Tonasket
Wednesday, May 22
12:30 pm & 2:00 pm
North Valley Hospital
203 S. Western Ave
Orientation Room
Walla Walla
Monday, May 20
1:00 pm
Providence St. Mary’s Medical Center
401 W. Poplar St
Vincentian Room
Wenatchee
Thursday, May 23
12:00 pm
Confluence Health
Central WA Hospital
1300 Fuller St
Conference Room J
Grocery Store Bargain Update: Still at It, A Long Way to Go
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Still at It, A Long Way to Go
We had two days of contract negotiations this week – the last week before many contract expirations. Along those lines we were able to come to an agreement with the employers to extend our contracts with protections for retro-compensation.
It remains clear to our Union Member Bargaining Team that we need to make some significant progress on many issues in our 2019 negotiations including higher wages. We need to continue to work on issues that are connected to the quality of our jobs and often are closely related to our pay – issues like; scheduling, staffing, training, and safety.
Over the last two days we traded proposals with the employers as follow up on our earlier round of safety proposals. While we made some progress on this front, we have a long way to go to adequately address safety issues in our stores.
The Union Bargaining Team also presented evidence in support of our scheduling proposals, including:
More advanced notice —two weeks
Access to more hours—before our employers hire new staff, those hours should go to us
More control over our schedules—we should be able to choose our shifts
We know these systems already work in many of our stores. Meat departments have daily seniority and many members in our union have the ability to select their own schedules. We proposed that the employers take the systems we already have that are working well and expand them to everyone.
We made it clear to the employers: we passed our scheduling law in Seattle and we are prepared to pass it statewide unless they are willing to come to the table with solutions.
Take Action:
Make sure you and your co-workers have downloaded the UFCW 21 app.
As break actions wrap up, we are starting a new round of button up actions
Next Bargaining dates May 20 & 21
CLICK TO SEE A FULL SCHEDULE OF MAY CONTRACT ACTION TEAM MEETINGS
YOUR GROCERY STORE BARGAINING TEAM:
Amy Dayley Angell, QFC #891 (Ballard), Front End Checker
Cassy Wolle, Fred Meyer - Port Orchard #655 (Grocery), CCK Checker
Scott Shiflett, QFC #838 (Inglewood), Meat Cutter
Christina Harris, Fred Meyer - Lake City #179 (Grocery), Bakery Clerk
Cliff Powers, Safeway #402 (Oak Harbor), Produce Clerk
Eleanor Knight, Albertsons #4483 (Auburn), 4th PIC
Irene Garcia, Fred Meyer - Auburn #19 (Retail), Home Clerk
Jeannette Randall, Safeway #1923 (Roxbury), Front End Checker
Jeff Smith, Fred Meyer - Snohomish #681 (Retail), Non-food receiving Clerk
J'Nee DeLancey, Town & Country #211 (Ballard), Beer/Wine Manager
Jordan Washington, QFC #803 (Meridian), Starbucks
Kyong Barry, Albertsons #483 (S Auburn), Front End Supervisor
Maggie Breshears, Fred Meyer - Greenwood #122 (Grocery), Personal Shopper
Maroot Nanakul, Safeway #464 (Bear Creek), Front End Manager
Michaela Strain, QFC #819 (Bothell), Meat Wrapper
Paul Ames Reinhold, Metropolitan Market #157 (Uptown), Cheese Kiosk Clerk
Richard Waits, Haggen #15 (Burlington), Deli Clerk
Robin Hillistad, QFC #858 (N Seattle), HR Specialist
Sam Dancy, QFC #825 (Westwood Village), Front End Supervisor
Sue Wilmot, Safeway #1252 (Bainbridge Island), Front End Checker
Wendy Garrett-Drake, Albertsons #469 (Mukilteo), Personnel Coordinator/Bookkeeper
Wil Peterson, Fred Meyer - Everett #95 (Grocery), CCK Checker
Todd Crosby, Organizing Director, UFCW International
Faye Guenther, Acting President, UFCW 21
Steve Chandler, Principal Officer Teamsters 38
Joe Mizrahi, Staff Director, UFCW 21
Mia Contreras, Executive Vice President, UFCW 21
Tammi Brady, Recording Secretary, Teamsters 38
Samantha Kantak, Executive Assistant, Teamsters 38
Jim McGuinness, Attorney, UFCW 21 and Teamsters 38
Congratulations to our 2019 UFCW 21 Scholarship recipients!
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Scholarship Winners
Four-Year Scholarship of $4,000/year for 4 years - Laci Bowhay
Marilyn Savage, RN Memorial Scholarship: $3,000 - Brandon J LeGore
Health Care Profession Scholarship: $3,000 - Jennifer McMahon
Health Care Profession Scholarship: $3,000 - Danielle Macdonald
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Emily Marie Drozynski
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Melissa Resendiz Rivas
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Mawil Espino
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Hayley Nebel
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Chayton Fisk
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Simeon Barker
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Cindy Lao
Full-time Student Scholarship: $2,000 - Nibesh Mali
Workplace and patient safety, breaks & overtime protection bill #SHB1155 PASSED by wide margins
/After thousands of health care workers spoke up for workplace and patient safety, breaks & overtime protection bill #SHB1155 PASSED by wide margins in both the Senate and the House today! And thanks to the advocacy of our members and members of SEIU Healthcare 1199NW and Washington State Nurses Association, this version of the bill removed two bad amendments, so it will cover all hospitals and all nursing & technical staff and it won’t limit shifts to 8 hours.
Our members and allies rallied down in Olympia today to hold lawmakers accountable and were able to watch the final passage of this bill. Thank you to everyone who spoke up for this historic legislation! #BreaksAreALifesaver#UnionStrong #WAleg
Grocery Store Bargain Update: Safety is key- for us and our customers
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Safety is key - for us and our customers
It is clear to our union member bargaining team that we need to make some significant progress on many issues in our 2019 negotiations including higher wages. Wages are important to all of us, but before we address compensation, we need to continue to work on issues that are connected to the quality of our jobs and often are closely related to our pay – issues like; scheduling, staffing, training, and safety.
Member feedback from surveys is clear: workplaces need to be safe for us and our customers. Thousands of members have shared their experiences with safety issues at work; lack of training, harassment and bullying from managers and customers, unsafe equipment, and poor staffing.
Our proposals around safety include:
Guarantee protections against retaliation when workers bring up issues around bullying, harassment, food safety, or customer safety—no one should be disciplined for making their store safer.
Improve safety committees that employers are legally required to hold, and make sure that we have trained union stewards in every meeting.
Require that our employers provide training on bullying and harassment and customer de-escalation techniques.
Paid time for the Safety Coordinator in each store to work on safety issues in the store.
Take Action:
Make sure you and your co-workers have downloaded the UFCW 21 app.
Keep taking your breaks. When we all take meal and rest breaks that are protected in our contracts and the law, we will force our employers to better staff our shifts.
As break actions wrap up, we will start a new round of button up actions next week and wear them through early May when our first contract expiration dates take place. (see buttons below)
Next Bargaining dates May 2 & 3
YOUR GROCERY STORE BARGAINING TEAM:
Amy Dayley Angell, QFC #891 (Ballard), Front End Checker
Cassy Wolle, Fred Meyer - Port Orchard #655 (Grocery), CCK Checker
Scott Shiflett, QFC #838 (Inglewood), Meat Cutter
Christina Harris, Fred Meyer - Lake City #179 (Grocery), Bakery Clerk
Cliff Powers, Safeway #402 (Oak Harbor), Produce Clerk
Eleanor Knight, Albertsons #4483 (Auburn), 4th PIC
Irene Garcia, Fred Meyer - Auburn #19 (Retail), Home Clerk
Jeannette Randall, Safeway #1923 (Roxbury), Front End Checker
Jeff Smith, Fred Meyer - Snohomish #681 (Retail), Non-food receiving Clerk
J'Nee DeLancey, Town & Country #211 (Ballard), Beer/Wine Manager
Jordan Washington, QFC #803 (Meridian), Deli Clerk
Kyong Barry, Albertsons #483 (S Auburn), Front End Supervisor
Maggie Breshears, Fred Meyer - Greenwood #122 (Grocery), Personal Shopper
Maroot Nanakul, Safeway #464 (Bear Creek), Front End Checker
Michaela Strain, QFC #819 (Bothell), Meat Wrapper
Paul Ames Reinhold, Metropolitan Market #157 (Uptown), Cheese Kiosk Clerk
Richard Waits, Haggen #15 (Burlington), Deli Clerk
Robin Hillistad, QFC #858 (N Seattle), HR Specialist
Sam Dancy, QFC #825 (Westwood Village), Front End Supervisor
Sue Wilmot, Safeway #1252 (Bainbridge Island), Front End Checker
Wendy Garrett-Drake, Albertsons #469 (Mukilteo), Personnel Coordinator/Bookkeeper
Wil Peterson, Fred Meyer - Everett #95 (Grocery), CCK Checker
Todd Crosby, Organizing Director, UFCW International
Faye Guenther, Acting President, UFCW 21
Steve Chandler, Principal Officer Teamsters 38
Joe Mizrahi, Staff Director, UFCW 21
Mia Contreras, Executive Vice President, UFCW 21
Tammi Brady, Recording Secretary, Teamsters 38
Samantha Kantak, Executive Assistant, Teamsters 38
Jim McGuinness, Attorney, UFCW 21 and Teamsters 38
