Grocery Store Bargain: Telephone Town hall
/Great member participation on Wednesday evening telephone town hall. Listen to the entire recording of the call and find out answers about bargaining and proposals on wages, safety, scheduling and much more.
Grocery Store Bargain Update: Agreement Reached on Training, but Employers’ Proposed Wage-Cuts Remain
/Our Union member Bargaining Team made additional progress today with the employers’ representatives as we reached a tentative agreement around investments in training for workforce development. On the crucial issue of wage increases, the employers still have not made a counter-proposal to our wage increase proposal from earlier in the month…
Read MoreWelcome to our Union Seattle Children's Hospital END Techs
/On Friday June 7, the END Techs at Seattle Children’s Hospital voted unanimously to join UFCW 21! Tech workers at Children’s just negotiated a strong new three-year contract with the hospital, but the Electroneurodiagnostic Techs were left out of the union. So they came together, got organized, and despite management’s best efforts, voted 14-0 to join UFCW. Congrats!
Grocery Store Bargain Update: Historic Progress on Safety... No Progress on Wages
/After three months of negotiations, we were able to reach one agreement today around our safety proposals. This is the first time we have ever had safety language in our contract and addresses a major issue that we face in the stores every day. Our union member bargaining team has shown that when the employer is willing to have a reasonable dialogue, we can make progress…
Read MoreGrocery Store Bargain member survey concerns and priorities
/Here is a view of how Grocery Store Members have guided the prioritization of our bargaining process and proposals by record-setting participation in the pre-bargaining survey.
Read MoreGrocery Store Bargain: June Contract Action Team Meetings
/June, 2019 Grocery Store Bargain Contract Action Team Meetings are organized by Rep., Members are welcome to attend any CAT meeting. To RSVP or if you have questions contact your Union Representative.
Read MoreGrocery Store Bargain Action: Taking it to the Streets
/In an effort to reach out to the public about our efforts to achieve a fair contract, grocery store workers and community partners began a round of store leaflets and neighborhood canvases this week. The response has been wonderful and people are loving our “We Love Our Grocery Store Workers” shopping bags…
Read More