Puget Sound Allied Grocery Stores United from Rockies to Pacific for Better Wages and Staffing
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We’re gearing up for a fight in 2025. Our UFCW 3000 and Teamsters 38 Bargaining Team members met on October 22 to begin reviewing our coordinated plan of action and proposals from our united coalition. On the same day, our union’s President, Faye Guenther joined UFCW local 7 at their bargaining table in Denver. Proposals around the use of Artificial Intelligence in our stores, addressing under staffing concerns, and winning wages that retain grocery store workers to this industry were among the topics discussed.
The Colorado 10-day ULP strike by UFCW local 7 in 2022 helped pave the way for our contract negotiations that same year and the most significant wage increases we’ve ever seen. Together, united, UFCW 3000, UFCW local 7, and Teamsters local 38 will coordinate proposals and actions to show Kroger and Albertsons that again in 2025, when we stand together, we win.
“Coming together by putting our tens of thousands of shoulders behind our bargaining teams is how we won big gains in 2022, and how we’ll win again in 2025!” —Princetta Woodhouse - Fred Meyer Redondo UFCW 3000
“I defended our country in the Navy. I helped build this country as a construction worker. Now I feed this country as a grocery store worker. I deserve to make a living,” —Roman Valdez, Kings Sooper worker, UFCW local 7
Stop the mega-merger
UFCW 3000 together with Teamsters local 38 and UFCW Local 7 have also been leaders in the Stop the Merger effort opposing the proposed Kroger and Albertsons mega-merger. Follow the stop the merger fight at ufcw3000.org/better-staffing
Join a CAT Meeting
It takes all of us to win. Join with coworkers and get involved in the contract campaign at our next Contract Action Team (CAT) meeting every third week of the month. Our next CAT meetings are November 18 to 22. Find a CAT meeting near you at ufcw3000.org/better-staffing >>
