Washington Beef - Vote Scheduled! ¡Votación Programada!

Jueves, 14 de noviembre
WA Beef – 201 Elmwood Rd
el comedor de Fabricación

  • 5:00AM – 7:00AM

  • 2:00PM – 5:00PM

Thursday, November 14
WA Beef – 201 Elmwood Rd
Fabrication Breakroom

  • 5:00AM – 7:00AM

  • 2:00PM – 5:00PM


Vote Notice for WA Beef Contract
Bargaining Team Recommends Vote “YES”

Your Union bargaining team returned to negotiations on October 29 & 30. On October 30, the company presented its final offer, which includes amongst other things:

  • A salary increase of $1 in the first year and 50 cents in the following two years.

  • $75 for work shoes/boots for employees with at least one year of service.

  • An increase of $200 to $400 for tools for mechanics/maintenance.

  • No changes to the Medical insurance and 401K.

  • This contract would last for 3 years.

While this contract may seem insufficient to us, as we know we can achieve better wages given that the industry is highly organized in the country, we understand that this increase is historic for this company.This is just a small example of what we can achieve if we are UNITED and ORGANIZED. Imagine how far we can go together.

"This is the first of many good things that will come for workers, who truly deserve something dignified because we know the work they do and what workers mean to this company."

— Juan Carlos Cervantes

The Union Negotiations Committee recommends that its members vote YES on the company's final offer, but with the hope that we can continue the conversation with all members, as it is time to organize better.

"This is the beginning of many good things that will come in the contracts."

— Alondra Ceballos

History begins to be written today, and together, we are the protagonists.We are confident that, in three years, we will be able to negotiate a better collective bargaining agreement, as we will be stronger and each committee will have the support of union members.

"Workers need to attend the meetings because for the next contract, we need to come educated; we need to know our rights. These coming years will be 3 years of organization, and we want representatives from each table for the committee in the next contract."

— Araceli Brito

For now, we invite members to come to the vote for this new contract on November 14.

You may attend any time during the polling times to vote. The full final offer will be available to review at the vote. All members in good standing are eligible and encouraged to vote.

"Before, they didn't even give us $1, but it's the first time people are coming together in the Union, and now everyone wants to know their rights; this is a good start for next time."

— Edgar Rodriguez

With a Union, WE write the future.

Noticia de Votación de Contrato de Washington Beef
Equipo de Negociación de UFCW 3000 Recomendamos que Votes “SI”

Regresamos a negociaciones el 29 y 30 de Octubre. En el último día, el 30 de Octubre, Washington Beef presentó su oferta final, que consiste entre otras cosas:

  • Aumento de salario de $1 dólar el primer año y 50 centavos los siguientes dos años.

  • $75 dólares para compra de zapatos a los empleados con al menos un año de antigüedad.

  • Aumento de $200 a $400 dólares en herramientas para el personal de mantenimiento.

  • Se mantuvo el seguro médico y el de 401K.

  • Este contrato sería de 3 años.

Si bien, para nosotros, este trato parece insuficiente, pues sabemos que podemos acceder a mejores sueldos ya que la industria está altamente organizada en el país, entendemos que este aumento es histórico en esta compañía.Esta es sólo una pequeña muestra de lo que podemos lograr si estamos UNIDOS y organizados. Imaginen hasta dónde podremos llegar juntos.

"Esta es la primera de muchas cosas buenas que van a venir para los trabajadores, que en realidad se merecen algo digno porque sabemos el trabajo que hacen y lo que significa el trabajador para esta compañía."

— Juan Carlos Cervantes

El Comité de Negociaciones de la Unión recomienda a sus miembros, votar SÍ a la oferta final de la compañía, pero con la esperanza de que podamos continuar la conversación con todos los miembros, ya que es momento para organizarnos mejor.

"Esto es el comienzo de muchas cosas buenas que vienen en los contratos."

— Alondra Ceballos

La historia se comienza a escribir hoy y todos juntos somos los protagonistas.Estamos seguros que, en tres años, podremos negociar un mejor contrato colectivo de trabajo, ya que seremos más fuertes y cada uno de los comités contará con el apoyo los trabajadores afiliados a la Unión.

"Los trabajadores tienen que ir a las reuniones, porque el próximo contrato tenemos que llegar educados, tenemos que saber cuáles son nuestros derechos. Estos años que siguen serán 3 años de organización y queremos que haya representantes de cada mesa el comité en el próximo contrato."

— Araceli Brito

Por lo pronto, invitamos a los miembros para que el día 14 de noviembre, acudan a la votación para este nuevo contrato laboral.

Puede asistir en cualquier momento durante el horario de votación para emitir su voto. La oferta final completa estará disponible para su revisión en el momento de la votación. Todos los miembros al corriente en sus pagos son elegibles y se les anima a votar.

"Antes no nos habían dado ni $1 dólar, pero es la primera vez que la gente se está uniendo a la Unión y ahora todos quieren saber sus derechos, esto es un buen comienzo para la próxima vez."

— Edgar Rodriguez

Con Unión NOSOTROS escribimos el futuro.


Three Rivers Hospital - Fully Recommended Tentative Agreement Reached at Three Rivers Hospital

Our Bargaining Team is excited to announce we have reached a tentative agreement with Three Rivers Hospital for the strongest contract we've ever had. The employer heard our team's requests regarding wages and staffing and made significant changes to our wages and premiums that we believe will improve retention and recruitment while boosting staff morale. We still have work to do and will continue the work through the next three years so that we can build on what we have worked so hard for.

We look forward to sharing all the details at our vote that is scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM in the McKinnely Conference room.

VOTE SCHEDULED

Tuesday, November 5, 2024
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Three Rivers Hospital
McKinnely Conference room

Complete documents will be available for review at the vote. You must be a member in good standing to vote. Please reach out to your Union representative Amy Radcliff at (509) 340-7370 or any member of the bargaining team with questions.

Bargaining Team: Karen Hurley, Lynette Jean Swezey, and Belinda Clare Denchfield

Providence Centralia Procedural Schedulers Accretion - Tentative Agreement Reach! Vote Scheduled

After winning our union election in February 2024, we are excited to announce that Procedural Schedulers (formerly Patient Schedulers & Senior Patient Schedulers) have reached a tentative agreement with Providence outlining our entry into the Service Unit Collective Bargaining Agreement with UFCW Local 3000! As a result of our efforts, we've won placement on a union wage scale, guaranteeing wage increases throughout our continued years of employment with Providence Centralia Hospital.

Furthermore, upon entering the Service Unit contract, we will have access to:
  • Daily overtime—meaning any time worked over our scheduled shift is paid at one and one-half times (1.5x) our regular rate of pay!
  • Heightened job protections—the employer cannot discipline or terminate us without meeting just cause!
  • Representation in investigatory meetings, and recourse through the grievance procedure!

To be fully brought into the Union contract, we must first vote on the Agreement!

VOTE SCHEDULED

October 31, 2024 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Providence Centralia Hospital
Admin Conference Room

Reach out to your union representative or bargaining team member if you have any questions!

Our Bargaining Team: Cindy Sayers; Kim Young

PRMCE Interventional Radiology Tech - Online Vote on October 29! Past Experience Recognized!

We have reached an agreement with PRMCE regarding past experience recognition for Interventional Radiology Techs. All current employees will receive credit for their prior experience as Radiology Techs, effective the first full pay period following ratification of the Letter of Understanding and following the resume submission.

As this change affects the current Technical contract, it requires a vote. All Interventional Radiology Techs who are union members in good standing are eligible to vote online on:

October 29
Between 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Eligible members will receive a voting link via email from SimplyVote at 8:00 AM on October 29.

We strongly recommend a "YES" vote!

PRMCE Endoscopy Techs - Online Vote on October 30! Past Experience Recognized!

We have reached an agreement with PRMCE regarding past experience recognition for Endoscopy Techs. All current employees will receive credit for their prior experience as Certified Medical Assistants effective the first full pay period following ratification of the Letter of Understanding and following the resume submission.

As this change affects the current Technical contract, it requires a vote. All Endoscopy Techs who are union members in good standing are eligible to vote online

October 30
Between 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.


Eligible members will receive a voting link via email from SimplyVote at 8:00 AM on October 30.

We strongly recommend a "YES" vote!
 

Safeway Meat Warehouse Tentative Agreement Reached!

Safeway Meat Warehouse Tentative Agreement Reached!

After months of bargaining, our Bargaining Team reached a fully recommended tentative agreement with Safeway on October 21, 2024. This agreement includes increases to our health and pension contributions, notice for mandatory overtime, improved bereavement language, a 40 hour guarantee, clarification for sick leave accruals with one protected sick leave bank, and the largest wage increases we’ve ever had.

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CHI Franciscan Online Vote Scheduled on Actual Timekeeping

CHI Franciscan Online Vote Scheduled on Actual Timekeeping

The practice of “rounding” an employee’s timecard is being eliminated, and instead CHI Franciscan are converting their timekeeping systems to an “actual timekeeping” calculation- where employees are paid to-the-minute, rather than having the daily totals of their hours-worked rounded up or down to the nearest quarter-hour, respectively.

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Twin City Foods - Tentative Agreement Reached! Contract Vote Scheduled! ¡Se Ha Alcanzado Un Acuerdo Tentativo! ¡Votación Del Contrato Programada!

Twin City Foods - Tentative Agreement Reached!  Contract Vote Scheduled!  ¡Se Ha Alcanzado Un Acuerdo Tentativo! ¡Votación Del Contrato Programada!

Our Union Bargaining Team is very proud of the hard work and unity achieved in this bargaining round. After many negotiating dates, we finally reached a tentative agreement with the company. Our bargaining committee recommends a YES vote!

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Ostrom’s Drug - Tentative Agreement Reached! Vote Notice

After much review of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and proposals exchanged between Ostrom’s Drug and our Union, a fully recommended Tentative Agreement has been reached.

Highlights of the agreement include:

  • Raises for Pharmacy Clerks/Assistants and Pharmacy Technicians.

  • An updated pay scale so that new hires will have contractual minimum rates of pay.

  • A conversion from the Sound Retirement Trust pension plan to the new Sound Variable Annuity Pension Trust pension plan, with new money in contributions added each year of the contract.

UFCW 3000 members in good standing are encouraged to attend the meeting, ask questions, and vote on the contract on Monday, August 26 from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM. The vote meeting will be held on site, in the breakroom.

We are recommending a “YES” vote!

Grocery East Contract Votes Set!

Grocery East Contract Votes Set!

After nearly six months of bargaining with Albertson/Safeway and Kroger for a new contract that respects our work, increases our wages, and improves our retirement and healthcare, we are holding a contract votes across Washington, Idaho and NE Oregon! This notice serves to inform all members that a critical membership meeting will be held on August 20, 21 & 22, 2024. We will be conducting a vote on the fully recommended tentative agreement our bargaining team reached on April 30, 2024.

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Seattle Children’s Hospital Medical Assistants - Tentative Agreement Reached! Contract Vote Scheduled

On Tuesday, July 30, our Bargaining Team met with Management for our eighth round of negotiations and successfully reached a Tentative Agreement!

Our Bargaining Team is recommending a “YES” vote to approve this Tentative Agreement!

  • Improvements to the contract include:

  • Wage increases all three years of the contract that keep us competitive with other hospitals.

  • One new wage step added at the top of the scale each year to benefit our most senior coworkers.

  • Continuing Education leave and funding.

  • An hourly premium for Certified Medical Assistants.

  • An hourly premium for floating between clinics if short notice is given by the employer.

An online vote will be held so that UFCW Local 3000 members can approve the agreement—beginning at 12:00 PM on Thursday, August 8 through 5:00 PM on Friday, August 9. Please update your information if you are not sure UFCW Local 3000 has your current personal email address and other contact information.

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“In this tentative agreement we made significant gains over the last contract, including getting certification pay and Continuing Education leave and funding” — Wendy Rivas

Our Bargaining Team: Wendy Rivas, Joelyn Martin, Angelica Acevedo

WhidbeyHealth Service & Support - Ratification Vote Notice

After our last negotiation session with WhidbeyHealth, the Employer presented us with a Last, Best, and Final offer via email in response to our last counter-proposal on all outstanding issues. This means that a vote on what that offer is will be forthcoming on Thursday, August 1. Upon review of the proposal we are recommending a "Yes" vote to ratify the offer.

Some of the highlights include:
  • Wage parity: We secured agreement that WhidbeyHealth would recognize past experience for represented workers at 100%. After discussion over many sessions, the Employer recognized that we need our most senior workers moved up on the scales the soonest. Their proposal partially reflects this, but also phases in less senior folks sooner whose resulting wage step increase would be less of a financial impact to the Employer in the immediate future.

  • Market adjustments of wage scales: When the mid-cycle wage bargain happened in 2022 the result (as with the Professional and Technical contract) was that many people further up the scale received increases that put them ahead of what workers earn at competing hospitals. This also resulted in workers on the earlier steps of the wage scale earning less than what workers earn at competing hospitals. Thus, management concentrated on increases at the lower steps in this bargaining cycle.

  • Ratification bonuses: If we ratify the contract with a "Yes" vote by Thursday, August 1, we will receive ratification bonuses. These bonuses will be pro-rated by FTE; folks with the most years at WhidbeyHealth will receive the largest bonuses.

  • More: Improvements to the weekend premium, shift differentials, standby pay, certification pay, and lead pay.


  • We look forward to seeing you at the following times on Thursday, August 1, to discuss the offer and vote on it:

    Main Hospital Coupeville HEC Room C
    6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    Clinic #1 - Oak Harbor - Cabot Break Room
    3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

    Clinic #2 - Oak Harbor - Goldie Conference Room
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Clinic - Freeland Break Room
    10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

    Clinic - Clinton Break Room
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

    Bargaining Team: Marilyn Faber, Patient Financial Service; Liz Latiff, Health Unit Coordinator

    MultiCare Health Systems Contract Ratified!

    MultiCare Health Systems Contract Ratified!

    “It was a collaborative effort with experienced shop stewards who advocated tirelessly. Reaching out to coworkers, building new relationships, and being creative throughout bargaining was key. Having my coworkers participate inspired us on the bargaining team and scared MultiCare! Our strength comes when we fight together. I wanted my coworkers and I to be heard at MultiCare and it was eye opening to see what it takes.” - Rafael Diaz – Cardiovascular Tech

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