Contract Negotiations Updates
Thursday, May 24th - 10:00 AM - QFC Belfair Community Room
This meeting is to discuss employer proposals. Any questions contact Union Representative Leroy Taylor at 360-662-1986.
Vote Meeting
Thursday, May 17
Conference Rooms A & B (above the Providence Auditorium)
Drop in to discuss the proposal and vote.
6:30am – 9:00am & 11:00am – 8:00pm
Management’s proposal will be provided at the meeting. Drop by anytime during the times above. Staff and Bargaining Team members will be available to answer questions before you vote.
You must be present and a...
Your UFCW 21 Bargaining Team has been in negotiations with Macy’s management since February. Since then, Management continues to make proposals that will have negative impacts on workers and their families.
What we want is:
Respectable pay that honors our work at Macy’s, and fair wages that will not divide us as workers
An affordable health care plan that will benefit all
Fair scheduling and...
Your UFCW 21 Union Bargaining team at Mason General Hospital have approved a one year extension to the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. Due to the current economic environment, the confusion over the outcome of health care reform as well as other issues, a one year extension allows time for clarity on many of these items, so we are better prepared for 2013.
We appreciate that you...
Your UFCW 21 Union Bargaining Team at Highline Medical Center have approved a one year extension to the current Collective Bargaining Agreement. Due to the current economic environment, the confusion over the outcome of health care reform as well as other issues, a one year extension allows time for clarity on many of these items, so we are better prepared for 2013.
We appreciate that you...
On May 3, 2012, Union members at Ashley House voted to approve a contract extension that will expire January 31, 2013.
Highlights of Our New Contract Extension
Our agreement includes improvements on wages and protecting our health care.
Highlights of the agreement include:• 2.5% Step increase this year for all members, including a new step 18 for long term members•...
Moms Are the Magic Behind Macy's
We are excited for the upcoming Mother's Day actions to occur at seven of our Macy's stores, starting this week up until May 13. Have you signed up to participate? Standing together will be critical as we work to bargain a fair contract, so make sure to sign up for an action below:
May 7 – Southcenter Macy’s 11:30amAddress: 500 Southcenter Mall, TukwilaContact:...
To All Skagit Kidney Techs,
Management has given us a “last, best and final” contract proposal after only four bargaining sessions. We cannot accept this proposal with its wage freeze for this year, a half of 1% wage increase for each of the next two years and serious takeaways in our PTO plan.
We are notifying management that we do not believe we are finished bargaining and that we certainly...
Extension Vote Meeting
Wednesday, May 16th
Drop in between:11:30 AM - 1:00 PMMain Hospital Conference Roomor3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Main Hospital Conference Room
Members need to be present to vote and all ballots will be counted at 5:00 PM.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Myle Dahlke, at the Union Office at 360-662-1989 or speak to any of the UFCW 21 Bargaining Committee listed...
Our next bargaining session will be on May 10. It is our hope that the outstanding issues can be resolved at this session and that we will be able to vote a recommended offer on May 17. However, if we fail to reach an agreement, the union member Bargaining Team will recommend a vote to “reject” the proposal.
On May 11 we will send you an update about how the meeting went on May 10. Either way, it...
Extension Vote Meeting
Wednesday, May 16thDrop in between:11:30 AM - 1:00 PMConference Room Aor3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Board RoomMembers need to be present to vote and all ballots will be counted at 5:00 PM.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact Charles Primm, at the Union Office at 206-436-6518 or speak to any of the Labor Management Cooperation Committee listed below.
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Difficult Bargaining at HighlineOne Year Extension Recommended
Your UFCW 21 Bargaining Committee met recently to discuss upcoming bargaining at Highline Medical Center. We hoped that bargaining in 2012 would be fairly straightforward. However, 2012 has provided us with very difficult choices and challenges.
We have many unresolved issues that make 2012 bargaining difficult. We have concerns as to...
Our Macy’s Bargaining Team met with Macy’s management on April 11-12 to continue 2012 contract negotiations. Topics include:
• Wages: Macy’s wage proposal says that any associate over the top of the pay scale would not see a raise. With the commission buyout that Macy’s also proposed, anyone at the top of the scale in 2011 who made commission may not see a pay raise at ratification and...
Your UFCW 21 Union Bargaining Committee met to discuss upcoming bargaining with Mason General Hospital. We hoped that bargaining would be fairly straight-forward, but we are facing difficult choices:
Self-funded health care: Mason General pays for all claims incurred by employees and they do not pay a provider. When health care reform was put into place it was supposed to make health care...
After a difficult start in 2012 in regards to the economy, UFCW 21 and Tomlinson Linen have agreed to additional wage increases for employees in 2012 and 2013.
This includes:
• Employees going through the break in scale will continue as normal. Employees with 2 years of service or more will receive an additional $.15 cents per hour increase this year and an additional $.15...
Our Macy’s Bargaining Team met with Macy’s management on March 28 to continue 2012 contract negotiations. Topics include:
• Wages: Still no Macy’s proposal for general wage increases. But they have proposed a wage scale with all new hires starting a dime (or less) above minimum wage creating a two-tiered workforce among Macy’s associates.
• Medical Benefits: Macy’s has proposed that they choose a...
Wage and Health Care Issues Remain, Progress on Low Census
The vast majority of workers signed the petition, which was presented to Management on March 15. Soon after we all wore our Standing Together buttons to show our ongoing solidarity. Workers at Providence Everett have also worn the Standing Together buttons to show their support.
After coming together in our collective actions, we went...
Our union member Bargaining Team held meetings with Rite Aid Management and a Federal Mediator on March 12 and 13. Management may be open to considering an alternative to their employer health care proposal which has been an issue in negotiations.
Management stated in the meetings that they would be open to us looking into other health care plans. This positive development is an opportunity for...
A new three year contract was approved on March 22nd. While the economic environment was not ideal, workers still made advances.
• The biggest change was making all wage step progressions at Step 9 and above annual increases, which is being reduced from three years. Sixty percent of employees at Jefferson County will feel the impact of this over the term of the agreement.• No changes were made to...
Our Macy’s Union Member Bargaining Team met again on March 21st to continue talks on our 2012 contract negotiations. Topics include:
• Commission: Macy’s proposes that hourly wage for new hires in the Draw vs Commission pay structure be lowered by 10% if they do not meet commissions. Lowering pay rates at the employer’s discretion if these new hires do not make draw does not reflect our Union’s...
