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Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO @wslc.bsky.social · 7d

🎉🤝 Welcome to the WSLC family UFCW 3000!

WSLC President April Sims: “With 58,000 more labor siblings joining the WSLC family, we’re energized for the work ahead. United, we can protect workers’ rights, grow worker power, & ensure working families across Washington can thrive.”

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · 12d

Our union mourns the sudden loss UFCW 324 President Andrea Zinder. Andrea stood shoulder-to-shoulder with UFCW 3000 in the fight against the Kroger–Albertsons merger, in countless organizing campaigns, and in building worker power. Solidarity forever.✊

A picture of UFCW 324 President Andrea Zinder

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · 23d

Solidarity forever: QFC workers ratified an agreement to allow displaced Fred Meyer workers to transfer into open QFC positions while retaining their union seniority. This ensures a fair transfer for 700+ workers whose jobs were put at risk by Kroger’s store closures. ufcw3000.org/news/2025/9/...

Ratified! — UFCW 3000

On Friday, Sept 19, QFC grocery store workers ratified a Letter of Understanding (LOU) that allows displaced UFCW 3000 members at Fred Meyer stores to transfer into open QFC positions while retaining ...

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · 23d

Our communities have had it with Kroger's corporate greed. We're fighting back on all fronts, and we're fighting for fresh food for all. Learn more at our Fresh Food for All Community Town Hall this Saturday from 2-4 at the Seattle Labor Temple. Link in bio.

“Kroger’s closures put profit over people, plain and simple,” said Faye Guenther, president of UFCW 3000.

“Unfortunately, due to a steady rise in theft and a challenging regulatory environment that adds significant costs, we can no longer make these stores financially viable,” a Fred Meyer spokesperson told Supermarket News. “Despite doubling our safety and security investment over the past years, these challenges remain.”

Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin, for example, this week called for a resolution rebuking Kroger for its decision to close the store there.

“The closure will result in the loss of jobs and significantly impact food and retail access in Everett’s most diverse and economically challenged communities,” Franklin’s proposal states. “This resolution expresses the City Council’s solidarity with affected workers and residents, calls on Kroger to reconsider its decision and urges reinvestment in employees and the neighborhood.”

Meanwhile, a class-action labor lawsuit against Fred Meyer alleging the chain violated Washington state law by prohibiting hourly workers from holding second jobs was moved to a federal court this week. The suit was determined to potentially include several thousand workers in multiple states, who could receive a total of at least $81.3 million.

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · 24d

Fred Meyer workers spoke, and Everett listened. Last night, the council condemned Kroger for closing the Casino Road store, putting the city on record: Our communities come before Wall Street greed.

Fred Meyer Workers gathered together in the Everett WA City Council Chambers.

A Fred Meyer worker speaks at the Everett City Council Meeting.

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · 25d

Our members were at the Everett City Council meeting last night speaking out against this store closure and in support of the resolution against it.

UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · 25d

Kroger is closing Fred Meyer stores in our region for one reason: corporate greed. They're abandoning working class communities in search of higher profits. Tune into the Everett City Council meeting at 6:30 pm tonight to hear the real story from workers.

The Everett City Council is expected to vote Wednesday night on a resolution criticizing Kroger’s decision to close a Fred Meyer store in South Everett—a move Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin calls “corporate neglect.”

“It betrays the community’s trust,” Franklin said.

“Crime is down all over in that area, but shoplifting is down by 80%, and that is a significant decrease,” she told KIRO Newsradio. “We put in the effort. We made those investments, yet the store didn’t, you know, continue to invest in their facility.”

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · 26d

Join UFCW 3000’s Community Town Hall on Saturday, Sept. 20 for a discussion on these topics with elected officials, workers, shoppers, and other members of our communities. RSVP at: www.mobilize.us/ufcw3000/eve...

www.mobilize.us

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Sep 8

Join UFCW 3000’s Community Town Hall on Saturday, Sept. 20 for a discussion on these topics with elected officials, workers, shoppers, and other members of our communities. RSVP at: www.mobilize.us/ufcw3000/eve...

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Sep 8

The evidence continues to mount: Kroger's closures are about selling out working-class communities.

Text on a slide reading: "In an Aug. 22 tele-meeting with Farivar and other local lawmakers, Kroger indicated that it regards the store, on a 5.5-acre parcel at 13000 Lake City Way NE, to be less profitable as a grocery-and-retail operation than as a real estate investment."

Text reading: During that meeting, Kroger officials said they were planning what’s known as a request for proposals, or RFP, to redevelop the Lake City site. They also said Kroger was open to an outright sale of the property, which was recently assessed at $25 million, mostly for the land.

Text reading " Pollet, the state representative, said Kroger didn’t appear interested in discussing ways to actually address its stated concerns.
He said it was “telling” that one of the Kroger executives in the meeting was the company’s head of real estate, which “would not seem to be relevant to concerns about theft and the (regulatory) issues that they raised.”

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Sep 4

The gap between reality and Kroger's talking points keeps widening. The company is closing stores in our working-class neighborhoods because of corporate greed — full stop. www.kentreporter.com/business/cri...

Text reading: The number of crime incidents dropped 38% (158 to 98) from 2022 to 2024, according to Kent Police case reports obtained by the Kent Reporter through a public records request. The number of thefts dropped 48% (62 to 32) over the same period.

Text Reading: “Kroger’s statements to reporters blaming closures on ‘a challenging regulatory environment’ and ‘a steady rise in theft’ do not appear to comport with reality, so far as we can tell,” - UFCW 3000

“The company plans to close 60 stores across the country — they’re closing five stores in Georgia, a handful of stores in Tennessee, and also stores in other states with the lowest possible minimum wage in the country, so that excuse seems thin.” - UFCW 3000

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Aug 29

To kick off Labor Day weekend, we are excited to announce that the nurses at the Mary Bridge Transfer Center voted to join our union. Now they will begin bargaining over their wages, benefits, and working conditions with the strength of a 56,000-member local behind them! #solidarity

A picture of two women wearing a UFCW 3000 t-shirt and holding a UFCW 3000 bandana.

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Aug 29

Labor Day is a holiday won by workers, for workers. It’s a day to celebrate the rights we’ve fought for, honor the struggles that got us here, & recommit to building a stronger future together. Join us at one of the events happening across our state to stand in solidarity and celebrate workers.

A split picture of workers marching in modern times with pickets (to the left) and to the right workers from the early 1900s marching. Text reads LABOR DAY MEANS WORKERS TAKING ACTION!

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is a racist war on the entire working class by an authoritarian administration with no regard for the law.

Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · Aug 25

Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in

The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Aug 23

Solidarity with our union siblings at SEIU 6! Security officers deserve higher wages, affordable family healthcare, and respect on the job.

A picture of UFCW 3000 members and SEIU 6 members standing in solidarity at a rally.

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Aug 21

On August 24, 2018, UFCW 21 held a signing ceremony to celebrate the ratification of the state’s first cannabis contract, at Have a Heart cannabis dispensaries. The contract delivered above-average compensation for the industry, comprehensive health and welfare coverage and other benefits.

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Shirley Leung, PhD @shirleyswirley.bsky.social · Aug 20

Here are our unsolicited thoughts about Lake City Fred Meyer closing. It’s the end of Lake City as we know it. The ppl who work there are pillars of the community. There is a father and son who have worked there together for many years. They know people’s names and answer the phone when you call to

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Aug 18

Join Jaz Brisack, a leader of the Starbucks and Tesla union movements, for an evening discussion on stories from the front lines of helping organize our workplaces.

Conversation with Jaz Brisack · UFCW 3000

Join Jaz Brisack, a leader of the Starbucks and Tesla union movements, for an evening discussion on stories from the front lines of helping organize our workplaces.

www.mobilize.us

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UFCW 3000 @ufcw3000.bsky.social · Aug 15

This summer, hospitals across Washington took a few more steps toward implementing the new safer staffing law, a union member-led measure to help nurses deliver the level of care their patients deserve. At St. Michael Medical Center, the process worked well enough, but nurses have notes📝...

The Struggle to Bust Free from Staffing Stasis — UFCW 3000

This summer, hospitals across the state took a few more big steps toward implementing Washington’s safer staffing law, a union member-led measure to help nurses deliver the level of care their patient...

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