UFCW Local 367

Today we honor the day when the last enslaved people in the United States, a quarter million strong, learned they were free.

The confederate military had been disbanded 24 days earlier, the Confederacy had fallen 71 days prior, and President Lincoln had declared their freedom 900 days before... but June 19th, 1865 is when it finally became real. 161 years later we still feel the long shadow of slavery.

This day does not only mark the end of slavery but the start of rebuilding a country where that freedom is real and felt by everyone. We honor that history today, and the generations who have fought, and continue to fight, for freedom that's more than a promise on paper.

Solidarity!

BREAKING: Workers at Embassy Suites in Seattle are on strike, next to the World Cup stadium! We are demanding protections from ICE, fair pay, pre-pandemic staffing levels, and year-round healthcare. You can donate to the workers' strike fund here: https://app.moonclerk.com/pay/4irgxeme6nod

Join our union sibling from UFCW 3000, Andre Dusablon, as he speaks on "Organized Labor, Climate Change & Our Common Future".

Climate change is affecting working people on the job and in their personal lives. Unions have the power to drive local political action on climate change, and this forum will review past actions and explore future opportunities for the labor movement.

Free and open to the public, starting at 6pm June 23 at the Soul Cafe in Olympia. Find out more at the link in the comments

Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup are currently in contract negotiations with their employer, MultiCare. They are asking the people to sign a letter in support of a fair contract which would tackle the staffing issues that drive nurse burnout and erode patient care.

Corporate greed recognizes no limits, so solidarity must cross industry lines. UFCW 367 stands with them.

Add your name to the letter and show the MultiCare CEO that these nurses have their community's support. Link in comments

Getting terminated feels like the end but for Karlene, it wasn't. She reached out to her rep and together they made the case. A simple mistake can be a serious learning experience. She got her job back and now Karlene has a second chance at a life-long career.

A termination is severe but it isn't always the last word.

Congratulations to all the recent graduates of the South Sound Organizing School!

The staff at Nexus Legal Counsel have joined UFCW 367, and we're proud to welcome them into our union family.

What makes this moment especially worth celebrating is how it happened. The law firm chose to voluntarily recognize the staff's overwhelming choice to unionize. There were no delays, no resistance, no drawn-out fight. Here's a leader who understands something too many employers miss: unions are good for business.

Organized workplaces have lower turnover, higher productivity, and stronger employee trust. When workers have a seat at the table, everyone benefits — including the employer. Workers don't always organize because the system is broken. Sometimes they organize because they know what they have is worth protecting. Now the process will start with open hands instead of closed fists holding picket signs.

We look forward to getting to the bargaining table and building something good together.

Welcome, siblings. You deserve this.

Five hundred years of colonialism, resource theft, and labor exploitation — the Solidarity Committee is kicking off a book club around it. Eduardo Galeano's "Open Veins of Latin America" is one of the most important books ever written about who extracts wealth and who loses it.

Learn more and RSVP at the link in the comments