We’ve met with Management’s Bargaining Team several times over the past few months. We are making significant progress and have reached tentative agreements on various articles of the contract. Most recently, we’ve been exchanging package proposals. Management is...
We’ve met with Management’s Bargaining team several times over the past few months. We are making significant progress and have reached tentative agreements on several non-economic articles of the contract. However, Management continues to claim that, due to...
We have met with Management’s Bargaining Team several times over the last few months. Your Union Bargaining Team has been working hard to address the priority issues you and your coworkers have identified. We’ve made good progress. We reached tentative agreements on...
Congratulations on winning your first contract and welcome to our union, OPEIU Local 8. We are so excited to have you join. You can now visit your workplace dashboard to view your contract, Shop Steward(s), workplace updates, and more. (For quick access, click here to...
Our bargaining team met with management again on July 8th and 9th. After hearing from management that they were not ready to move on their previous offer, our team countered with a creative and fair proposal that allows for predictability and stability for our members...
NEW SHOP STEWARD TRAINING Tuesday, July 14 6 - 7:30 PM Online via Zoom The contract doesn’t enforce itself and rights don’t defend themselves. That’s why we need trained, engaged members to lead Local 8! If this sounds like you, or you're interested to learn more,...
WFSE workers have been hit hard by historically high gas prices this year, and with no end in sight our leaders on the Union Management Committee pushed WFSE to negotiate the impact on members pursuant to Sections 11.1 and 39.10 of the Collective Bargaining...
Sea Mar's Proposal Is Bad for Us All We are very disappointed by Sea Mar’s proposal of raising the cost of our healthcare on us. Many of us do not make enough to afford high premiums – And that’s why Sea Mar’s proposal to charge for medical could cost us $300-$1,100...
It’s Time to Get Ready for Bargaining! Our Union contract is set to be negotiated later this year and it’s time to get ready. Your Union Representative, Erin Adamson, will be at the Mercer Island office on the 2nd Monday of...
Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are becoming increasingly common in workplaces and we understand that SHA wants to implement a policy that would allow employees to use certain AI tools in the course of your work. We also recognize that employees may have different...