Contract effective 5/8/2022 - 5/3/2025 (8/7/2022 - 8/2/2025 Snohomish County)

Agreement by and between ALLIED EMPLOYERS, INC and UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION LOCAL NO. 3000

Chartered by UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO

Grocery (King and Snohomish Counties)

This Agreement is entered into by and between Allied Employers, Inc., referred to hereinafter as the “Employer,” and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 3000, referred to hereinafter as the “Union.”

It is the intent and purpose of the Employer and the Union to promote and improve Labor Management relations between them and to set forth herein the basic terms of Agreement covering wages, hours and conditions of employment to be observed by the parties of this Agreement.

In consideration of the mutual promises and agreements between the parties hereto, and in consideration of their mutual desire in promoting the efficient conduct of business and in providing for the orderly settlement of disputes between them, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows:

1.1 Allied Employers, Inc. hereby recognizes United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 3000 as the sole and exclusive Collective Bargaining Agency for a unit consisting of all employees employed in the Employer’s present and future grocery stores, including concessions under the direct control of the Employer party to this Agreement, located in King and Snohomish Counties, State of Washington, with respect to rates of pay, hours, and other conditions of employment except and excluding employees whose work is performed within a meat, culinary, prescription or bakery production department location of the retail establishment, supervisory employees within the meaning of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 as amended, and employees presently covered by a grocery contract between Allied Employers, Inc., and Teamsters Local No. 38 and employees coming under a grocery contract with Teamsters Local No. 38 pursuant to the application of the accretion clause. Subject to the preceding exclusions and the terms of Section 15.1 of Article 15, all work of handling and selling of merchandise in such retail stores covered by this Agreement shall be performed only by employees of the Employer within the unit referred to above for which United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 3000 is recognized as the sole Collective Bargaining Agency by the Employers.

1.2 United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 3000 for and on behalf of its members, hereby recognizes Allied Employers, Inc. as the sole and exclusive Collective Bargaining Agency for all Employers who are designated as parties to this Agreement.

1.3 Any Employer, which as of the execution of this Agreement, has authorized Allied Employers, Inc. to represent them shall continue to be bound by this Agreement for its duration even though such Employer may hereafter cancel or withdraw such authorization.

1.4 Bakery Joint Jurisdiction: For Departments opened or converted after November 16, 1984, the parties agree that the jurisdiction of the Bake-Off/Deli Department or Bake-Off Department will be shared jointly with UFCW No. 3000 and Bakery & Confectionery Workers Local #9, which allows for the complete interchangeability of duties and work assignments between Clerks and Bakery Union employees within the Bake-Off/Deli Department or Bake-Off Department. It is agreed with Local No. 3000 that the Bakers Union will be guaranteed a minimum of one (1) member in each shop. Both the Bakers and the Clerks agree that the Bake- Off/Deli Department or Bake-Off Department will be entitled to one (1) exempt employee who will not be required to be a member of either Local.

1.4.1 Definition of Bake-Off: A shop will be considered a Bake-Off covered under this Agreement if it is producing less than 45% of the product from scratch dough. If the Bake-Off is producing more than 45% of the product from scratch, the terms of the UFCW 3000 Grocery Clerks Agreement will apply to the Sales portion of the Department and the Bakery & Confectionery Local #9 In-Store contract will apply to the Production portion of the Department. Product produced from mixes will be considered made from scratch for purposes of this Agreement