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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

2.1 Pursuant to and in conformance with Section 8(a)3 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, as amended, it shall be a condition of employment that all employees covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing on the effective date of this Agreement shall remain members in good standing, and those who are not members on the effective date of this Agreement shall, on the thirtieth (30th) day following the effective date of this Agreement, become and remain members in good standing in the Union. It shall also be a condition of employment that all employees covered by this Agreement and hired on or after its effective date shall, on the thirtieth (30th) day following the beginning of such employment, become and remain members in good standing in the Union. For the purpose of this Article, the execution date of this Agreement shall be considered as its effective date.

2.1.1 The tendering of initiation fee and periodic dues uniformly required as a condition of continued membership shall constitute good standing in the Union for the purpose of this Article.

2.2 The Employer shall discharge any employee as to whom the Union, through its authorized representative, delivers to the Employer’s Main Office a written notice that such employee is not in good standing in conformity with this Article. For the purpose of establishing uniform rules for the application of this paragraph of the Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

2.2.1 If a newly hired employee fails to apply for Union membership, or if an employee fails to comply with the requirements of continued membership as set forth above, the Union will serve a letter upon the Employer requesting that such employee be terminated.

2.2.2 Upon receipt of a letter requesting termination of an employee who has not complied with Article 2 of the Agreement, the Employer shall (on the same date, if the employee is working on that date) immediately notify such employee that if he/she has not complied with the Union membership requirements of Article 2 of the Agreement within 14 days from the date of written request for termination, his/her employment shall automatically be terminated.

2.2.3 The Union agrees to withdraw any letter of termination if an employee, with respect to whom such letter has been served, shall complete his membership requirements within the time limit specified in 2.2.1 and 2.2.2.

2.2.4 Whenever the Union requires the discharge of any employee in connection with the Union security clause of this Contract, the Union shall hold the Employer harmless and shall indemnify the Employer against loss, as a result of relying upon the direction of the Union in terminating any employee. The Employer agrees that when the Union notifies the Employer within three (3) days of the original notice, that the reason for the termination was a bona fide clerical error, the Employer will reinstate the employee to his former position on the next weekly schedule.

2.3 Each month, the Employer shall provide an electronic report of all new hires and terminations. Such report shall include the employees’ first name, middle initial and last name, social security number, phone number (home and/or cell), email (if available), store #/work location, department, job classification, wage rate, date of hire/rehire and/or date of termination.

Each quarter, the Employer shall provide an electronic report of all employees covered under the current bargaining agreement. Such report shall include the employees’ first name, middle initial and last name, social security number, address, phone number (home and/or cell), email (if available), store #/work location, department, job classification, wage rate, and date of hire/rehire.

2.4 No employee shall be disciplined or discharged except for just cause. The Employer shall be the judge of the competency and qualifications of his employees and shall make such judgment fairly. The Employer’s judgment is subject to review by an Arbitrator.

2.4.1 There exists one (1) 90-calendar day probationary period for new employees. If an employee is terminated during this probationary period, such terminations are not subject to Article 17 of this Agreement. This ninety (90) day period shall be extended by the amount of time the employee is absent from or unavailable for work due to medical reasons during the probationary period. The Employer must notify both the employee and the Union in writing, prior to the completion of the probationary period, of their intent to extend the probationary period.

2.5 No employee shall be discharged or discriminated against for any lawful Union activity, including performing service on a Union committee outside of business hours or for reporting to the Union the violation of any provisions of the Labor Agreement, providing such activities shall not interfere with the normal performance of the employee’s work.

2.6 The Employer agrees that it will not require any employee or prospective employee to take a polygraph (lie detector) test as a condition of employment or continued employment.