{"id":10828,"date":"2026-04-21T18:16:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/skagit-regional-health-contract-ratifies-ufcw-3000\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T18:16:45","slug":"skagit-regional-health-contract-ratifies-ufcw-3000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/skagit-regional-health-contract-ratifies-ufcw-3000\/","title":{"rendered":"Skagit Regional Health Contract Ratifies! &#8211; UFCW 3000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.<br \/>On Friday, April 17, healthcare workers at Skagit Regional Health, with a 98% acceptance rate, ratified their new contract. The new contract was ratified after a day of well-attended vote meetings. Our Bargaining Team is proud of the work we accomplished at the table\u2014and proud to share this win with all of our coworkers.<br \/><strong>Finalizing the Contract:<\/strong>&nbsp;Our union and SRH will now work to finalize and sign the new Agreement. Once completed, printed copies will be distributed throughout the medical center.<br \/><strong>Access in the Meantime:<\/strong>&nbsp;Redlined versions of the fully ratified Agreement and the summary will be uploaded to our union&#8217;s website so we can review and enforce our new contract in the meantime.<br \/><strong>Wage Increases:<\/strong> Our new wages will go into effect on May 11; the new rates, plus the ratification bonus, will be on the May 28 check.<br \/>If you have any questions about our new Union Contract, please reach out to our Union Rep, Marilyn Faber, at 360-419-4678, or contact a member of our Bargaining Team!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our Bargaining Team:<\/strong>&nbsp;Marilyn Faber, Union Rep; Cindy Tjaden; Isabel Contreras; Kalisa Dolph; Britney Myers-Fuller; Ashley Price; Briana Hovsepian; Graydon Hingey; Michael Koenig; Annalise Pasillas; Elizabeth Major; Alina Delano; Michael Schwartz, Daniel Booker (Hospice of the Northwest), Celia Ponce-Sanchez, Union Rep.<\/p>\n<p>We are the Union. The members of UFCW 3000 are over 50,000 members working in grocery, retail, health care, meat packing, cannabis, &amp; other industries across Washington state, north-east Oregon, and northern Idaho. UFCW 3000 is a chartered member of UFCW International with over 1.4 million workers in North America.<br \/>To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.<br \/><a href=\"\/ufcw-21-events\">See all events&gt;<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ufcw3000.org\/stories\"><strong>UFCW 3000 Member Stories!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>Copyright \u00a9&nbsp;2024 UFCW 3000<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxOZGdUakJwbmZaSEM4bExzMGI5TlM2R09ZWGNGN1oxZnlBZk9UM3lqa3dHeGwtdFJjaEFOMDdVSVdOUko3cEx6TFlkbUpRR05FZXp1TXBTcXpGS1J5Y1A2Zk12TjJsS09maVJlVDgyOUlxb3E0akdtNFlhSnM0MW5BbU5qSQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To build a powerful Union that fights for economic, political and social justice in our workplaces and in our communities.On Friday, April 17, healthcare workers at Skagit Regional Health, with a 98% acceptance rate, ratified their new contract. The new contract was ratified after a day of well-attended vote meetings. 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