Who We Are
New Seasons Labor Union - UE Local 1010 began in the spring of 2022. Workers at the Seven Corners store, inspired by the success of independent organizing around the country, decided to form a new union from the ground up. Since then, our union has grown to represent nearly a thousand workers at ten stores.
In 2025, we affiliated with UE - A national independent union committed to aggressive struggle, social justice, and organizing the unorganized,
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If you work at an unrepresented New Seasons, you can join NSLU. Organizing campaigns are planned and run by rank-and-file workers.
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Latest News
Collective Bargaining Agreement
Seven Corners:The Employer, pursuant to a certification of the National Labor Relations Board (Case No. Case 19-RC-296617), dated September 15, 2022, recognizes the Union as the sole and exclusive collective bargaining agent of the Employer's regular full-time and regular part-time employees, inc...
Strike threat secures industry-leading contract for New Seasons workers.
More than 95% of members will make over $20/hr. The minimum rate for new hires will start at $19/hr and adjust to compensate for inflation through annual cost of living adjustments. Workers also won improved working conditions. Cashiers will now have the option to sit down. All employees will hav...
November 4th Bargaining Update
In our November 4th bargaining session, the company tentatively agreed to our proposal on Bargaining Unit Work, securing important protections for our jobs and hours. The company also made major concessions on Management Rights, allowing us to get a Tentative Agreement on an article that had rema...
October 23 Bargaining Update
At our October 23rd bargaining session, the company presented a full counter to our last set of proposals. Despite months of insisting that their previous offer was the best they could do, the company, in the face of an escalating strike threat, made numerous concessions on important issues. Thes...
October 2nd Bargaining Update
Today our Bargaining Committee met for contract bargaining with the company. Over the past few months, we have attempted to find acceptable compromises that can help us reach a resolution to this ongoing contract fight. Today, as part of that effort, we submitted a new package of counter-proposal...
Williams Workers Save Coworkers' Job
September 25, 2025Ethan H. from Williams, one of our bargaining committee co-chairs, was recently investigated for missing work to attend a bargaining session. New Seasons had previously agreed to “work release” meaning that staff on the bargaining team were allowed to miss work to attend the neg...
Members Launch Strike Pledge
September 25, 2025Workers packed Steeplejack Brewing on Thursday night to eat, drink, and celebrate the final push to a union contract. After 3 years of struggling, NSLU-UE has the resources to force a life-changing contract before the end of the year.The event began with Mark Meinster, UE’s nati...
Bargaining Update - May 2025
Greetings, NSLU! The Bargaining Committee met with the company on May 29th, presented them with your overwhelming rejection of the company’s attendance offer, and reached a Tentative Agreement on nine new contract articles.With 84% of votes rejecting the Company’s final attendance offer, you show...
Bargaining Update - April 2025
We met with the company on Thursday, April 3rd and presented counter proposals on all outstanding articles for the contract. We came down on wages and other, less-costly economic proposals. New Seasons’ current proposal is below inflation, and about half of staff would only get a $0.50 raise.New ...
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