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...

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...

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...

Dear coworkers, At today’s bargaining session, the company asked to reduce your breaks to 10 minutes, and for language that would let them get rid of “lifestyle scheduling”, and provide no guaranteed hours for staff. We have waited over a year for a company proposal on hours of work, only to rec...

NSLU met with New Seasons on March 26th for an all-day bargaining session. Package Proposal NSLU heard the latest counter-proposal from NSM on the package of articles including Discipline & Discharge, Grievance & Arbitration, Rights of Union Stewards, and Strikes & Lockouts. The c...

The bargaining team met with the company on February 21st and 22nd to negotiate the collective bargaining agreement. Most time was spent trading counter-proposals on a package deal of 4 articles that would exchange the right to strike while the contract is in force for the right to just cause ...

On October 24th and 25th, NSLU’s all-worker bargaining team met with the company for a second round of in-person bargaining. No tentative agreements were reached, but the company moved from its entrenched position on the attendance policy, and submitted counter-offers on a grievance procedure, st...

NSLU Files Charges for Bad-Faith Bargaining On September 11th, New Seasons Labor Union filed labor board charges against New Seasons management for bargaining in bad faith, an unfair labor practice. The charges follow the contentious August 24th bargaining session in which NSM hard-lined their ...