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...

Ten days after a swath of NSLU members descended on New Season’s corporate office to demand the company end its illegally discriminatory attendance rules, New Seasons has not only failed to come into compliance with the law, but doubled down on its draconian aims. In Thursday’s bargaining sessi...

July Bargaining Update It was a big month for bargaining! After a hiatus in June, NSM and NSLU met for two bargaining sessions in July: one all-day session and one half-day. The majority of these sessions consisted of New Seasons countering several proposals we have made over the last few month...

This round of bargaining began with discussion over the company rescinding Covid protections for staff effective at the beginning of January, which have been the primary focus of the ongoing pickets at NSM stores. At the close of the last bargaining session, NSLU’s Bargaining Team made a proposal...

April Bargaining Updates NSLU and NSM met up at the bargaining table twice during the month of April, on the 11th and 27th. At these sessions a number of important proposals and counter-proposals were made on Attendance, Stewards Rights, the Grievance Process, Bargaining Unit Work, and more! The ...