This resolution was passed unanimously after amendment at the November 2nd 2023 all-store meeting. NSLU normally publishes motion and resolution texts only in the meeting minutes of these meetings, but this resolution is of special importance to current events and is here published as it was adop...

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 November 9th, New Seasons Labor Union and New Seasons Market met to bargain for eight hours at Lloyd Center. Having previously reached tentative agreement on reasonable seating, labor-management committees, non-discrimination and harassment, force majeure, and severability, Thursday’s bargaini...

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 ...

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...

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 ...