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...

March All-Store Meeting Recap Members assembled on March 7th to decide on behalf of NSLU. The meeting was at the Musician’s local 99 hall due to a scheduling conflict. Future meetings will be back at Kenilworth Presbyterian Church. Just Cause Ballot Measure Endorsed Mathew Fennell, the presid...

Welcome everyone to the new New Seasons Labor Union web site! It has been a busy 3-4 week development process, but we are finally ready to launch! Posts prior to today are reposted from the old site, so the authoring date is not correct on them. Please bear with us through any other growing pains.

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 ...