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NLRB Rule Speeding Up Union Elections Overturned, But Could Quickly Be Revived (5/16/12)
A new National Labor Relations Board ruling speeding up union elections - praised by union activists and overturned on a technicality by a Federal Judge on Monday - could return soon.
New Contract for Indiana RWDSU Members (5/11/12)
Members of RWDSU Local 835, who work for Unilever Manufacturing at the Good Humor-Breyer Ice Cream plant in Huntington, Indiana, voted overwhelmingly to accept a new 5-year Agreement. The new contract provides a thirty-five cent per hour wage increase each year, and maintains the employee pension program.
The contract also provides increases to the weekly accident and sickness benefit each year and it provides language improvements in the areas of job bidding, holidays and severance pay that will benefit members.
Bloomingdale’s Workers Ratify New Five-Year Contract (5/2/12)
A “Miracle on 59th Street” that Will Impact Entire Retail Industry
New York, New York—Today the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), UFCW announced the ratification of a new five year contract with Bloomingdale’s covering 2000 workers at the company’s flagship store on East 59th Street in New York City.
RWDSU President Slams Bloomberg on Wage Speech (4/25/12)
Walmart Stock Falls in Wake of Bribery Scandal (4/24/12)
An article in the New York Times details the fallout of the Walmart bribery scandal. Read it here:
Press Reports on Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal (4/23/12)
Media outlets are reporting on the Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal, and what it might mean for the retail chain's chances of opening stores in the New York Market.
New York Observer
RWDSU Slams Walmart's Reported Bribery, Calls for Immediate Investigation into Walmart (4/22/12)
Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) UFCW, made the following statement today:
RWDSU Statement on Living Wage Bill (4/20/12)
Press Reports on Bloomingdale's Rally, Local 3 Members' Fight For Fair Contract (4/19/12)
A number of stories have hit the press, reporting on RWDSU Local 3 members and their fight for a new, fair contract, and their rally yesterday at Bloomingdale's in New York City.
Read more about it:
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