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Press Release, Organizing Chelsea Connor Press Release, Organizing Chelsea Connor

REI workers from across the country who have unionized with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) hiked to REI’s national headquarters in Issaquah, Washington, where they delivered their unified national platform to the company and called on management to bargain in good faith at tables outside – bringing bargaining to their literal doorstep.

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Press Release, Political Maria DiPasquale Press Release, Political Maria DiPasquale

Retail Workers, RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, Members and Leadership of RWDSU Local Unions, Bill Sponsors Senator Jessica Ramos and Assemblymember Karines Reyes and Champions of The Retail Worker Safety Act Addressed Increasing Retail Violence and Harassment In New York

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Union News, Collective Bargaining Maria DiPasquale Union News, Collective Bargaining Maria DiPasquale

Walgreens workers in West Virginia just ratified their 3 year contract. Over 350 workers finally won a discipline timeline so the company can no longer pull them into the office and issue discipline for something that allegedly happened 3 months ago.

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Press Release, Organizing Chelsea Connor Press Release, Organizing Chelsea Connor

Barnes & Noble workers at the West 82nd Street Store in New York City filed for their union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking representation with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Their filing follows five overwhelming union votes nationwide by workers at Barnes & Noble Inc. and one at Barnes & Noble Education so far. When successful, workers at this store will join two other unionized stores in New York City including the Flagship at Union Square and the Park Slope, Brooklyn store. There have also been a streak of wins by the RWDSU at independent booksellers in the area, including McNally Jackson, Goods for the Study, Greenlight Bookstore and Book Culture…

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