Click here for the full text of President Stuart Appelbaum's speech to the 21st RWDSU Convention.

RWDSU delegates, alternates, and guests have come together in Orlando, Florida, ready to take part in the 21st Quadrennial RWDSU Convention. They came from across the U.S. and Canada, from communities in Mississipi to cities in Northern Ontario.

Momentum continues to grow for living wage legislation in New York City, as the Living Wage NYC Campaign announced yesterday that a majority of New York City Council members have now signed on in support of the Fair Wages for New Yorkers Act (Intro 251). The legislation would require developers who receive major taxpayer-funded subsidies to pay at least a living wage for the permanent jobs they create.

RWDSU Local 220 members picket Bowman Apple Products in Virginia today. 

Peter Moss (left) and Craig Proulx are among the new RWDSU members at the Petawawa fire department.  

When the 38 paid on call firefighters in Petawawa, Ontario, joined the RWDSU, they did so primarily because they felt they had a lack of input on the job and a say in procedures. Now, thanks to their first RWDSU contract, things have changed for the Local 431 members.

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The Summer 2010 issue of the RWDSU Record is now available online in full.

Download the issue, and read about the brave fight against corporate greed by RWDSU Local 220 members in Williamson, New York, and about over 1,400 workers who have recently won a RWDSU voice.

Read about this and news from all around the RWDSU, in the latest RWDSU Record.