RWDSU
The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) advances the interests and rights of working people.
- 📚✊ It's official! Workers at The Center for Fiction have won union recognition with RWDSU! From booksellers to baristas, workers stood together for a voice at work. A new chapter begins! www.rwdsu.org/news/center-... #UnionStrong #BookstoreWorkers #UnionYES #BookstoreUnion
- We’re rallying @reiunion stores during the biggest sale of the year to send a message to new CEO Mary Beth Laughton that enough is enough REI’s years and years long union busting is not what coop members want. Tell REI! Send a letter today: www.ourrei.com/letter #faircontractNOW
- All the news that's fit to print...OUT NOW! The May 2025 edition of the RWDSU Record is HERE, take a look at rwdsu.org/newspaper and make sure you get it right in your inbox by signing up: rwdsu.org/newrecord
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- On May 10, #union members came together to #StampOutHunger, the nation’s largest single-day food collection effort. Led by NALC, we all once again demonstrated the power of collective action. Read more about the day and @local338.bsky.social’s efforts: www.rwdsu.org/news/local-3...
- With the NJ Democratic primary just around the corner, union members across the state are stepping up to make sure their voices are heard at the ballot box. RWDSU Local 108 recently hit the road, visiting worksites. Learn more about their voter registration work: www.rwdsu.org/news/local-1...
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- In a powerful step forward for worker justice in the South, nursing home workers at Diversicare Pell City in Alabama have voted overwhelmingly to join the RWDSU, winning their union election and their seat at the table. www.rwdsu.org/news/diversi... #UnionYes #unionstrong
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- May is important to all Labor Unions around the world, as we commemorate worker gains during May Day, but it’s particularly special to the RWDSU. In May 1937, the RWDSU was originally chartered. Take a closer look at the article from the Times Union on May 20, 1937: www.rwdsu.org/news/1937-ti...
- #TBT to last week #MayDay when in New York City, RWDSU members from across our local unions marched with tens of thousands in Lower Manhattan to send a message to the billionaires who are threatening our rights and freedoms. Read more: www.rwdsu.org/news/may-day...
- RWDSU Local 1102 members at Animal Care Centers of NYC — on the front lines of caring for the city’s most vulnerable pets and strays — have won a new 3yr union contract that reflects their essential work and unwavering compassion. #1U Read more: www.rwdsu.org/news/acc-110...
- Two Borden’s Dairy plants united for one strong new 3-year contract, proving that what it means to be in a #union goes well beyond the pages of a contract! Read more about this VICTORY: www.rwdsu.org/news/bordens...
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- On #WorldBookDay, we’re celebrating the collective power of unionized booksellers! In just the last six months, workers have ratified strong new union contracts at: -Strand Bookstore, @uaw.org 2179 -Book Culture, RWDSU -McNally Jackson/Goods for the Study, RWDSU
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- LISTEN: Ashley Hamilton, @reiunion.bsky.social Greensboro, recently joined Heartland Labor Forum to discuss the fight for a first contract at REI! REI members who spent $10+ last year can support unionized workers by visiting votenorei.com and withholding your vote from REI’s Board candidates.
- Happy #NationalPetDay to all our furry union pals! Featured here are two iconic union pets: Tuffy the cat, who famously joined the CBL worker picket line in March 1989, and Kuma the Little Black Pug, who stopped to support striking REI Union SoHo ski shop workers on the picket line in December 2024.
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- ICYMI: the workers who make Cheez-It crackers for Kellanova out of Kansas City, Kansas recently ratified a new contract! RWDSU Local 184-L members have some of the most enviable @uniondrip.bsky.social in the game. For more details: www.rwdsu.org/news/kellano...
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- Last night, President Donald Trump issued an executive order which stripped more than 75% of all federal workers of their collective bargaining rights. In response, RWDSU President @stunyc.bsky.social issued the following statement: www.rwdsu.org/news/rwdsu-s...
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- How can anybody not be romantic about union organizing? Happy #OpeningDay to the @mlbpa.bsky.social and all the union baseball fans! ⚾
- Hey RWDSU members: the RWDSU Record has officially gone digital! Stay up to date on news from around the union! Check out the first edition that hit inboxes this morning: www.rwdsu.org/campaigns/vi... Subscribe to ensure you receive the next edition: www.rwdsu.org/newrecord
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- CONTRACT VICTORY: congratulations to RWDSU Local 184-L members who work for Kellanova in Kansas City, Kansas on their new three-year agreement! Excitingly, the company has agreed to pick up 95% of the cost of RWDSU healthcare. Read more contract details: www.rwdsu.org/news/kellanova-contract-2025
- Congrats to RWDSU Local 1102 members at Greenlight Bookstore and Yours Truly, Brooklyn stationery store, who unanimously ratified a new union contract last week! The contract includes significant wage increases, safe staffing provisions, and improvements to PTO benefits, among other improvements.
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- Today, the USDA announced new waivers to increase line speeds in poultry and pork plants. Prez @stunyc.bsky.social of RWDSU, which represents over 15,000 poultry workers across the southern U.S., issued the following statement: "The USDA must make worker safety a priority, not profits."
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- The RWDSU is out here in Foley Square, rallying and marching with fellow New Yorkers to say: STOP THE CUTS! We will not be silent: no cuts to working people to fund tax breaks for billionaires and corporations!
- Let's welcome @reiunion.bsky.social to Bluesky in the most appropriate way: visit votenorei.com!
- The REI Board of Directors election has begun! Sadly, only candidates handpicked by the current Board were included on the ballot: REI rejected pro-worker candidates endorsed by the REI Union. Vote WITHHOLD to show that you reject REI’s undemocratic structure and rampant union busting: votenorei.com
- Congrats to Bloomington Barnes & Noble workers who voted to ratify their 1st union contract on Saturday! RWDSU Prez @stunyc.bsky.social: "The B&N unionization effort continues to spread across the country, & workers this month have shown a fair contract is not only possible, it's well within reach."
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- New Yorkers: #ShopUnion at bookstores unionized with RWDSU & @uaw.org Local 2179! Together, we represent ~40% of locations of the major corporate & independent chain bookstores in NYC. With Barnes & Noble Union workers ratifying their 1st contracts this week, it’s easier than ever to support unions!
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- Reposted by RWDSUBarnes and Noble workers have won a historic first union contract at the company. Workers organized with @rwdsu.bsky.social just ratified their first union contract at three NYC locations. The contract brings the minimum wage up to between $23.00-$25.00, improves healthcare, and more.
- BREAKING: Barnes & Noble workers have ratified historic, first-in-the-nation union contracts at three NYC Barnes & Noble stores! RWDSU Prez @stunyc.bsky.social said: “A union is the only way to ensure workplace protections are secure – especially now, while laws protecting workers are under attack.”
- The REI Board of Directors election has begun! Sadly, only candidates handpicked by the current Board were included on the ballot: REI rejected pro-worker candidates endorsed by the REI Union. Vote WITHHOLD to show that you reject REI’s undemocratic structure and rampant union busting: votenorei.com
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- CONTRACT VICTORY: congrats to RWDSU Mid-South Council members at Fresh Mark in Salem, Ohio! These workers recently ratified a new contract that includes the largest wage increases of any prior union contract at their facility! Learn more: www.rwdsu.org/news/fresh-mark-ohio-contract-2025
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- BREAKING: today, the workers of Reconsidered Goods in Greensboro, NC unanimously voted to unionize! We are so excited to welcome these thrift store workers into our union! This is now the second retail store in the area to join the RWDSU in the last month 🔥
- Community *IS* power. Thanks to @sagaftra.org member Jane Fonda for reminding all of us why continuing to organize unions and build community is so important in these times! #SAGAwards
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- Through our union, retail workers are fighting for the right to sit at work! The Associated Press spoke to REI Union Chicago green vests and Barnes & Noble Union workers about this workplace issue: apnews.com/article/work...
- Organizing a union is an act of love, and there’s no better date idea than joining a picket line together! Happy #ValentinesDay!
- CONTRACT VICTORY: congrats to RWDSU Local 665 members who work for Aramark in the Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, MI! Workers stood strong together and recently ratified a new 3-year agreement. Thanks to the bargaining committee for all your efforts! Learn more: www.rwdsu.org/news/ford-ar...
- Enacting the Retail Worker Safety Act we pushed for is critical to protecting our members & workers across the industry. @govkathyhochul.bsky.social came by our packed Local 1-S Macy’s workers membership meeting today to speak with us about how the bill is being implemented & answer questions.
- Hey, New Yorkers: did you know that retail workers at adult toy shops The Pleasure Chest and Babeland Toys are proud RWDSU members? Get some judgment-free help with your Valentines Day shopping from a union store! #ShopUnion
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- The retail union movement is not backing down. Ashley Hamilton, a member of REI Union Greensboro, voted to unionize in January. Ashley had this to say about recent NLRB upheaval: "In my mind, it doesn’t slow me down, it doesn’t stop me. It makes me want it more." www.modernretail.co/operations/r...
- Exciting news: the RWDSU Record is going digital! The award-winning official newspaper of the RWDSU, which reports on the activities of the union and explores issues important to RWDSU members, will now be available in your inbox. All you have to do is sign up here: www.rwdsu.org/newrecord
- Doechii at #Grammys2025 embodying the spirit of every union worker who's had to endure a captive audience meeting
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- UPDATE: after 54 days on strike, REI Union SoHo ski shop workers returned to work on Sun, Jan 26 after winning an agreement with REI to perform air quality testing by Mar 14. Thanks to all the supporters who emailed, called, visited the picket line, and donated to the union hardship fund!
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- BREAKING: the green vests of REI Union Greensboro voted #UnionYES today, officially making REI Greensboro the eleventh unionized REI store in the country! We are so excited to welcome these workers to the RWDSU!
- CONTRACT VICTORY: congrats to RWDSU Local 1102 members at McNally Jackson Books in New York City! These booksellers stuck together in negotiations and just ratified a new three-year agreement last week!
