Welcome to the May 2025 edition of the RWDSU Record! ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏

Thousands Unite in Lower Manhattan to Demand Justice, Dignity, and a Future That Puts Working People First

On Thursday, May 1, International Workers’ Day, working people around the globe commemorated May Day by taking action. 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… 

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No matter where you work, everyone deserves a seat at the table—a voice in decisions about safety, scheduling, and more. These aren’t privileges; they’re basic rights. And the only way to guarantee them is through a union. From Alabama to Pittsburgh, workers have come together to win those rights and more. Take a look at their stories…

Organizing in the South: A Fight Worth Fighting

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 Mid-South Council, winning their union election and their seat at the table. This victory isn’t just a win for these workers—it’s a win for every caregiver who has ever been underpaid, overworked, and underappreciated while doing one of the most vital jobs in our communities…

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Vestis Workers Win Union Vote!

Drivers and warehouse workers at Vestis in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have voted to join RWDSU Local 101, in a win for workers towards improving conditions on the job and securing a stronger voice in the workplace…

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RWDSU members are coming together at the bargaining table and showing employers it’s THEIR work that makes them successful on shelves across America. It’s THEIR unity that’s securing strong wages, better safety conditions and paid time off. A union contract goes far beyond the pages, and when members put that solidarity into action we all WIN!

Two Plants Unite for One Strong Contract in Tennessee

Borden’s Dairy workers in Tennessee have doubled their strength at the bargaining table by combining two contracts into one and winning historic wage increases as a result. RWDSU members at the Chattanooga and Knoxville plants have ratified a new three-year agreement together, which came as the result of solidarity across two locations – proving that what it means to be in a union goes well beyond the pages of a contract…

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A Contract for Those That Care for our Four-Legged Residents

RWDSU Local 1102 members at Animal Care Centers (ACC) of New York City—those on the front lines of caring for the city’s most vulnerable pets and strays—have won a new three-year union contract that reflects their essential work and unwavering compassion…

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And now some brief news from around the union…Do you have some you’d like to see in the next issue of the Record? E-mail us at record@rwdsu.org!

When working people vote—we win!

RWDSU Local 108 recently hit the road, visiting worksites across the state to speak directly with members about the upcoming election, voter registration deadlines, and where and how to cast their votes…

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RWDSU Local 338: Stamping Out Hunger One Mailbox at a Time with Union Groceries

On Saturday, May 10, 2025, union members across the country came together for the Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive, the nation’s largest single-day food collection effort. Led by the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC), the campaign once again demonstrated the power of collective action—and RWDSU Local 338 was proud to be part of it…

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Catch up on RWDSU members and leaders in the news on a wide range of topics from across our union…

  • Sourcing Journal, April 17, 2025: Why REI Retracted Support of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum

  • Newark Patch, April 21, 2025: Convention For ‘Justice And Resistance’ Taking Place In Newark

  • Teen Vogue, April 29, 2025: Starbucks Workers United Grew Out of Jaz Brisack’s Undercover Organizing. Here’s How.

  • Harlem World, May 1, 2025: DCWP Secures $4 Million Worker Relief From Four Major Businesses, Celebrates May Day

  • Huffington Post, May 9 2025: REI Members Reject Company’s Hand-Picked Board Candidates

Al Heaps Scholarship winner Jonathan Pilat with his father Yakov (right), an RWDSU Local 224 member at Cartamundi in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.
 Click here for the 2025 Alvin E. Heaps Scholarship application 

Union Plus Livewell Health Care Benefit Discounts

The Union Plus Livewell campaign has just launched. From now through July 31, RWDSU members can receive the following additional discounts on existing Union Plus health care benefits:

  • Vision: Get up to $40 extra off select frame brands HERE

  • Dental: Enjoy an extra 20% off a dental savings plan HERE

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