During the final days of holiday shopping rush, workers at Barnes & Noble who are represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) stopped work and walked off the job to protest the company’s failure to return on economic portions of the contract amid their highest sales season. Workers joined by fellow union members and community members in support of their walk-out are demanding the company bargain in good faith…

Today, dozens of union parking valets rallied outside Stony Brook University Medical Center demanding their jobs back. On December 1, 2023, without warning, the long-time hospital parking vendor was replaced by Hospital administration, and as a result hard-working union members were kicked to the curb.

Members of RWDSU Local 220 who work for Sodus Rehabilitation Center in Sodus, New York recently celebrated the ratification of a new four-year collective bargaining agreement. (Sodus Rehabilitation Center is a nursing home and rehabilitation center in Sodus, New York.)

A strong new contract ratified by Local 374 members brings big wage increases and other improvements for workers at Post Cereal in Battle Creek, Michigan (“Cereal City”). Maintenance employees received an immediate $1.50 per hour raise, and will receive an additional six percent increase over the life of the three-year pact. Employees in other departments will see an 8.75 percent increase.