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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, Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), released the following statement.
A new three-year agreement protecting commissions, raising wages, and securing medical benefits, has been unanimously ratified by Local 1102 members at Saks Fifth Avenue in the 8th Floor Women’s Designer Shoe Department. Members who work at the department store’s iconic Fifth Avenue flagship location in Manhattan also have won the opportunity to enroll in the union medical plan.
After a long contract campaign, Local 338 RWDSU/UFCW has reached a deal with Morton Williams! Last month, members overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new union contract, securing significant improvements and continued protections on the job.
Today, the REI Union announced that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 32 issued a complaint finding that REI broke the law by withholding merit raises and summit pay from workers at unionized stores nationwide. These benefits have been part of REI’s employee benefits package for over a decade and have been illegally withheld from unionized workers since they began bargaining, at one store (REI SoHo) that's in excess of three years.
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