RWDSU

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The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) advances the interests and rights of working people.

RWDSU members gather in Foley Square, Lower Manhattan for a May Day rally and march with signs and banners dressed in union shirts.
RWDSU Local 1102 members who work at NYC Animal Care Centers celebrate new 3-year contract outside a workplace.
Borden’s Dairy workers gather outside the Tennessee facility in front of delivery trucks.
an RWDSU bookshelf graphic with text: “Shop NYC Union Bookstores! Greenlight Bookstore Housing Works Bookstore Book Culture McNally Jackson Booksellers Barnes & Noble Park Slope Barnes & Noble Union Square Barnes & Noble Upper West Side Strand Bookstore”
a black and white photo of Tuffy the Cat wearing a “TUFFY ON STRIKE” sign as the cat is carried on the CBL picket line alongside a color candid photo of a striking REI ski shop worker wearing a “yes, this is a picket line” sign and smiling at Kuma the Little Black Pug.
a screenshot from the movie The Devil Wears Prada; in the top panel, one character asks the other “Are you wearing the—” and in the bottom panel is an RWDSU member wearing a red RWDSU tshirt with Cheez-Its on it and the caption “The Cheez-It union drip? Yeah, I am.”
white text on a red background attributed to RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum and available at this link: https://www.rwdsu.org/news/rwdsu-statement-federal-worker-eo
a photo of workers in red tshirts in Alabama, one woman with her fist raised defiantly in the air, a section from a script that reads “BILLY how can anybody not be romantic about union organizing?” and a photo of workers in RWDSU red tshirts.
a graphic that says “the Digital RWDSU Record is here!” with a photo of a person holding an iPhone showing the first edition of the RWDSU Record newsletter on the phone.
the members of the Kellanova RWDSU Local 184-L worker bargaining committee, many wearing their union shirts, pose after ratifying a new contract.
the Greenlight Bookstore/Yours Truly bargaining committee poses with the Local 1102 banner after ratifying their new contract.
a statement via white text on red background attributed to RWDSU President Stuart Appelbaum, read full text at https://www.rwdsu.org/news/statement-usda-line-speed-waivers
RWDSU members holding signs in Foley square at a march to stop the cuts
a red and white graphic with a photo of Bloomington, IL Barnes & Noble workers holding up their union cards. White text reads: “BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS BARNES & NOBLE WORKERS WIN 1ST UNION CONTRACT.”
An RWDSU graphic with a bookshelf background and white text on black: "Shop NYC Union Bookstores!" Below, an open book is covered in a list of NYC union bookstores: Greenlight Bookstore Housing Works Bookstore Book Culture McNally Jackson Booksellers Barnes & Noble Park Slope Barnes & Noble Union Square Barnes & Noble Upper West Side Strand Bookstore
a red and white graphic with photos of many NYC Barnes & Noble workers raising their fists, some wearing red RWDSU tshirts. White text reads: “BARNES & NOBLE WORKERS WIN HISTORIC FIRST IN THE NATION UNION CONTRACT AT NYC STORES”
a photo of the bargaining committee for Fresh Mark in Salem, Ohio, with many folks wearing red RWDSU tshirts.
a red and white graphic with white text: "welcome to the union, Reconsidered Goods workers!" and a photo of several Reconsidered Goods workers wearing red RWDSU tshirts and posing near the "Reconsidered Goods" store sign with their fists raised.
Jane Fonda gives a speech at the 2025 SAG Awards wearing a sparkly pink dress.
a screenshot from an Associated Press article with the following text: “The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which represents about 100,000 workers, has been pushing to include in the contracts it negotiates, including at Barnes & Noble, a guaranteed right to sit during work that can be done seated, said Stuart Appelbaum, the union’s president. During one bargaining session, an employer objected to the demand. Union negotiators used a break that emptied the conference room to underline their position. “The employer came back and saw we had removed all chairs from the negotiating table,” Appelbaum said. “I think the point was made.” In the end, the union got the chairs it wanted written into the contract, he said.”
a pink RWDSU valentine with the "to" and "from" fields included and the following text accompanied by graphics of a rose, a pair of flare style jeans, and three “Rosie the Riveter” people: “roses are red/flare jeans are back in fashion/let’s get together and organize collective action!”
two Aramark workers on the bargaining committee smile as they sit at a table.
NY Governor Hochul addresses large room of RWDSU Macy’s members about the retail worker safety act.
a pink background with different red and pink hearts with a heading “Shop Union for Valentines Day.” Two bigger hearts stand out in the foreground, each with a union shop listed in it: The Pleasure Chest and Babeland Toys, along with the RWDSU logo.
a graphic with the following text: “BREAKING 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! Visit: https://www.rwdsu.org/newrecord”
Five RWDSU Local 1102 members pose with the Local 1102 banner during their contract ratification vote
Unions, immigrant and worker groups, community groups, electeds, and New Yorkers gather on the steps of City Hall on Jan 16, 2025 holding signs
A painterly background of cream and evergreen landscape, overlaid with the REI Union logo and a Polaroid showing a photo of an REI store and text: "REI Union News Update | REI Greensboro, NC Files for Union Election"
White text attributed to Stuart Appelbaum, RWDSU President and Edgar Fields, RWDSU Southeast Council President, on a red background with the RWDSU logo: “Sadly, our members have reported to us that a person was severely injured and may not survive; and several union members were severely burned in a boiler explosion this morning at the Tyson poultry processing facility in Camilla, Georgia. We are working with the company, and local emergency authorities to ensure that all the workers impacted are taken care of. The health and safety of workers must be a top priority at poultry plants, and we are working to assist anyone injured last night. RWDSU representatives are on the ground and available to assist. Our members and the community of Camilla depend on this facility operating, it is too early to tell what happened last night but there must be a thorough investigation into this incident, and workers must be able to work safely in the facility. We stand with the workers, our members for over 50 years, at this facility and countless others across the industry who need increased safety at work. No worker should ever have to worry that when they go to work, they may not be able to return home safe and sound.”
Workers hold signs as they listen to speakers outside REI at a rally
the character from Love, Actually at another character's door with a notecard that reads "treat retail workers with dignity and respect" and the RWDSU logo
union members and supporters hold signs while rallying and chanting outside the Barnes & Noble in Union Square, NYC.
a blue graphic showing a warehouse worker holding a PROTECT WAREHOUSE WORKERS sign and with text: "Send a letter to Gov Hochul: Warehouse Worker Safety Now!"
A retail worker named Joan Solomon speaks on a Zoom webinar with her name underneath her face
Barnes & Noble union member Aaron Lascano speaks into a microphone to a crowd at a rally outside his workplace -- the B&N flagship store in Union Square, NYC.
Eddie Quezada speaks from his car during a press conference about holiday retail work.
gold shiny wrapping paper with a silver bow and white text: "HOLIDAY SHOPPING STATEMENT FROM THE RETAIL, WHOLESALE AND DEPARTMENT STORE UNION" with the RWDSU logo
the Local 338 contingent at the NYC Labor Day Parade in 2024
NY must create safer workplaces at warehouses by Stuart Appelbaum and Connor Spence published: November 21, 2024 at 5:00 AM EST with a photo of the exterior of an Amazon warehouse
a transgender flag overlaid with a black candle with the RWDSU logo and text: “mourn the dead, and fight like hell for the living” and “Trans Day of Remembrance” Thu 11.21
UAW and RWDSU members picketing outside The Strand together holding signs
four Barnes & Noble workers outside the Union Square flagship with a box of letters they're about to deliver to management
Workers holding signs and raising their fists outside Barnes & Noble