Retail Workers Safety Act will put in place strict guidelines for shop owners to follow that will protect retail workers and customers. Local 1102 will continue to fight for the passing of this act. Please click below to show your support. Together we make a difference! #1U

According to a survey of RWDSU members & NYS retail workers, 57% of workers have experienced verbal harassment or intimidating conduct on the job in the last year.
Retail workers need the #RetailWorkerSafety Act! Tell legislators to pass this vital law: bit.ly/RSAFETY

📌This week 11 years ago, the #RanaPlaza garment factory collapsed & killed 1,100+ workers.
📌Reminding the progress achieved with International Accord Foundation, Amin Amirul Haque, the GS of the National Shop Employees Federation of Bangladesh, highlighted the need for continued action.

✊UNI Asia & Pacific Commerce Steering Committee unanimously adopted a solidarity statement to support KFSU and Costco Korea Workers Union🇰🇷
📢While calling the management on to negotiate with the union, we extend our full solidarity to Costco Korea workers who will strike this Saturday

“The state’s disproportionately Black incarcerated population is being intentionally exploited for profit.” Kim Kelly covers this important lawsuit the RWDSU filed alongside 10 currently or formerly incarcerated workers, Union of Southern Service Workers, & The Woods Foundation!
inthesetimes.com/article/alabam…

This week 11 years ago, the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed & killed 1,100+ workers.

To protect workers, trade unions negotiated an agreement with brands. But Amazon is free-riding on it.

Support our letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy. Amazon must sign.

makeamazonpay.com/rana-plaza-202…

And Santa Cruz, CA makes TEN unionized REI stores! Members of REI Union SoHo got together after our shifts last night to celebrate REI Union Santa Cruz’s election! It’s official, we’re in the DOUBLE DIGITS now 🥹

A coda to the Amazon HQ2 saga: 'Amazon has fallen so far behind schedule in creating new jobs at its Northern VA headquarters that its workforce at those offices shrank last year...''

washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/…

Ron DeSantis shows how hugely anti-worker he is by signing law that bars Florida cities & counties from enacting heat exposure laws to protect workers, setting minimum wages, establishing employee scheduling regs, choosing contractors based on wage levels
jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/…

The focus on retail worker safety is critical as Governor Kathy Hochul raised, but any solution without the Retail Worker Safety Act S8358/A8947 is incomplete. Our bill will give our members on the front lines the tools they need to try and keep themselves safe. #nysbudget #albany

My column in City Limits citylimits.org/2024/04/09/opi…

Netanyahu must go! Israel needs a new and different government. global.histadrut.org.il/news/bar-david…

Know common union busting myths used by employers! During union drives, mgmt might spread misinformation that “the union” will “MAKE” you go on strike. In reality, the workforce won’t go out on strike unless a supermajority of your coworkers vote for it. #UnionBustingIsDisgusting

🎵 There is power in a factory, power in the land
Power in the hand of the worker
But it all amounts to nothing
If together we don't stand
There is power in a union 🎵

🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨

I am proud to fight alongside RWDSU for retail, wholesale and department store workers and their families. RWDSU's 10,000 members in NJ span across countless industries and fuel our economy. I will make sure their rights and needs are heard in the Senate.

Welcome to our union family, H&M SoHo workers! 20 workers at this brand-new H&M store recently joined RWDSU Local 1102 RWDSU UFCW and they’ve already ratified their first contract. Local 1102 now represents H&M workers at 15 locations throughout Manhattan and Long Island!

Yet another example of REI's rampant union busting, which has tarnished the 'progressive' image of this 'co-op.' Despite fighting numerous anti-union tactics, the REI Union remains stronger than ever ✊

REI Just Did Something 'Egregiously Wrong' | HuffPost Impact huffpost.com/entry/rei-fire…

Barnes & Noble workers plan union drive at largest US bookstore chain | Barnes & Noble | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Our members need a NJ Senator who will fight for them in Washington, who will bring the challenges of the streets they live and work on every day to the Capitol, and the funding home to make everyday life better. Andy Kim is that Senator and RWDSU is proud to endorse him.