Workers at an REI store near Cleveland voted 27-12 in favor of unionizing on Friday, adding more fuel to a labor organizing campaign at the national outdoor retailer. This marks the third REI outpost to unionize over the past year.
The Warehouse Worker Protection Act aims to crack down on stringent work quotas.
The vote could pave the way for what would become the first unionized store for this Seattle-based outdoor equipment and apparel company which employs 15,000 workers across the country.
A group of agricultural workers on Long Island has formed New York’s first farmworkers union—a landmark move that was the result of decades of activism.
Worker centers in general serve as a clearinghouse for workers’ needs when forming a union is all but impossible. Even in anti-union terrains, the centers have found ways to change public and corporate policies.
Labor Notes writer Luis Feliz Leon spoke on April 13 with Joshua Brewer, the BAmazon campaign’s lead organizer, from RWDSU’s Mid-South Council.
Drives to organize steelworkers and autoworkers took decades but ultimately succeeded.
South of Birmingham, warehouse employees are voting on whether to form a union. Their decision could have ripple effects around the country. A seven-week balloting period began last month and will end on March 29th.
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