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Employees at the new Barneys Co-op stores in Austin, Texas and Los Angeles, California voted last month to become union shops and join the ranks of other Barneys workers in UNITE HERE. The Austin and LA workers are just the latest group to join the union: 12 Co-op stores are now represented by the union. For the workers at the Co-op stores, this means that the wages and benefits they were told they’d get are guaranteed in writing. For Local 340 members who work at Barneys, it means they will have more clout and power at the bargaining table because more Barneys workers throughout the country are part of the union. It also means those new union members will be there to stand in solidarity with Local 340 members. And it means that the union is sharing in the growth of the company: As Barneys succeeds and expands, the union is expanding with it. The decision of the Austin and LA workers to join the union, like the decision of the employees at the other 10 Co-op stores, grew out of an agreement reached between our international union, UNITE HERE, and the company. That agreement, called a “neutrality agreement,” simply states that workers will be able to choose whether or not they want to become a union shop without interference or intimidation from the employer. For more background on the growing unionization of Co-op stores, click here. |
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