Bloomingdale's Workers Ratify Historic Contract
Contract Includes Company Recognition of Commission Losses from Online Sales and Will Help Pull Workers Out of Deficit to the Fortune 200 Company.
Today, Local 3 members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU-UFCW), who work at Bloomingdale’s iconic 59th Street flagship store, ratified the first ever contract that recognizes workers struggling with diminished wages from online sales over the past five years. The hard-fought contract, which was settled nearly 13 hours after expiration on the afternoon of Monday, May 1, acknowledges the increasing number of non-sales tasks that workers have been asked to do since the company began pushing customers to shop online in 2012.
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