New York Barnes & Noble workers are pushing to put the “union” in the Union Square location of the bookstore giant.
Workers at Barnes Barnes & Noble’s flagship store filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday seeking representation under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).
The Union Square store’s push for a union vote follows similar actions from two other Barnes & Noble-affiliated stores in the northeast. The Barnes & Noble Education store on the Rutgers University campus (technically a separate franchise) in New Jersey filed for union election under RWDSU earlier this month, as did workers at Barnes & Noble in Hadley, MA, who are working with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1459.
