Posts Tagged: Guitar Center

RWDSU Guitar Center workers create a video to talk about how they improved their jobs with a union voice.

Guitar Center: Striking the Wrong Chord is a video featuring RWDSU Guitar Center workers telling their story about what it is like to have a union voice. In the video, members talk about their working conditions and policies before having a union – and how after joining the RWDSU,  they were able to come together and sit at the bargaining table with the company to resolve workplace issues and make their jobs better.

Follow the campaign at #Rock4Rights and sign the petition to help support Guitar Center workers.

UFCW and UFCW/RWDSU members participated in a national day of action on July 11 to show their support for Guitar Center workers. Members leafleted customers and talked to workers at Guitar Center stores about workers joining the UFCW/RWDSU to have a union voice on the job and to also call on the company to bargain in good faith with workers during contract negotiations. Workers at Guitar Center stores in Chicago, New York, and Las Vegas have already voted to join the UFCW/RWDSU.

UFCW Locals 1, 7R, 8GS, 21, 27, 75, 135, 152, 328, 367, 400, 455, 464A, 540, 700, 881, 1000, 1208, 1360, 1428, 1439, 1442, 1459, 1473, 1546, and 1564 along with UFCW/RWDSU Locals 108, 338, and 1034 participated and more than 50 Guitar Center stores were leafleted across the country. Guitar Center workers are demanding fair wages, affordable benefits, paid sick days, and a fair contract. Locals can support Guitar Center workers by:

-Calling Guitar Center corporate headquarters at 818-735-8800 or tweeting @GuitarCenter and telling CEO Mike Pratt that workers deserve a fair contract

-Calling 212-684-5300 or emailing changeguitarcenter@gmail.com to become involved in the campaign