RWDSU Rallies For Community-Friendly Redevelopment in the Bronx (10/31/07)

On Saturday, October 27, the RWDSU rallied to demand that the soon-to-be-announced developer of the Kingsbridge Armory property in New York City negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement. The agreement would ensure that workers at the the stores to be built there earn a living wage.

Jeff Eichler, coordinator of the RWDSU Retail Organizing Project, said, "The RWDSU, as the retail union in New York City, knows that retail is an important component in all the development that is taking place throughout the city. But, all too often, the permanent retail jobs created are poverty-wage jobs that do not build or enhance our communities. Here the jobs must be union jobs with living wages and benefits."

The RWDSU is a founding partner of KARA, the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance. KARA is an alliance of community activists, clergy, and labor unions.