by Justin | Mar 20, 2021 | COVID-19, The Strand Bookstore, UAW Local 2179
In interviews over the last five months, Strand employees told Vulture that they recognize bookstores are struggling right now — but many of them still don’t think the Strand’s owner, Nancy Bass Wyden, is taking their well-being into account. Employees have accused...
by Justin | Mar 2, 2021 | UAW Local 2179
“Union booksellers held a rally outside the Strand’s flagship location in New York City on Monday afternoon, protesting the store’s labor practices after a year of worsening relations between employees and owner Nancy Bass Wyden. In preparation for the holiday...
by Justin | Aug 6, 2020 | COVID-19, UAW Local 2179
Shop stewards at the Strand, a prominent New York City bookstore, are denouncing owner Nancy Bass-Wyden for accepting federal loans but failing to keep workers on the payroll. Of about 170 members of United Auto Workers Local 2179, all but very few were laid off in...
by Justin | Jul 29, 2020 | COVID-19, UAW Local 2179
When The Strand alerted employees it was reopening on June 22, managers sent re-hired workers a three-page safety plan ahead of their return to the iconic Greenwich Village bookstore. “I looked at it and I said, well, they’re taking it seriously enough,” said employee...
by Justin | Jul 13, 2020 | UAW Local 2179
The Strand Book Store’s union forcefully denounced the firing of twelve booksellers who were only recently rehired after mass layoffs during the first weeks of the new coronavirus outbreak in March. In a statement issued by the UAW Local 2179, booksellers took aim at...
