Workers At Labyrinth Book Princeton File To Unionize

PRINCETON, NJ — Bookstore workers at Princeton’s Labyrinth Books have filed to unionize.

The workers filed a petition with the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission on Thursday to unionize with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).

This is the second bookstore in NJ to unionize after the workers in Barnes and Noble at Rutgers University, according to the RWDSU.

The workers at Labyrinth Books have filed to unionize for better working conditions and better communication with management, a spokesperson from RWDSU told Patch.

“With the wave of workers unionizing across the country, the workers at Labyrinth Books thought this was the best way,” the spokesperson said.

Workers have requested a vote if the owner does not recognize the union. This vote will be held “as earliest as possible,” sometime early in the New Year.

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