Retail Stores

Nearly 80,000 of us work in retail stores. We work as salespersons, both salaried and commissioned, for companies that run the gamut from carrying daily needs and essentials - like the Red Deer Cooperative in Red Deer, Alberta -- to those that cater to more upscale and urban tastes -- like H&M, Sak's 5th Avenue or Macy's. We also stock the merchandise, create and design the displays, perform the carpentry and electrical work to create window and department displays, and work in support functions for ordering merchandise and keeping track of inventory.

While we work in diverse occupations at far flung locations, we benefit equally from the more than 150 agreements we have with large and small employers throughout North America. 

Click here to learn more about how to get a union at your retail store. 

Key Employers

• Macy's*
• Sak's 5th Avenue
• Bloomingdales* 
• Montgomery Wards and Co.
• Sears Roebuck and Co.
• Value City
• H&M
• Modell's
• Associated Men's Retailers, Inc.
• Borders Books & Music
• Burlington Coat Factory
• Century 21 Stores
• Hirshfields Inc.
• Lerner of New York
• Lerner Stores
• Payless Shoe Source
• Pearle Vision Center
• Scan Furniture
• Strauss Auto

*The UFCW represents more than 11,400 members who work for Macy's and Bloomingdales, which is owned by Federated Department Stores.  Federated purchased the following stores that now operate under the Macy's/Bloomingdales banner: Filene's, Marshall Field's, the Jones Store, Strawbridge's, Foley's, Hechts, Kaufmann's, L. S. Ayers, Famous-Barr, and Lord & Taylor.