Press Releases

Jan13

REPORT: RETAIL SECTOR BOOMING, BUT WORKERS EXPERIENCE POVERTY WAGES

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Yana Walton, Retail Action Project Communications Director O: 646-490-5925 C: 646-453-9816 Ben Wyskida, BerlinRosen Public Affairs O: 646-200-5320 C: 917-825-1289 Click here for Executive Summary New York, NY – Ahead of the National Retail Federation’s annual expo, the Retail Action Project (RAP) and Stephanie Luce of the City University of New York (CUNY) Murphy Institute [...]

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Dec21

New Study Shows Gender Gap in Pay, Benefits, & Promotions for Women in Retail

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Women will be working extra hours this holiday season, for less pay. New York, NY— Today the Retail Action Project (RAP) and Stephanie Luce of the City University of New York (CUNY)’s Murphy Institute released data that shows a dramatic gender gap in wages in the retail industry (see data sheet below). In a survey [...]

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Jul07

Victory at Scoop NYC!

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NEW YORK, NY –Workers at the high-end clothing retailer Scoop NYC have won a victory that comes after a year of organizing, public demonstrations, and legal action to make the company follow wage and hour laws and respect immigrant worker rights. The confidential settlement is also a significant victory for the Retail, Wholesale and Department [...]

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Feb23

Mystique Owner Arrested for Wage Theft

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NEW YORK, NY – The fashion police weren’t the only ones making arrests in SoHo this week. On Tuesday, Feb. 23, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced the arrest of David Cohen, owner of the Mystique Boutique retail chain, for allegedly failing to pay minimum wage and overtime as well as falsifying documents [...]

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Feb03

Wage Theft in SoHo: March of Hearts for Living Wages Targets Wage-Stealing Retailers

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NEW YORK, NY – Today, community groups, labor leaders and elected officials joined retail workers in a march against stolen wages and unpaid overtime. The March of Hearts, organized by the Retail Action Project (RAP), calls on two retail chains in SoHo—Shoe Mania and Mystique—to pay its workers millions of dollars in back-wages. The current [...]

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