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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What: The holiday shopping season is here! Retail workers are the backbone of the holiday shopping experience. At our holiday action, “How the Grinch Stole Overtime Pay,” we will be using use creative means including elf costumes and subversive coupons to illuminate the issues affecting retail workers. Who: Common Threads Art Collective When: Saturday, December [...]
NEW YORK – Fired workers from the Scoop NYC joined with leaders of the Retail Action Project (RAP), elected officials, labor and community leaders to announce a lawsuit against the trendy clothing retailer for labor violations, wage theft and discrimination over a period of 8 years from 2000-2008. In total, the 17 workers, most security [...]
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