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		<title>Open Call for Visual Art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 21:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attention artists and designers: RAP is announcing an open call for visual art submissions for our summer fundraiser and silent auction on June 13th in Manhattan. We&#8217;re looking for prints,  paintings, photography, mixed media, jewelry, textiles, drawings, collages, etc..  and we want to feature YOU!The deadline for submissions is June 7th, and all donations are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>May Day 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="2048" height="1365" src="http://retailactionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/mayday-pic.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="kooool" /></div>RAP members took to the streets for Just Hours after a call-in action to retailers who keep workers on call. May Day 2013By Retail Action Project &#160;&#124;&#160; View on Facebook]]></description>
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		<title>Retail Worker Olympics in Union Square</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="2048" height="1365" src="http://retailactionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Re-Olympics.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Re Olympics" /></div>RAP members compete in shirt folding to win prizes, and shared stories about what it&#8217;s like to work in the retail industry! Retail Worker Olympics in Union SquareBy Retail Action Project &#160;&#124;&#160; View on Facebook]]></description>
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		<title>Just Hours Juicy Couture Action</title>
		<link>http://retailactionproject.org/2013/04/just-hours-juicy-couture-action/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=just-hours-juicy-couture-action</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="2048" height="1366" src="http://retailactionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/juicy-pic.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="juicy pic" /></div>Retail workers from Juicy &#038; the Just Hours campaign deliver 5,000 signatures to Juicy Couture&#8217;s 5th Avenue Flagship, demanding enough hours and benefits. #JustHours Juicy Couture ActionBy Retail Action Project &#160;&#124;&#160; View on Facebook]]></description>
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		<title>Juicy Couture workers with #JustHours protest cuts to hours &amp; benefits at flagship store</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contact: Yana Walton E-mail: yana@retailactionproject.org Office: 646.490.5925 Cell: 646.453.9816 New York, NY –  Workers at Juicy Couture’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan are drawing attention to the high-end retailer’s recent replacement of good full-time jobs with part-time positions as part of the Just Hours Campaign to address the underemployment crisis caused by corporate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers coming to America for exploitative poverty-wage jobs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by: Andres Lues I&#8217;ve spent the last semester interning at the Retail Action Project while I work on my master&#8217;s degree in labor studies at the CUNY Murphy Institute.  One of my most inspiring moments over the last few months happened when I met students hailing from South America and Asia who had to come to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Retail Workers Support Fast Food Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by: Darnell Spence My name is Darnell Spence, and I&#8217;m a member of Retail Action Project, and sales clerk at Billabong. Yesterday, I rallied with fast food workers who were striking at their jobs for a hike in wages. It was a  brisk afternoon when I departed from my workplace, and I scavenged funds for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tell Juicy: Take care of your workers!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 03:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Duane, and I’m a proud father of my beautiful five-year-old daughter. I worked at Juicy Couture’s flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City for almost four years in the stock department. I started this petition with my coworker Darrell, because while we stock &#38; sell Juicy Couture’s $200 jeans and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TAKE ACTION: Save the Minimum Wage Increase!</title>
		<link>http://retailactionproject.org/2013/03/take-action-save-the-minimum-wage-increase/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=take-action-save-the-minimum-wage-increase</link>
		<comments>http://retailactionproject.org/2013/03/take-action-save-the-minimum-wage-increase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>yana</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor Cuomo]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, RAP found out that our elected leaders at our state capital in Albany are seriously considering a change to our state&#8217;s minimum wage laws that hurts the people who need an increase the most. Wal-Mart and other big business lobbies are putting on the pressure to exclude tipped workers (e.g. restaurant workers) and young workers by creating a sub-minimum wage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mcdonalds Rally for J-1 Students</title>
		<link>http://retailactionproject.org/2013/03/mcdonalds-rally-for-j-1-students/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mcdonalds-rally-for-j-1-students</link>
		<comments>http://retailactionproject.org/2013/03/mcdonalds-rally-for-j-1-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photos]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<div><img width="960" height="640" src="http://retailactionproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/531606_361646470614803_820892377_n.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="531606_361646470614803_820892377_n" /></div>RAP members support J-1 students who had their workers rights violated by Mcdonalds. Mcdonalds Rally for J-1 Students! 3.14.13By Retail Action Project &#160;&#124;&#160; View on Facebook]]></description>
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