Guitar Center Workers #Rock4Rights

Since Bain Capital bought Guitar Center, workers’ wages & benefits have been slashed. Musicians like Kathleen Hanna, Tom Morello & Ted Leo are supporting workers' rights form a union without retaliation or harassment. Won't you join them?

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Juicy Couture: Take care of your workers!

"Juicy slashed & limited our hours to avoid providing us with health insurance or paid sick days" - Duane and Darrell, former coworkers at Juicy Couture.

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RAP members surveyed hundreds of retail workers across NYC’s five boroughs to bring you this groundbreaking report on the state of current retail jobs by Professor Stephanie Luce of CUNY Murphy Institute and RAP's Naoki Fujita. Download your copy here.

Retail Action Project and its members are building a new movement in the retail industry to define the future of retail jobs. Workers across New York city are finding opportunities for education, networking, and career advancement through RAP membership.

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Apr10

Workers coming to America for exploitative poverty-wage jobs?

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by: Andres Lues I’ve spent the last semester interning at the Retail Action Project while I work on my master’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 [...]

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Apr06

Why Retail Workers Support Fast Food Forward

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by: Darnell Spence My name is Darnell Spence, and I’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 [...]

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Mar26

Tell Juicy: Take care of your workers!

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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 & sell Juicy Couture’s $200 jeans and [...]

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Mar15

TAKE ACTION: Save the Minimum Wage Increase!

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Today, RAP found out that our elected leaders at our state capital in Albany are seriously considering a change to our state’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 [...]

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Mar14

Mcdonalds Rally for J-1 Students

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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  |  View on Facebook

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