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Retail Workers

4 Truly Disturbing Facts About Low-Wage Retail Workers

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 11.27.2012 | Business
Read More: Walmart, Video, Low-Wage Workers, Poverty, Retail Workers, Stats on Low-Wage Workers, Retail, Walmart Black Friday Strike, Walmart Strike, Business News

This Black Friday the lives of low-wage retail workers were thrust into the spot light as employees of a variety of stores weent to work on Thanksgivi...

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Dave Jamieson

Thanks For Nothing: Workers Lose Holiday As Retail Expands Hours

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.29.2012 | Business
Read More: Thanksgiving 2012, Walmart, Holidays, Workers, Retail Workers, Thanksgiving, Target, Gap, Retail, Walmart Black Friday, Grey Thursday, Best Buy, Black Friday 2012, Overtime Pay, Video, Old Navy, Black Friday Shopping, Workplace, Retail Sales, Black Friday Sales, Banana Republic, Black Friday, Target Black Friday, Black Friday Creeping Into Thursday, Workplace Flexibility, Gray Thursday, Black Friday Creep, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Last year, for the first time in her life, Ayanna Roach missed Thanksgiving. The 23-year-old was working at an Old Navy store in the ...

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Alice Hines

Protesters Speak Out Against Low Pay And Lack Of Benefits at Retail’s Big Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 01.19.2012 | Business
Read More: National Retail Federation, Retail Action Project, Retail Means Jobs, Low Wage Workers, Retail's Big Show, Retail Workers, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Business News

NEW YORK -- On the third day of the National Retail Federation's annual convention, workers, union members and activists gathered outside the Javits C...

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Women Retail Workers Make Less, Get Fewer Benefits Than Men

Alice Hines | Posted 12.22.2011 | Business
Read More: Women Workers, Retail News, Holiday Shopping, Temp-Workers, Unemployment, Gender Discrimination, Retail Workers, Tommy Hilfiger, Living Wage, Business News

In a time when jobs are scarce, retail is one of the few industries hiring -- creating about 500,000 temporary jobs this holiday season, according to ...

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