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Fair wages fuel local economies. Every extra dollar in a worker's pocket has a ripple effect, spent by that worker in the ...
Imagine walking into your local supermarket for milk and bread, only to find the aisles empty and the checkout lines stalled.
Want to be a better customer? Here are 10 common phrases you should stop saying to retail workers to show them the respect ...
Commentary Comment: Retail workers are essential; treat them as such Retail workers face low wages, short-staffing and threats from shoplifters that stores are ignoring. Saturday, November 4, 2023 ...
Retail workers, like all workers, want to feel safe at work and we deserve better pay. It’s high time Macy’s — and all corporate retail companies — put their people, not their profit, first.
They are people of color. And they are the workers who in 2020 kept our city running at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. They were deemed essential workers, and we called them – rightfully – ...
Dozens of grocery-store workers died. Retail workers and owners came in because we had no other choice — without us, New York City would have withered away. We did it because we love New York.
Retail employees were essential workers and took their responsibility seriously, from risking their lives at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to stepping up in the 1970s and ’80’s, ensuring ...
Surveillance technologies deployed during the Covid-19 pandemic added new burdens on essential workers — and gave them little data to protect their health.
The average yearly wage for essential workers is $32,464. That means nearly $14,000, or 43 percent, of an essential worker’s annual income devoted to housing.
Casual retail workers thus face losing hours, being put at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, and dealing with abusive customers over mask, QR code and other requirements.