Category: Retail

October 3, 2013 By Stephanie West Albany, NY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has signed a series of new laws that will allowing wine to be sold at roadside farm

September 23, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Brooklyn, NY – Supporters who have spent the last year fighting hard for the rights of underpaid workers at Golden Farm 24-hour market on Church

September 13, 2013 By Barbara Kestenbaum Last November, 200 fast-food workers in New York City went out on strike. It was a bold move! Organized by Fast Food Forward, a

September 6, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco Vally Stream, NY – Demonstrators on Long Island – some with kids in tow – were threatened with arrest on Thursday as they protested Walmart’s

September 3, 2013 By Neal Tepel, LaborPress Publisher New York NY – Fast-food employees striking and demonstrating have created a buzz across the country. In many U. S. Cities, workers

August 30, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – Low-wage workers taking part in the latest multi-city walkout of fast food outlets across the country on Thursday, took on critics

August 27, 2013 By Stephanie West Pittsburgh, Penn. – Members of the United Steelworkers (USW) have ratified a new, four-year collective bargaining agreement with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company that

August 14, 2013 Reprint on LaborPress http://www.ufcw.org According to the Department of Labor, the retail sector continues to play a major role in adding jobs to the economy, but most

August 12, 2013 By Stephanie West Brooklyn, NY – Demonstrations at two Brooklyn supermarkets took place Saturday August 10th to protest wage violations. The two stores include a Canarsie Supermarket,

August  5, 2013 By Joe Maniscalco New York, NY – When workers at the WCA Car Wash in the Bronx recently voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union