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.
RAP’s Art & Media Committee members are in full swing as they take the next steps in producing “The Retail Life” – a parodied music video version of rapper Jay-Z’s “Hard Knock Life.” Retail is one of the few industries that have maintained decent profits even in the midst of recession. But instead of offering [...]
For Immediate Release: May 10, 2012 Contact: Yana Walton Email:yana@retailactionproject.org Phone: 646-490-5925 Cell Phone: 646-453-9816 Retail Action Project Condemns JC Penney’s Elimination of Commissioned Sales Positions New York: Today the Retail Action Project (RAP) released this statement regarding JC Penney’s elimination of several commissioned sales positions: RAP strongly opposes the elimination of commissioned sales jobs [...]
RAP strongly opposes JC Penney’s (JCP) elimination of commissioned sales jobs in its stores across the country. As JCP restructures, the company is divesting from their workforce by eliminating family-sustaining commission retail jobs. JC Penney is following an alarming and misguided trend in the retail industry, in which middle class jobs and career opportunities are [...]
I recently had the pleasure of testifying at a US Senate hearing titled “Beyond Mother’s Day: Helping the Middle Class Balance Work and Family” in Washington, DC. I was on a panel with three other very intelligent and hard-working women: Ann O’ Leary, director of the Children and Families Program, Judith Lichtman, senior advisor at the [...]
For Immediate Release: May 10, 2012 Contact: Yana Walton Email:yana@retailactionproject.org Phone: 646-490-5925 Cell Phone: 646-453-9816 RETAIL ACTION PROJECT MEMBER SPARKED BIPARTISAN ACTION ON PAID SICK DAYS AT MOTHER’S DAY SENATE HEARING US Senator Tom Harkin Cites RAP Report “Discounted Jobs” in HELP Committee Hearing Washington, DC: Today Retail Action Project (RAP) member Kimberly Ortiz testified [...]
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