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January 19, 2012
Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, on the Living Wage Bill
When Speaker Christine Quinn presented her compromised version of the Living Wage Bill last week, we immediately wondered how it would affect retail-clothing workers, #47 on the Voice's list of the 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers. We got in touch with Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Whol ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
Andrew Cuomo's Walmart Runs Are Annoying the Union
Like anyone who's recently moved, Governor Cuomo has been doing a lot of shopping (for the Executive Mansion, in his case), spending "about $300 in recent months" reports the Daily News. State workers have been sent to Albany-area Walmarts for supplies for Cuomo's official abode. This is to k ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Walmart New York City Has a Website
Have you seen this? Apparently Walmart, who is making a very public push win hearts and minds in New York City, launched a new website today at WalmartNYC.com. Splayed across the very top is the above graphic, right under the tagline "Helping NYC Save Money and Live Better." Oh, really?
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February 23, 2010
Downtown Boutique Owner David Cohen Busted for Wage Fraud
The owner of a chain of chic downtown boutiques was fitted for a pair of handcuffs today. David Cohen, whose downtown stores include the Mystique, Madness, Exstaza, and Amsterdam boutiques, was arrested and charged with cheating his workers out of $1.5 million in wages by the office of state ... More >>
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January 20, 2010
Scott Brown Embraced as Role Model by Local Politicians
Stuart Applebaum, president of the powerful Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, calls Scott Brown's Massachusetts victory "stunning" and a "wake-up call," suggests it means Paterson is finished, and backs Cuomo. Paterson's campaign manager says, au contraire, "Yesterday's outcome i ... More >>
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December 21, 2009
'Tis the Season: Protesters Hit A Queens Mall With Demands For a Living Wage
As shoppers scurried to snatch up last minute gifts inside the Queens Center Mall, local elected officials and community organizations painted the shopping destination's landlord, Macerich, as the latest Grinch in the ongoing fight for living wages -- just days after the city council rejected a ... More >>
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June 18, 2009
Case Study: How a Bronx Supermarket Lobbyist Takes Down a Competitor
An enormous supermarket, recently slipped into the Related Companies' Kingsbridge Armory development plan, caused a bit of an uproar among community groups and elected officials in The Bronx. But it caused an even greater upset for Morton Williams, a Bronx-born supermarket chain, which has a store d ... More >>
Blogs
May 27, 2009
H&M Goes Union
Things are coming up roses for retailer H&M. Their stock hasn't been doing too badly lately, and they're even opening a new store this week at Lexington and 86th. This may have encouraged the company to reach an agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union for a 3-year contract in ... More >>
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May 5, 2009
Quote of the Day: Paul Krugman
"What should change? What lessons should we be learning? The first is, obviously, that finance is something to be carefully regulated. We went from a banking system that served our needs and did so while consuming about four percent of the gross domestic product, and paying average wages... to a fin ... More >>
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December 18, 2001
Bread and Roses Too
Celebrating 1199’s Voice for Culture
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August 7, 2001
Dining Out on Cheap Labor
Worker Slam-Down at Brooklyn Plant
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November 3, 1998
Money Talks
Well-heeled incumbents heavily favored in city congressional races

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union

Blogs

Stuart Appelbaum, President of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, on the Living Wage Bill

Blogs

Andrew Cuomo's Walmart Runs Are Annoying the Union

Blogs

Walmart New York City Has a Website

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Downtown Boutique Owner David Cohen Busted for Wage Fraud

Blogs

Scott Brown Embraced as Role Model by Local Politicians

Blogs

'Tis the Season: Protesters Hit A Queens Mall With Demands For a Living Wage

Blogs

Case Study: How a Bronx Supermarket Lobbyist Takes Down a Competitor

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H&M Goes Union

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Quote of the Day: Paul Krugman

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Bread and Roses Too

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Dining Out on Cheap Labor

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Money Talks

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