"And by three, maybe four months later, we had trained 18 people as retail workers for local Westchester businesses."

Far more grocery workers than retail workers are organized.

It's standard practice, retail workers will tell you, for managers to search them daily for stolen goods.

It is, at bottom, about the ability of retail workers to earn wages that keep their families out of poverty.

Yesterday's decision could exclude many retail workers, like department heads in supermarkets or discount stores, from joining unions.

And even in Germany, retail workers have little reason to expect higher wages given the intense competition in that sector.

(The number of hours the "average retail worker" worked was not specified.)

Even retail workers who keep their jobs feel the strain.

It also introduced a compulsory half-holiday for retail workers.

The company is particularly known for the lockout/strikes of its retail workers.