RAP provides a variety of support services to retail workers and people seeking work in retail. Although our services are free, we encourage everyone to get involved with RAP's organizing and outreach efforts to help address the systematic injustices in the retail industry and the communities in which we live.

Many of the workplace, housing and legal issues that workers face are broader problems with the industry and their communities. RAP's membership and community coalition organizes to address systematic injustices faced by retail workers.

RAP provides the following services and workshops:

• Workplace Organizing
• Employment Services and Training
• Worker Rights Education
• Legal Services
• Immigrant Worker Services
• Housing Rights Information and Advocacy

Contact us to schedule for an appointment or the next workshop!

Workplace Support and Organizing

RAP consults with workers about problems they face in their stores and help them devise strategies to address those problems. RAP members have successfully addressed workplace problems through collective action inside the store, organizing, media outreach, legal action, community organizing and outreach to shoppers.

Employment Services and Training

RAP provides employment services to retail workers and people seeking work in retail. We help people with their resumes, cover letters, interview skills and finding a job in retail. We also provide training in job readiness and retail sales and visual skills.

Worker Rights Education

Educating workers about their rights and organizing is extremely important in empowering workers to deal with problems on the job. RAP staff and members educate retail workers about their rights and taking action wherever they are--on the street, in the stores, in our offices, over the internet and in workshops. RAP especially focuses on helping retail workers educate other retail workers about their rights.

RAP has held informational workshops such as "Legal Rights on the Job," "Filing and Keeping Unemployment Insurance," "Rights of Immigrant Workers," and organizing skills workshops such as "Motivate Your Co-Workers to Take Action" and "Solving Workplace Issues through Collective Action."

Legal Services

RAP works with non-profit legal services to assist retail workers exercise their legal rights on the job. RAP members have received assistance with wage and hour violations, discrimination and health and safety violations.

Immigrant Worker Services

RAP advocates for the rights of immigrant workers and connects them with needed services such as legal assistance, legal rights education, English classes and job training.

Housing Rights Information and Advocacy

RAP's parent organization, the Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), specializes in tenant rights, organizing and advocacy for low-income and public housing residents. RAP members receive counseling and support in dealing with housing issues.