While retailer profits rise, retail worker wages are dropping, benefits are unavailable or unaffordable and it is increasingly difficult to find stable employment with steady hours. Join the Retail Action Project to win jobs with living wages, affordable benefits and respect in the retail industry!

Become a Member of RAP

RAP members receive…

• Workshops on Employment and Immigrant Rights
• Employment Services and Training
• Legal Referrals
• Assistance with Workplace Issues
• Photo, Design, Video, Media Internships
• A Voice for Retail Workers

Community-based organizations, unions, faith-based institutions, elected officials and individual supporters work together in the RAP Community Coalition to advocate for better employment opportunities in retail and hold individual retailers accountable for unjust treatment of workers.

Unemployment and access to decent jobs are issues that affect low-income communities throughout the city. Retail is one of the largest, fastest growing industries in New York City. Yet, employment opportunities in the retail industry do not meet the basic economic needs of workers and their families. Wages and benefits of NYC retail workers are so meager that taxpayers spend over $1 billion annually to provide the health insurance, rent subsidies,child care, food stamps and other assistance they and their families need to survive. We need to unite to make retail jobs stable living wage jobs with benefits and respect!

Is your organization interested in endorsing RAP?
Fill out the endorsement form to join the RAP Community Coalition!