2019 Annual Report – English

In 2019, we fought for structural reforms at U.S. corporations, taking special aim at private equity firms that buy up retail companies and then systematically destroy them. We took aim at Wall Street’s short-term focus that forces companies to extract large profits quickly, at the expense of workers and communities. We addressed sexual harassment in the workplace, introducing shareholder resolutions and connecting survivors to legal resources and healing networks. And we continued to develop strong leaders, particularly among our predominantly women of color membership.

2019 Annual Report – Spanish

En el año 2019, peleamos por reformas a las corporaciones estadounidenses, enfocándonosespecialmente en las compañías de capital privado que compran cadenas de tiendas y depueslas destruyen sistemáticamente. Nos enfocamos en Wall Street que a corto plazo fuerzan a lastiendas a extraer grandes ganancias a base de los trabajadores y las comunidades. Nos enfocamosen combatir acoso sexual en el trabajo, e introducimos las resoluciones de los accionistas, yconectamos a sobrevivientes de acoso sexual a accesoria legal y centros de rehabilitación.Continuamos impulsando a líderes fuertes, particularmente nuestros miembros, y mujeres de color.

Pirate Equity: How Wall Street Firms are Pillaging American Retail

For decades, Wall Street firms have been driving economic inequality in our country, threatening working people’s livelihoods, and destabilizing local economies. Today, private equity firms own companies that employ more than 5.8 million Americans.

Technology and Disruption: Workers’ Predictions on the Future of Retail

Surveying 1,100 retail workers employed across major employers and within key retail economies, we launched the first national opinion polling of the retail workforce. This report offers insights from retail workers on the technologies currently used in their stores, as well as their own predictions on the opportunities and threats presented by technology.

Trapped In Part-Time: Walmart’s Phantom Ladder of Opportunity

For Walmart’s more than 500,000 part-time hourly associates, the path-way to build a better life simply does not exist. Walmart associates work hard each day with the hope of getting ahead, but soon face a sobering reality: what the company has promised is actually a phantom ladder of opportunity.

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