This Black Friday, the Retail Action Project is hosting our first-ever Alternative Black Friday Market to highlight the artistic and entrepreneurial talents of retail workers and their allies. This event will serve as a supportive space for workers to build community and network with each other’s. We are also calling on shoppers to invest their money locally instead of buying in to the harsh working conditions of Thanksgiving and Black Friday.
Every dollar we spend on local business, rather than big chains, keeps money flowing within our community. By choosing to support local entrepreneurs on Black Friday, we are also telling companies that not only do we DEMAND better working conditions for retail workers, but we will not support their businesses while they mistreat their employees. We are all affected by these corporate decisions to pressure retail workers into working Thanksgiving and Black Friday, so this is initially how we take back what belongs to us, through people power.

Goals of our Alternative Black Friday Market:
1) To raise awareness around worker issues around this time of year & bad conditions in general
2) Have the public understand & support the movement on bettering worker conditions in the retail industry & why it’s important to change them
3) To highlight the artistic and entrepreneurial talents of retail workers across the city
4) Encourage Black Friday shoppers to invest their money in local businesses to keep our money local, rather than on big corporations.
5) Connect retail work with other social issue struggles & deepen RAP relationships with other ally organizations (race, housing, other working-class struggles)

Time: 3p.m. – 7p.m. @138 West 31st Street, (between 6th ave & Broadway)
For more information and/or to confirm your participation please contact RAP’s Campaign Organizer, Jedidiah Labinjo at (917) 371.6903