According to Dan Walcott, a supervisor at the District Council of Carpenters, Urban Outfitters Inc. is not meeting the standards that give everyone the same level of wages and medical benefits. The Council is asking people to call Urban Outfitters Inc. at its Philadelphia headquarters to demand they meet labor standards on all their projects. While the protest's impact on saddle-shoe shopping is impossible to track, the opinions of the UO customers we spoke with outside the store last week ran the gamut. "I feel like the majority of businesses do things like that, so I'm not surprised," said shopper Yelena Galstyan. "I shop here all the time, and I wouldn't stop because of this." Others were more perturbed. "You expect people to do the right thing," said shopper Laura Liriano. "I love the clothes, but I'm going to shop here a lot less now that I know about it." Urban Outfitters refused to comment on the matter, and the opening date for the new Upper East Side store has not yet been announced.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Urban Outfitters in Trouble With the Carpenters Union
According to Dan Walcott, a supervisor at the District Council of Carpenters, Urban Outfitters Inc. is not meeting the standards that give everyone the same level of wages and medical benefits. The Council is asking people to call Urban Outfitters Inc. at its Philadelphia headquarters to demand they meet labor standards on all their projects. While the protest's impact on saddle-shoe shopping is impossible to track, the opinions of the UO customers we spoke with outside the store last week ran the gamut. "I feel like the majority of businesses do things like that, so I'm not surprised," said shopper Yelena Galstyan. "I shop here all the time, and I wouldn't stop because of this." Others were more perturbed. "You expect people to do the right thing," said shopper Laura Liriano. "I love the clothes, but I'm going to shop here a lot less now that I know about it." Urban Outfitters refused to comment on the matter, and the opening date for the new Upper East Side store has not yet been announced.
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