Taking Inventory of Retail Jobs: A Discussion on Work in the Retail Industry

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Publication Date: 
07/26/2012

This is the third conversation in a roundtable series in 2012 titled "Reinventing Low-Wage Work: Ideas That Can Work for Employees, Employers and the Economy." Low-wage jobs are a growing part of the U.S. economy, and AspenWSI is excited to continue this conversation about the nature of low-wage work, the challenges it presents to workers, businesses and the economy, and the opportunities we have for addressing these challenges at the Aspen Institute at a time when jobs and the economy are such critical topics for our country.

Featuring:
Carrie Gleason, Executive Director, Retail Action Project;
Kim Owen, Vice-President of Human Resources (retired), QuikTrip Corporation;
Zeynep Ton, Adjunct Associate Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management.
Moderator:
Steven Greenhouse, Labor and Workplace Reporter for The New York Times.