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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Michael Sainato

’Tis the season to be exploited: retail workers face busy, stressful holidays

Customers shop for sale items at a Target store open early for Black Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2012.
Customers shop for sale items at a Target store open early for Black Friday in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2012. Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA

Millions of Americans are flocking to stores and malls across the US on Black Friday in an annual mass shopping spree that has become almost as traditional as the Thanksgiving dinner that precedes it.

But as throngs of shoppers kick off the holiday season of consumerism, there is a huge impact on retail and delivery workers who become busier than ever and face workplace pressures that can harm their health and safety.

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