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    Erratic hours are the norm for workers in retailing. Can Los Angeles buck the trend?

    by Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Mar 04, 2019 4 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - Justin Orkin works in the grocery department at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles. Labor unions and worker advocates are mounting a "Fair Workweek" campaign to curb what they see as abusive scheduling practices in the retail industry. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

    A national movement to mandate stable hourly schedules for low-wage workers expanded to Los Angeles on Friday, as City Council members introduced a "Fair Workweek" measure that could affect some 70,000 retail employees in the city.

    Under a proposed ordinance, large retailers would have to give workers two weeks' advance notice of what days and hours they are expected to work. Employees would have the right to request schedule changes and

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