Top 12 Stories This Week: April 1

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Big Box Retailers Make Billions off Food Stamps, Often Put Workers on them

The biggest winners of the SNAP economy are the ones the government won't tell you about. Read more >

WHAT'S NEWS THIS WEEK   2. 15% of Jobs Added in March were Temp Jobs Just look inside the numbers of how "well" American workers are doing.  In a somewhat related story, see how low of a wage you could "get by" with.

3. Emails link Senator to Coordinating with Anti-Union Group to Bust UAW's Volkswagen Vote Emails from a Senator's Chief of staff show a direct coordination between Politicians and an Anti-Union group hired to keep the UAW out of the Volkswagen plant.  UAW requested a delay after collusion was suspected, later in the week an anti-union group requested the hearing delay denied.

4. A&P to Host Private-Label Event Tomorrow, April 5th, A&P will host private label events at Pathmark and Waldbaum's stores.

5. Domino's Pizza Settles Wage Suit, Pays out $448K 23 Domino's Pizza franchises throughout New York settled wage violations spanning from 2007-2013, for paying workers under minimum wage.  It's about time.

6. UPS Fires 250 Teamsters After Protest After 250 Teamsters protested a coworkers firing, UPS handed out pink slips to all of them.  On Thursday, NYC Politicians rallied and threatened to pull the plug on UPS city contracts.

7. Target's Anti-Union Video, What They Say &  What They Really Mean AFL-CIO gives a translation of Target's latest installment of union-busting film.  This week Gawker discovered they even hired union actors to star in their new film.

8. UFCW President Hansen on "Save American Workers Act": "Deceptively Named" Read his full statement here.   9. Hungry For Savings It doesn't add up; Big retailers like Walmart are donating millions to food shelters that their employees rely on.

10. Walmart Heiress is Rumored Buyer of  Most Expensive Co-Op in NYC History

11. NYC's Grace's Marketplace is Relocating

12. Instacart expanded to LA

A service that hires "freelance" delivery persons to shop at your favorite supermarkets, and deliver them straight to your door, last week they expanded to NYC.