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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Minority Retail Workers Paid Less Than Whites. Are Pay Raises the Answer? [Watch (HLS stream): Minority Retail Workers Paid Less Than Whites. Are Pay Raises the Answer?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Ke5ilqOU.m3u8) (1:25)  _Published 2015-06-03. A study revealed minority retail workers are paid less than White peers. Researchers say this feeds into poverty and recommend an increase in minimum wage._ --- Jul 27, 2023 6:21 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Michelle Williams Paid Less Than Mark Wahlberg for All the Money in the World Reshoots: Report](/video/FxziT9AQ/) ### Michelle Williams Paid Less Than Mark Wahlberg for All the Money in the World Reshoots: Report [Apple Closed Wage Gap for Women and Minorities](/video/T57mOdO9/) ### Apple Closed Wage Gap for Women and Minorities [Study Confirms Female Actresses Paid Less Than Males](/video/y8v1oe0W/) ### Study Confirms Female Actresses Paid Less Than Males --- ## Transcript When it comes to U. S. retail workers, a new study finds there's a significant wage gap. [ CROSSTALK ] According to public policy organization Demos and the NAACP, black and hispanic workers are paid less than their white counterparts. How much less? Well as full time retail salespeople black and latino employees make 75 % of the wages their white coworkers. For cashiers, minorities make about 90 percent of the wages of their white peers. The study's authors write " People of color are overrepresented in the positions with the lowest pay and the least stability and underrepresented in management positions ." Black and Latino retail workers are significantly more likely than white workers to be employed part time when they want full- time hours. This, according to the study, does nothing to help minority families economically as 17 % of black and 13 % of Latino retail workers live below the poverty line, compared to the average for the retail workforce at just 9 %. The study's authors made a few recommendation to lessen the disparity like reviewing discriminatory practices and increasing minimum wage to $ 15 an hour. That larger debate is already happening nationwide from Los Angeles to Chicago to San Francisco and beyond. 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