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Corporate wasn’t playing when it came to unions. The year before, someone in Harvest—­the team responsible for fresh produce and perishables—­was fired for “time theft” after he’d been spotted talking briefly to a union organizer during his shift.

He had nothing against retail in principle. Just Town Square. He despised its ethos of corner-cutting (the Potemkin approach to store maintenance—­cleaning stores only when upper-level visitors were expected—­was a case in point), its willingness to cheat employees in any way that was technically n…

After she’d left Town Square yesterday, she had spent hours thinking about the group manager job. If she got it, she’d be able to pay her back bills—­she still owed for heat last winter, among other things. She’d also be able to buy for her son, so he’d be provided for when he got out of prison, re…

The irony, she thought as she began to pace, walking parallel to the line, was that until yesterday Little Will’s constant badgering about the backlog had bothered her far more than the thing itself. Unlike unload times, which had to be reported daily, the existence of the backlog was unknown to an…

He walked by a largely abandoned shopping center from the 1960s with weeds growing through cracks in the parking lot. Land here was so cheap that when a building became outdated, its owners often didn’t bother to tear it down. They just built a new one next door. What’s a half mile of dead space to…