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ning to have members visiting customers at stores including Gap and Victoria's Secret in Manhattan to educate them about the demands on workers.
• Wal-Mart has been the biggest target for protests against holiday hours. Most of the company's stores are open 24 hours, but the retailer is starting its sales events at 6 p.m. on Thursday, two hours earlier than last year.
• The issue is part of a broader campaign against the company's treatment of workers that's being waged by a union-backed group called OUR Walmart, which includes former and current workers. The group is staging demonstrations and walkouts at hundreds of stores around the country on Black Friday.
• Brooke Buchanan, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman, said the discounter has received "really good feedback" from employees about working the holiday.
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10 Things to Know for Today
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
• 1. BLACK FRIDAY GETS OFF TO EARLY START
• Shoppers eager to score a good deal rush to stores that were open on Thanksgiving Day.
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• 2. WHAT RETAILERS KNOW ABOUT YOU
• Companies use advanced technology to help you shop and to learn more about your spending habits.
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• 3. BUDGET CUTS ARE HURTING THE MILITARY'S PREPAREDNESS
• While experts are not yet sounding the alarm bells, some analysts say two or three more years of cutbacks could leave the military unprepared for war.
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• 4. U.N. ISSUES WARNING ON SYRIAN CHILDREN
• The raging war in Syria has forced over a million kids to become refugees and to provide for their families through manual labor.
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• 5. THAI PROTESTERS STORM ARMY HEADQUARTERS
• Demonstrators continue targeting high-level government offices in the sixth consecutive day of unrest.
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