Shoplifting gave Macy’s an ‘excuse’ to close iconic San Francisco store, union says

Macy’s Inc.’s decision to close its iconic store in San Francisco’s Union Square has thrust the issue of retail theft into the spotlight once again — although the union representing workers at the store thinks that shoplifting may have simply provided an excuse for its closure.  “I think it gives them the excuse to do what they wanted to do for the last few years,” Jim Araby, director of strategic campaigns at United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5, t