Workers Are Pushing for Their Share of U.S. Bankruptcy Payouts

  • From Wall Street to Congress, employee concerns gain traction
  • Toys “R” Us collapse highlighted vulnerability in bankruptcy

A Toys 'R' Us store in Times Square in New York.

Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg
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Workers can lose everything when their employer files for bankruptcy. At least for now.

A pro-labor movement sparked by the employees of Toys “R” Us Inc., and taken up by Sears Holdings Corp., has reached the U.S. Congress.