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Twelve arrested in protest of Walmart firings and retaliation against activists

Leave a Comment / Wal Mart / By max cyril

Beginning shortly after the early June strike by around 100 Walmart workers, 20 of the strikers were fired and another 50 were disciplined in retaliation; Walmart basically treated their absences as if they’d been playing hooky rather than engaging in legally protected concerted activity. Now, in a protest against that retaliation, 9 former and one current Walmart …

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Walmart: Portrait of a Job Killer

Leave a Comment / Jobs, Wal Mart / By max cyril

Whenever communities, lawmakers or activists question or criticize Walmart for the way it treats workers—the low-pay, the stores’ impact on the communities—the retail giant pulls out a well-worn script with a simple message, “Walmart creates jobs and if there’s one thing this economy needs, it’s more jobs.” Setting aside the quality of the jobs for …

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You Won’t Believe How Walmart Responded to This College Student. Actually, You Will

Leave a Comment / MinimumWage / By max cyril

Walmart, the country’s largest private employer and huge wielder of political influence, is taking on their greatest challenge yet: A college junior writing an op-ed in her student newspaper. Georgetown University student Erin Riordan wrote a piece for The Hoya, the school’s student-run newspaper, in support of the Large Retailer Accountability Act (LRAA), which would raise the minimum wage …

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Kentucky Couple’s ‘Ride for Respect’ at Walmart

Walmart Tells Workers Who Ask About Unions That Benefits And Vacation ‘Might Go Away’

Leave a Comment / discrimination, unions, Wal Mart, Workplace Conditions, workplace issues / By max cyril

Walmart staves off unionization attempts in its stores by telling workers who ask about forming a union that they may lose benefits and vacation time, a potential violation of American labor law that could further inflame relations between the company and workers who picketed its stores on Black Friday and have been attempting to organize. Walmart …

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The Bangladeshi Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Leave a Comment / accountability, unions, Workplace Conditions, workplace safety / By max cyril

When I first read about the horrendous fire in Bangladesh, I immediately thought of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York in 1911 — more than 100 years ago. In many ways, nothing has changed. In some ways, some things have changed. Today: A Bangladeshi garment factory that was producing clothes for Wal-Mart, Disney, and …

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America Holding Walmart’s Feet to the Fire

Leave a Comment / accountability, economy, unions, Wal Mart, wealth, worker's rights, workplace issues / By max cyril

Finally, someone is holding Walmart directly accountable for the abuse of workers in its contracted warehouses. “Recent discovery has established that Walmart bears ultimate responsibility for the violations of state and federal law committed against plaintiff warehouse workers,” said a court document filed in Los Angeles. Walmart Targeted In Warehouse Worker Lawsuit – Huffington …

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“Wal-Mart is Not a Feudal Manor”

Leave a Comment / accountability, economy, Employment, job satisfaction, organization, Wake Up! This is Reality!, Wal Mart / By max cyril

The manager at the Southside Walmart in Paducah, Ky., might have figured he’d quashed the protest at his store. After all, he made James Vetato and three other OUR Walmart picketers leave from near the front door. The quartet retreated, but to regroup at the entrance road to the busy shopping center the Walmart store anchors. They redeployed under …

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Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers Fight for the Future of Work

Leave a Comment / economy, election, unions, workplace issues / By max cyril

Workers responsible for moving an estimated $1 trillion worth of goods a year through the global economy are paid low wages, often denied breaks and basic protective gear, and are employed primarily through temp agencies. Outside the largest Walmart distribution center in the country, moving the products of the world’s largest private employer, a group …

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Walmart Drives Down American Wages by Outsourcing Jobs

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Walmart’s outsourcing of jobs is driving down wages at American factories, according to a report from the National Employment Law Project. Instead of employing its own factory employees, Walmart subcontracts many of the jobs to outside companies that have histories of low wages and labor violations, the report said. “These outsourced workers laboring on Walmart’s behalf …

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