Victory! Walmart's US "sweatshop"

Ana Rosa Diaz and her coworkers at C.J.'s Seafood, a major supplier for Walmart, say that they experienced forced labor while working at the company's facility in Louisiana, along with long hours, wage theft, unsafe conditions and other abuses. And thanks to you, Walmart and the US government are taking strong action against the company for how it treated workers like Ana.

Ana joined her coworkers and the National Guestworker Alliance to launch a petition to Walmart signed by nearly 150,000 people. As a result of their campaign, millions of people have learned about Ana's story and campaign against Walmart through coverage in The New York Times editorial page, The Guardian, on National Public Radio, and other media outlets.

And it worked: Walmart suspend its contract with the supplier. The Department of Labor even cited the Walmart supplier for serious and willful violations of federal labor law and demanded over $248,000 in back wages, fines, and penalties.

Ana Rosa Diaz, who started the petition, said: "When I decided to go on strike to stop C.J.'s from holding us in forced labor, I never imagined that almost 150,000 people would join our cause. Now I know that with your support, we can make a change at Walmart that will improve the lives of thousands and thousands of workers."

Inspired by Ana's story? Click here to start your own petition to change something at your workplace or in your community: http://www.change.org/start-a-petition?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=8314&alert_id=clwPdgtoSC_DJjAJFKReA

Thanks for being a change-maker,

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