CNBC: Wal-mart Workers Strike for Better Jobs (story & video)

http://www.cnbc.com/id/49302978

Published: Friday, 5 Oct 2012 | 11:32 AM ET
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By: Stacy Curtin

There is growing unrest among the ranks at America's largest employer: Wal-mart (WMT).

Workers from a dozen stores in the Los Angeles-area went on a one-day strike Thursday "in the first-ever Wal-mart Associate walk-out in protest of attempts to silence and retaliate against workers for speaking out for improvements on the job," according to a press release from the strike's organizers.

More than 200 workers walked off the job and ended the day at a rally outside the Pico Rivera location, reports The New York Times.

A handful of community supporters joined the fight, including Dr. Jose Moreno, Executive Director of Los Amigos, Maria Elena Durazo, Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor and Rev. Eric Lee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

FULL story and video at link.