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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Walmart Moms" Plan Nationwide Strikes Ahead of Corporation's Shareholders Meeting
http://www.alternet.org/activism/walmart-moms-plan-strikeWalmart workers and supporters in the trade union movement say they intend to stage a new series of protests over wages and conditions at America's largest private employer, in which they will target the firm's family-friendly ethic ahead of its annual shareholders meeting next week.
Hundreds of so-called Walmart moms who work at stores across the US plan a number of strikes in 20 cities nationwide. Others will travel to Arkansas, the companys home state, to provide a visual presence to shareholders, workers rights groups said on Thursday.
The actions will follow a series of Black Friday rallies last year, which came after a House of Representatives committee report found taxpayers were subsidising workers at just one Walmart store to the tune of $1m a year in food stamps and other public-assistance programmes, because of the low wages they took home.
Walmart, which is coming in for increasing criticism over its treatment of staff and other issues, most recently for how it handled an overseas bribery investigation, is expected to face close scrutiny from shareholders after this month posting a fifth-straight quarter of negative same-store sales.
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"Walmart Moms" Plan Nationwide Strikes Ahead of Corporation's Shareholders Meeting (Original Post)
xchrom
May 2014
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socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)1. Kick for exposure and solidarity......
Coming on the heels of the recent fast food strikes and protests, this is good news. The low wage sector of the working class is now showing the way.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)2. BTW, I'm cross-posting this in the "Labor Movement" group.....
I hope you don't mind.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)3. ...
Glitterati
(3,182 posts)4. Just quit Walmart today. Ask me anything
Yeah, the gawdforsaken place has one less cashier this afternoon.