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'Walmart moms' walk off the job in protest at pay and conditions
Source: The Guardian
'Walmart moms' walk off the job in protest at pay and conditions
Karen McVeigh and Dominic Rushe in New York
theguardian.com, Wednesday 4 June 2014 19.35 BST
Working mothers at Walmart staged a series of strikes on Wednesday in protest over wages and conditions at the world's largest retailer, as a new report claims the company's top executives received $104m in taxpayer subsidies over a six-year period.
The majority of mothers working at Walmart, which drew a $16bn profit last year, earn less than $25,000 a year.
This week, a study by thinktank Demos detailed how 1.3 million women working in retail live on or near the poverty line. It said that if the major retailers in the US raised wages to the equivalent of $25,000 for full-time work, it could lift almost half a million women out of poverty or near-poverty.
“Walmart moms” walked off their jobs to take part in protests outside their stores in a number of cities including Orlando and Chicago, joining those who have already staged strikes earlier this week in Dallas, Pittsburgh, southern California and the Bay area.
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Karen McVeigh and Dominic Rushe in New York
theguardian.com, Wednesday 4 June 2014 19.35 BST
Working mothers at Walmart staged a series of strikes on Wednesday in protest over wages and conditions at the world's largest retailer, as a new report claims the company's top executives received $104m in taxpayer subsidies over a six-year period.
The majority of mothers working at Walmart, which drew a $16bn profit last year, earn less than $25,000 a year.
This week, a study by thinktank Demos detailed how 1.3 million women working in retail live on or near the poverty line. It said that if the major retailers in the US raised wages to the equivalent of $25,000 for full-time work, it could lift almost half a million women out of poverty or near-poverty.
“Walmart moms” walked off their jobs to take part in protests outside their stores in a number of cities including Orlando and Chicago, joining those who have already staged strikes earlier this week in Dallas, Pittsburgh, southern California and the Bay area.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/04/walmart-protest-strike-pay-conditions
