Oct 09 2012

Salon: Walmart strikes spread to more states

For the second time in five days – and also the second time in Walmart’s five decades – workers at multiple US Walmart stores are on strike. This morning, workers walked off the job at stores in Dallas, Texas; Miami, Florida; Seattle, Washington; Laurel, Maryland; and Northern, Central, and Southern California. No end date has been announced; some plan to remain on strike at least through tomorrow, when they’ll join other Walmart workers for a demonstration outside the company’s annual investor meeting in Bentonville, Arkansas. Today’s is the latest in a wave of Walmart supply chain strikes without precedent in the United States: From shrimp workers in Louisiana, to warehouse workers in California and Illinois, to Walmart store employees in five states.

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  1. James THon 10 Oct 2012 at 5:52 am

    If anyone’s looking for more information, Democracy Now! actually spoke to Josh Eidelson on their show today, along with a Walmart warehouse employee in Illinois, you can see it at democracynow.org

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