Walmart Strike Spreads to Texas as Organizers Promise Massive Black Friday ...
This morning, at 10 am local time, Dallas Walmart store workers are headed back to the picket line. Theirs is the latest in a string of strikes that hit a California warehouse Wednesday and Seattle stores on Thursday. There's more where that came from ...www.thenation.com
A Walmart Black Friday 2012 Strike Being Organized?
A Walmart Black Friday strike is being organized online for stores accross the United States, according to a report.technorati.com
Ex-Walmart Employee Arrested For Talking About 'Black Friday' Strike
A former Walmart employee was handcuffed Wednesday when he visited his old store to talk to workers about next week's "Black Friday" strike. Alex Rivera, who was fired in September, told The Nation that Walmart management intentionally misled Orlando ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Wal-Mart Employees Vow to Hold 1000 Store Protests, Strikes Ahead of Black ...
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) warehouse and retail employees engaged in the ongoing Making Change at Walmart campaign have vowed to hold 1,000 protests, rallies, and strikes across several states in the days leading up to Black ...www.minyanville.com
Next Wave of Walmart Worker Actions Kicks Off with California Strike
The strike is one of more than a thousand protests, walkouts, and other actions workers in the Walmart retail empire are planning over the next week, culminating on the big "Black Friday" shopping day.inthesetimes.com
Walmart ups stake for holiday season's kickoff
... on Thanksgiving Day, two hours earlier than a year ago. It's also guaranteeing shoppers that it will have three of the most popular items it sells if they line up inside the store during a one-hour event that day.www.cbsnews.com
Alleging a New Wave of Retaliation, Walmart Warehouse Workers Will Strike a ...
In response, the workers decided tonight to begin their strike a day early, at 8 am Pacific Time Wednesday. The strike will continue into Thursday, when workers will rally with supporters as originally planned. Thursday, Walmart warehouse workers are ...www.thenation.com
Walmart Workers Walk Out, Plan Black Friday Protest
(Newser) - Workers at a number of Walmart stores walked out yesterday, in the first salvo of a larger series of strikes planned in response to the retailing giant's plan to begin its Black Friday festivities on Thanksgiving. At least 30 workers at six ...www.newser.com
Strikes threaten to wreck Walmart's Black Friday
The threat of worker unrest could cause havoc for Walmart's Black Friday push next week. Quasi-union OUR Walmart is planning a number of strikes and protests aimed at disrupting the company's operations during America's busiest shopping weekend.www.mcvuk.com
Ex-Walmart Employee Claims He Was Handcuffed After Talking To Workers ...
A man who was recently fired from a Florida Walmart says that he was handcuffed by a police officer at the store yesterday while trying to talk to current workers about plans for an employee strike on Black Friday. The former employee was dismissed ...consumerist.com
Walmart Strikes: More Workers Join Fight In Oklahoma, Claim Intimidation
The wave of organized Walmart strikes that hit 12 states last week has now inspired more of the company's employees to take up the cause.www.huffingtonpost.com
Walmart Workers Reveal Black Friday Protest Plans In 5 Major Cities
Frustrated Walmart associates say they are planning 1,000 "protest actions" for Black Friday in at least five major cities.jobs.aol.com
Walmart workers walk off job ahead of Black Friday strike
Following these actions, a press release from Making Change at Walmart announced that these strikes are the first of 1000 protests, "including more strikes, rallies and online actions, at Walmart stores leading up to and on Black Friday." Strikes and ...presstv.com
Walmart workers to strike on Black Friday
Harris, who identified himself as a Walmart employee and member of OUR Walmart, a Walmart employee rights organization, says that's why some employees are hoping to use the unofficial shopping holiday to bring about change.www.fox11online.com
Workers Use Globalization to Fight Walmart
The recent Walmart strikes - beginning first among warehouse workers in California, then spreading to others in Elwood, Illinois, and finally to Walmart retail stores across the United States - raise the possibility that workers may be able to crack ...www.opposingviews.com
Alex Rivera, Ex-Walmart Worker, Claims He Was Handcuffed Promoting Black ...
Rivera said he was at the store to educate workers about planned strikes on Black Friday, the busiest day of the year for most retailers.www.huffingtonpost.com
As Long as There's a Walmart, We'll Need Labor Unions
The move to strike (in one form or another) soon spread to some 28 stores in 12 other states, with about 90 total "associates" joining in the strike all told with promises for another walkout on Black Friday if their demands aren't met. Compared to ...blogs.phillymag.com
Walmart Faces Lawsuit Over Unpaid Overtime as Strike Threats Grow
In early October, workers who are part of OUR Walmart staged what the group called the first-ever strike against Walmart in Los Angeles, while Walmart itself called the event in Los Angeles a rally. Walmart store employees also walked off the job in ...www.dailyfinance.com
Blue Christmas
A worker group called OUR Walmart said yesterday that employee protests and strikes began on the West Coast this week, and will spread to cities including Chicago, Dallas and Miami in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.www.nypost.com
Athens Oracle: Strikes at Walmart
Walmart has been subject to criticism due to its low wages and questionable benefits. Recently the workers of Walmart have been involved in several strikes. Workers are walking out and marching in protest. 200 angry protesters showed up at Walmart's ...my.hsj.org
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