Next wave of Walmart, low-wage strikes is here

Another massive wave of low-wage worker strikes may be upon us as labor unrest is rising at the Port of Los Angeles and Walmart workers walked off the job in three cities over the past 10 days.<br /><br />Yesterday, 20 port drivers at Total Transportation Service Inc. in Rancho Dominguez took a petition to management demanding they be recognized as employees and entitled to medical benefits. TTSi driver Jose Rosales told La Opinion,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">In reality we are employees, but we have no benefits, not even my kids, or my wife.</blockquote>The publication also reported:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Drivers complain that the company charges them for insurance and parking charges, and leaves the costs of maintenance and fuel on his shoulders. “The truck is not mine, but I am paying maintenance," said (Dennis) Rosales.</blockquote>Earlier this week, drivers filed a lawsuit against Southern Counties Express Inc. alleging the drivers don't earn a fair wage, nor do they have time to eat and rest, all because they were misclassified as independent contractors. The lawsuit was filed before the Superior Court of Los Angeles County.<br /><br />Throughout the United States, workers trapped in low-wage jobs are revolting against a system that lavishly rewards a tiny sliver of the population and consigns more than half the U.S. population to near poverty. An <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/income-inequality-crisis_n_4221012.html?utm_hp_ref=business" rel="nofollow">analysis by Social Security released Tuesday </a>showed more than half of U.S. wage earners take home less than $30,000 a year. T<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">he </span><a href="http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/12poverty.shtml" rel="nofollow">federal poverty line</a> for a family of five in 2012 was $27,010.<br /><br />Meanwhile <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/11/stink-tanks-exposed-as-fronts-for-kochs.html" rel="nofollow">billionaire-funded propaganda</a> paints low-wage workers as lazy handout seekers and <a href="http://mediamatters.org/research/2013/08/02/report-foxs-month-of-inaccurate-minimum-wage-co/195192" rel="nofollow">Fox News</a> drives home the message. The real handouts go to companies like Walmart and McDonald's. In the U.S., <a href="http://usilive.org/walmarts-ruthless-rush-to-the-bottom-has-to-be-stopped/" rel="nofollow">18 percent of all food stamp recipients</a> and the largest group of people enrolled in Medicaid work for Walmart. In fact, the average Walmart worker receives $1,000 in government assistance because pay is so low. McDonald's has a “<a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-10-25/a-help-line-voice-saying-what-mcdonalds-wont-fast-food-workers-need-aid">McResource</a>” line that helps employees and their families enroll in various state and local assistance programs.<br /><br />Walmart employees since Black Friday have <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/11/teamsters-support-walmart-black-friday-strikes.html" rel="nofollow">ratcheted up community</a> pressure on the retailer by exposing the ways it <a href="http://www.ilsr.org/study-finds-walmart-increases-poverty/" rel="nofollow">devastates people's lives</a>, <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/11/how-walmart-brought-southern-wages-north.html" rel="nofollow">their communities</a> and their <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-11-13/how-mcdonald-s-and-wal-mart-became-welfare-queens.html" rel="nofollow">government treasuries</a>. Workers in the Walmart supply chain -- in <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/walmart-warehouse-workers-get-raise.html" rel="nofollow">warehouses</a>, on the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-port-truck-drivers-strike-20130826,0,7653965.story" rel="nofollow">ports</a> and in <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/hey-wal-mart-lets-call-it-what-it-is.html" rel="nofollow">food processing plants</a> -- are walking off the job to protest the degradation and poverty that Walmart foists on them. Teamsters, SEIU, UFCW and other allies have been with them every step of the way. Last week, 54 people, <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/11/teamsters-support-walmart-black-friday-strikes.html" rel="nofollow">including three Teamsters</a>, were arrested in peaceful acts of disobedience, to support striking Walmart workers in Los Angeles.<br /><br />And now the ports are restive again, just weeks after the first-ever one-day walkout by drivers at <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/LA-port-drivers-strike.html" rel="nofollow">Green Fleet Systems.</a> Discontent is only increasing at fast-food restaurants and for low-wage government contractors as employers have resisted calls for higher pay. And Walmart workers are ready to strike on Black Friday.<br /><br />This could be a long, cold, strike season. If you'd like to show your support for striking workers and a more equal America, click <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-support-walmart-strikers" rel="nofollow">here</a> and scroll to the bottom of the page to find a Black Friday Walmart protest near you.

inequality strikes walmart Next wave of Walmart, low-wage strikes is here

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100 arrested protesting Walmart nationwide

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUryH9_kWyXzqQ5-XReO7NxpkJ92B46-ox3zpSgN8zKxua6f7hGF_bdhTWhnSz8_qqf85xsTV0N9kGBCftJBrG4smEuXvsEKyra4lXt5DAEHYf1umThZJ93WwlqWkkBH3g7rMk5vTqePEU/s1600/swat+team.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUryH9_kWyXzqQ5-XReO7NxpkJ92B46-ox3zpSgN8zKxua6f7hGF_bdhTWhnSz8_qqf85xsTV0N9kGBCftJBrG4smEuXvsEKyra4lXt5DAEHYf1umThZJ93WwlqWkkBH3g7rMk5vTqePEU/s320/swat+team.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Isn't that a little much?</td></tr></tbody></table>One hundred Walmart strikers and their supporters in 11 cities were arrested yesterday in a wave of nationwide protests against the company, according to OUR Walmart, which organized the demonstrations.<br /><br />Teamsters and other union members came out to rallies in 15 cities to demand Walmart pay its full-time workers at least $25,000 a year and to obey the law. The company illegally disciplined 80 workers, firing 20, because they exercised their legal right to walk off the job to demand an end to retaliation for trying to form a union. More than<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-09/06/c_132698760.htm"> 100 unfair labor practice charges</a> have been filed with the <a href="http://nlrb.gov/">National Labor Relations Board</a>.<br /><br />Despite the news media's general indifference to the story, we tracked down most of the arrests, all of them for things like blocking entrances, sitting on the sidewalk or holding up traffic.<br /><br />Three protesters in New York City were the first to be arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience. One former and two current Walmart employees planned to deliver a petition with 200,000 signatures to Walmart board member Christopher Williams. Williams' assistant said he wasn't in, and he refused media requests to comment, according to <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-05/wal-mart-protesters-arrested-outside-director-s-manhattan-office.html">Bloomberg News</a>.<br /><br />At the <a href="http://www.teamsterslocal391.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 391</a> hall in Raleigh, N.C., a forum on labor was held and then participants marched through a nearby Walmart. According to<a href="http://www.technicianonline.com/news/article_5dc6e74e-16aa-11e3-b385-0019bb30f31a.html"> N.C. State University Technician</a>,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Armed with a petition of more than 171,000 signatures, several protesters entered the Glenwood Avenue Walmart with no intention of shopping Thursday afternoon.</blockquote>Next came the Seattle area, where 11 people with more courage than <a href="http://www.willcap.com/">Christopher Williams</a> were arrested by police. According to <a href="http://www.rentonreporter.com/news/222596611.html">The Renton Reporter</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Among those arrested were current Walmart employees who got on stage earlier in the protest, wearing sandwich boards identifying their stores. Husband and wife, Walmart workers, Edie and Larry Slowey, of Port Angeles; Betty Shove and Deborah Williams, both Mount Vernon store staff; Gerry Paladan, recently fired from Federal Way Walmart and Patricia Locks, Federal Way store staff were among those arrested by police at the protest.</blockquote><div>Their arrests followed a rally against cheap goods and corporate greed by Teamsters, community members, church representatives and singing grannies.<br /><br />Then came Los Angeles, where 21 people, including nine Walmart employees, were arrested, according to the Huffington Post. Seven hundred Walmart strikers and supporters rallied outside of the company's Los Angeles headquarters, demanding Walmart pay them enough to support their families. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-21-arrested-walmart-protest-20130905,0,5416580.story" rel="nofollow">Los Angeles police</a> said the arrests were for <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"suspicion of failure to disperse."</span><br /><br />In Sacramento, nine <a href="http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/05/nine-arrested-in-sacramento-wal-mart-protest/">Walmart workers and supporters</a> were arrested. <a href="http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/09/05/nine-arrested-in-sacramento-wal-mart-protest/">CBS 13</a> reported:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">As police arrested the protesters outside Cesar Chavez Plaza for civil disobedience, others yelled out “Hero.”</blockquote>A Walmart flack told the news media that the protesters weren't Walmart employees. Surprise! That was a lie.<br /><br />San Francisco protesters took arrests after a rally outside the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco, where Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO and Walmart board member, has a penthouse apartment, according to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/05/walmart-workers-strike-us-thursday">The Guardian</a>. You can see at least four people getting arrested for sitting on the sidewalk <a href="http://qik.com/video/59693779">here</a>, but another photo indicates there were eight. The San Francisco news media didn't think multiple arrests in a nationwide protest against the country's largest employer was worth mentioning (though the Chronicle did pick up an<a href="http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Arrests-made-at-Sacramento-Wal-Mart-protest-4792205.php"> AP story</a> about the Sacramento arrests. Nice going.).<br /><br />Seven were arrested in Orlando for blocking an entrance to a Walmart, according to the <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/morning_call/2013/09/7-arrested-during-local-wal-mart-protest.html">Orlando Business Journal</a>.<br /><br />In Chicago, a<a href="http://telly.com/1616C60"> brief video</a> shows eight people -- including a woman who uses a wheelchair -- being arrested, but we're not sure, as the Chicago media appears to be as lame as San Francisco.<br /><br />Outside of Washington, D.C., in Hyattsville, Md., three Walmart workers and three supporters were arrested for civil disobedience and held over night -- according to a Twitter feed from @ChangeWalmart. The local<a href="http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Several-Arrested-at-Walmart-Protest-in-Hyattsville-222603641.html"> NBC News report</a> said they were arrested for blocking traffic.<br /><br />In Dallas, <a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/business/Dallas-Joins-Walmart-Workers-Protesting-Across-the-Country-Thursday-222543281.html">11 protesters were arrested</a> and removed from Skillman Ave. after they blocked traffic.<br /><br />Watch The Ed Show segment on the protests below (but first you'll have to watch news about a panda and auto sales).<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" height="245" id="msnbc79daee" width="420"><param name="movie" value="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" /><param name="FlashVars" value="launch=52931017&width=420&height=245" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed name="msnbc79daee" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640" width="420" height="245" FlashVars="launch=52931017&width=420&height=245" allowscriptaccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object></span></div><div><div style="background: transparent; color: #999999; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; width: 420px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visit NBCNews.com for <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">breaking news</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">world news</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; color: #5799DB !important; font-weight: normal !important; height: 13px; text-decoration: none !important;">news about the economy</a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div>

Protests strikes walmart 100 arrested protesting Walmart nationwide

Isn't that a little much?One hundred Walmart strikers and their supporters in 11 cities were arrested yesterday in a wave of nationwide protests against the company, according to OUR Walmart, which organized the demonstrations.Teamsters and other uni…

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Dozens of Walmart workers, supporters arrested in mass protests (UPDATE)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj772CKzlcFQ9HB4lx_yBWLi9vbF9-s3PXMz8mcKAC9FOYTpmV3Ri5PdCS9qtmQW0yx-YzOCR0U2mvw2m0UJ1N6tvzRSazXWXIeiVtyWy69HG_XV-YipETEv2NqFPMXgJqxTAN62cDEUrSu/s1600/walmart+protest.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj772CKzlcFQ9HB4lx_yBWLi9vbF9-s3PXMz8mcKAC9FOYTpmV3Ri5PdCS9qtmQW0yx-YzOCR0U2mvw2m0UJ1N6tvzRSazXWXIeiVtyWy69HG_XV-YipETEv2NqFPMXgJqxTAN62cDEUrSu/s200/walmart+protest.png" width="197" /></a></div>UPDATES with four new grafs 1-5 with news of arrests.<br /><br />At least a dozen Walmart strikers and supporters were <a href="http://changewalmart.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">arrested today for acts of civil disobedience</a>. They were protesting Walmart management for retaliating against workers and for paying them poverty wages.<br /><br />Police have<a href="http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/" rel="nofollow"> began to arrest about 20 Walmart strikers </a>and supporters after 700 people rallied outside of the company's Los Angeles headquarters, demanding Walmart pay workers enough to support their families.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"></blockquote>In front of a Walmart store near Seattle, at least a half-dozen people were arrested by police in SWAT gear. Our brother and sister <a href="http://qik.com/video/59690745" rel="nofollow">Teamsters came to show their support</a>.<br /><br />In New York City, three protesters were arrested for trying to meet with a Walmart board member.<br /><br />Protests and acts of civil disobedience by Walmart workers are spreading across the country into this evening. Strikers and supporters are demanding that Walmart pay its workers at least $25,000 a year and reinstate 20 workers who were fired for standing up for their rights.<br /><br />Activists arrested last month while protesting Walmart's retaliation against workers set a Labor Day deadline for the company to meet the demands. They promised intensified action if Walmart didn't follow through.<br /><br />Today the workers are making good on that promise in what they say is the biggest day of action since last year's <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/11/wal-mart-strikes-in-100-cities-46-states.html">Black Friday strikes</a>.<br /><br />Our brothers and sisters at<a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/our-walmart-labor-forum-in-north-carolina" rel="nofollow"> Teamsters Local 391 in North Carolina</a> are holding a forum at their hall in Raleigh, and an action -- we don't know what yet -- will take place at a Walmart store nearby.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.alignny.org/" rel="nofollow">ALIGN NY</a> reports that three Walmart protesters were led away by New York City police officers for trying to meet with a Walmart board member.<br /><br />According to the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/05/walmart-protesters-arrested_n_3873791.html?utm_hp_ref=tw" rel="nofollow"><em>Huffington Post</em></a>,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The protesters planned to deliver a petition to company board member Christopher Williams at the time of their arrests, Making Change At Walmart spokesperson Evan Yeats said...<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU01RssXVZWTAc4woohsAJHaatNpiWpVBtGI5KwigUDrdrTmK3pXB_tlbaLYDIRjh1FpomPYctAViAKuNLPDRicE22642V2GIErWrqp_2lSaDJumQ_dpYZiT8EtB8fXiHGolTkGl5Z_SXF/s1600/walmart+raleigh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU01RssXVZWTAc4woohsAJHaatNpiWpVBtGI5KwigUDrdrTmK3pXB_tlbaLYDIRjh1FpomPYctAViAKuNLPDRicE22642V2GIErWrqp_2lSaDJumQ_dpYZiT8EtB8fXiHGolTkGl5Z_SXF/s200/walmart+raleigh.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forum at the Teamsters hall.</td></tr></tbody></table>Barbara Gertz, a current Walmart employee in Denver, Colorado, was among those arrested, Yeats said. Lucas Handy, a former Walmart associate from Iowa who was fired for speaking out against the company, and Susan Gulick, a former Walmart associate from South Carolina, were also arrested, according to Yeats.</blockquote>Actions are beginning in <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/enough-is-enough-stand-with-the-walmart-60-thursday-september-5th-national-day-of-action-in-maryland" rel="nofollow">Hyattsville, Md.</a>, near the nation's capital; in <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/stand-up-with-walmart-workers-in-dallas" rel="nofollow">Dallas</a>, <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/respect-us-or-expect-us" rel="nofollow">Orlando</a>, <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/rally-for-respect-at-the-capitol" rel="nofollow">Baton Rouge</a>, <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/stand-with-the-walmart-60-in-sacramento-march-to-the-capitol" rel="nofollow">Sacramento</a>,<a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/stand-with-the-walmart-60-in-the-bay-area-rally-in-support" rel="nofollow"> San Francisco</a>, <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/stand-with-the-walmart-60-in-chicago-rally-for-respect" rel="nofollow">Chicago</a>, <a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/stand-with-the-walmart-60-in-denver-rally-for-respect" rel="nofollow">Denver</a>, and<a href="http://corporateactionnetwork.org/campaigns/stand-with-the-walmart-60/events/stand-with-the-walmart-60-in-boston-rally-for-respect" rel="nofollow"> Boston</a>.<br /><br />The photo below shows protesters getting ready for the demonstration outside of a Renton, Wash., Walmart (near Seattle).<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZWBVOv2q6hzJwTqP3Kb8xq9MOhOinpcomypvwWwQQ5goftsYTbG6IfNuS-DFmob7lPXOr36Av10ooYB3_X5urOv8YAIl5J-kwyh1IobGf-MS4v9Q4lwHgxTPF-wLBZi4lUEJ-Gj8hJGO/s1600/renton+walmart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZWBVOv2q6hzJwTqP3Kb8xq9MOhOinpcomypvwWwQQ5goftsYTbG6IfNuS-DFmob7lPXOr36Av10ooYB3_X5urOv8YAIl5J-kwyh1IobGf-MS4v9Q4lwHgxTPF-wLBZi4lUEJ-Gj8hJGO/s320/renton+walmart.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peacekeepers prepare for Walmart protest in Washington.</td></tr></tbody></table>Actions reported so far this afternoon have popped up in several cities, including New York, Boston, Raleigh, N.C., Los Angeles and Seattle.<br /><br />Today's actions follow strikes against Walmart back in June. <a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/09/05/muted-labor-protests-amid-fears-of-walmart-retaliation/">MSNBC reports</a>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">In late May and early June, <a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/28/walmart-employees-escalate-low-wage-workers-campaign-with-longest-strike-yet/">roughly 100 Walmart employees</a> affiliated with OUR Walmart engaged in what they said was an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike against the company. Strikers are <a href="http://www.nlrb.gov/strikes">protected from termination</a> by the National Labor Relations Act</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">Dominic Ware, an OUR Walmart member and former Walmart employee based in the Bay Area, said he was fired in early July and that management told him specifically it was because of his participation in the May-June strike.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">In addition to the 20 workers which OUR Walmart claims have been wrongfully fired, they say another 50 or so have been disciplined for organizing.</blockquote>Today's protests represent another step forward in the movement to empower and raise standards for low-wage workers like those at Walmart. Hundreds of workers are turning up the heat on today and showing that they will not be bullied by the company.<br /><br />Show your support by signing this petition <a href="http://action.changewalmart.org/page/s/ARealWage?source=Twitter" rel="nofollow">here</a>. View photos of the action as it develops <a href="http://changewalmart.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.

low-wage workers strikes walmart Dozens of Walmart workers, supporters arrested in mass protests (UPDATE)

UPDATES with four new grafs 1-5 with news of arrests.At least a dozen Walmart strikers and supporters were arrested today for acts of civil disobedience. They were protesting Walmart management for retaliating against workers and for paying them pove…

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