Repost from UFCW.org Walmart workers continued strikes in protest of company’s disregard for their rights NATIONWIDE – Tens of thousands of Americans protested at 1,600 Walmart stores across the country on Friday, calling on the company to pay associates a minimum of...
Walmart pushed its way into DC by offering good jobs for DC residents, even promising $13/hour wages. In December of last year, the first two stores opened up. Now, less than one year later, Walmart associates in DC are calling on the company to pay $15/hour and give...
Report by Union City—Hundreds of labor and community activists shut down K Street on Thursday as they marched on the Walton Family Foundation’s 18th Street offices to call out the big-box giant for paying low wages while amassing huge wealth for the Walton...
JOIN US OCTOBER 16, 2014 at 11:00a.m.at the AFL-CIO (815 16th St. NW Washington, D.C. 20006) as we expose the low-wage economy! U.S. income inequality is now the highest since 1928. The pope, the president, economists and even business leaders all agree: income...
A nationwide strike against Walmart comes to DC today when AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre, union members, community groups and other allies march on Walmart in downtown DC, where they’ll meet up with Walmart moms who are walking off the job. The...
Report by Union City—“We’re in Arizona for filming this week,” reports “Can’t Take It No More!” co-producer Michael Blain. “We’re documenting workers’ stories at a series of events and actions there, and then we’re heading to Arkansas, to film with...
