From the Organic Consumers Association newsletter, SOLIDARITY WITH WAL-MART WORKERS

http://www.organicconsumers.org/bytes/ob356.htm

Stand With Walmart Strikers on Black Friday... and Other Ways to Have a Just and Sustainable Holiday

More people work and shop at Walmart than anywhere else. Now, for the first time in the company's 50-year history, Walmart workers are walking off the job to protest low wages and cuts in benefits.

Walmart made $15 billion last year and paid its CEO $18.1 million. The wealth of the company’s owners, the Walton Family, is equal to the combined wealth of 40% of Americans. Surely the Waltons can meet Walmart workers' demands for “more-predictable schedules, less-expensive health-care plans and minimum hourly pay of $13 with the option of working full-time?”

Learn more about the Walmart strike

Watch this video, made by workers in the OUR Walmart campaign

 
 
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