Walmart worker strikes go viral, hitting 28 stores in 12 states

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/10/walmart-worker-strikes-go-viral-hitting-28-stores-in-12-states/

Walmart workers who recently went on strike in Illinois and California appear to have inspired some of their fellow big box employees, and now it looks like the movement is going viral.

Labor leaders said Tuesday, just one day before Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting, that workers at 28 stores in 12 states walked out and went on strike to demand the anti-union employer raise wages, improve working conditions and end retaliations against employees who attempt to form unions.

“It’s not a hard sell because these people are tired of being treated the way we are being treated by Walmart,” Evelin Cruz, a striking Walmart worker in the Los Angeles area, told Raw Story on Wednesday. “They disregard us as workers. They think that we are machines, we should have no emotions. We should not have families. We should not have the right to speak. So it’s pretty easy to convince people to get on-board. We need to have more voices around the country being heard with the same message, because it is the same situation in every store and throughout their supply chain.”

(More at the link.)

[graham4anything]

1. UNIONIZE!!!

maybe we can be lucky-
as Walmart don't tolerate unions, and will close a store before having one, can we dream and have every single Walmart nationwide go out of business, replaced by thriving Mom and Pops earning a decent wage like they did before Walmart killed the American dream

Those $4 drugs sound nice but then you do realize you get what you pay for when you deal with the devil(and I consider IMHO Walmart the devil).

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. I agree, WM are evil. A story came out this week about how WM strikes HAVE resulted

in increased wages, so things are definitely going in the right direction!

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

10. Many big grocery stores have the $4 deal, some $3. Kroger has a list of FREE antibiotics.

[HopeHoops]

2. I like the idea of calling WalMart stores on Black Friday to ask if they are open or not.

It's about all I can do. I don't shop there and I don't shop on Black Friday anyway. I wish them the workers the best of luck and HOPE the media takes time to cover it (and make a big deal out of it).

[cynatnite]

4. I'll consider it viral when it's over 100 stores. n/t

[leveymg]

5. Here's the photo that's been long coming: a picket line infront of a Wal*Mart Supercenter>

Solidarity. Don't shop at any Wal*Mart during a strike. Don't cross that line!

[Wednesdays]

6. K & R

[Odin2005]

7. Solidarity!!!

[Major Nikon]

8. Shit I hope so

Many decades ago I would see periods what seemed like highs and lows in unionization. The GOP smear machine has managed to convince people that unions are bad and they have been on decline for decades. It would be quite refreshing to see an uptick in union participation and I can't think of any company that deserves it more than Wal-Mart.

If they are still picketing in Dallas when my day off rolls around, I'm going to bring them some cold drinks, bought at somewhere other than Wal-mart.

[ffr]

9. Does that mean their competition will become competitive?

Too bad Walmart!

[Dustlawyer]

11. This is what pure capitalism results in. Without sensible rules and regulations they will

treat you like Chinese prison labor!

[WillyT]

12. K & R !!!

[coalition_unwilling]

13. Emphatic K&R! Boycott Walmart and any of its affiliates (Sam's Clubs) until

WalMart agrees to collective bargaining.