Walmart Workers On Hunger Strike Confront Clinton Staff At Campaign Headquarters

[Cheese Sandwich]

Current and former Walmart workers protested at the Brooklyn headquarters of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign Wednesday, calling on Clinton to address Walmart’s pay and labor practices and noting her “long-standing ties” to the company, where she served as a board member from 1986 to 1992.

The protest came a day after the Service Employees International Union, a powerhouse in the labor movement and backer of the Fight For $15 minimum wage campaign, officially endorsed Clinton for president. While Clinton has spoken in support of a $12 minimum federal hourly wage, she has stopped short of calling for the $15 minimum that is becoming a widespread demand among labor activists.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/coralewis/walmart-workers-on-hunger-strike-protest-outside-clinton-hq

https://twitter.com/OURWmt/status/667053704395272192

Walmart protesters bring labor demands to Clinton campaign headquarters

Walmart protesters who attempted to deliver a letter to Hillary Clinton’s Brooklyn headquarters were turned away by security on Wednesday. The protesters – some current and some former Walmart employees – were hoping the former secretary of state and Democratic candidate for president would take up their cause and come out in support of $15-an-hour wages.

“I am going to Hillary Clinton’s office to demand that she speak up for me, for my daughter and for the tens of thousands of Walmart workers across this country working and living in poverty,” said Tyfani Faulkner, a former Walmart customer service manager from Sacramento, California. “One of the things I remember most from working at Walmart was my friends and I emptying our pockets to scrape together one meal we all could share for lunch. This should not be happening in America. We need a champion in the White House and we’re going to Hillary’s office to demand that she take up our cause.”
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Faulkner was let go from Walmart for alleged activism. During the two weeks leading up to Black Friday, she is fasting to “try and improve the working conditions and wages for all of my friends still working at the store”. About 100 Walmart associates are participating in the fast, also known as Fast for 15.

Faulkner and the other protesters, all wearing bright green scarves the color of the current and former employee-led Our Walmart campaign, were barred from reaching the Clinton headquarters by the building security. The protesters delivered their letter to the campaign’s labor liaison outside the building.

Clinton’s campaign did not respond to Guardian’s request for comment.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/nov/18/walmart-protesters-hillary-clinton-campaign-brooklyn

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. I think this group gets support from UFCW

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I don't think they have endorsed anyone but it wouldn't be a surprise to see them back the Hillster.

[Hepburn]

2. Wow...just wow...

Barred by security. Sorry, but the cute little guy with the poster in the OP doesn't look so dangerous to me that he should be barred. Why would they be barred from reaching the headquarters? It's not like they were trying to bust in.

JMHO

[nc4bo]

5. The dirty, unwashed masses..........

For the rich and well off, $15 means nothing but pocket change but for those surviving hand to mouth, it means everything.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

70. You got that right.

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[Cheese Sandwich]

7. They were shown out to sidewalk, but eventually a staffer did come outside to receive their letter

[LovingA2andMI]

23. A Staffer Huh?

Because it is to be assumed the "Little People" could not be graced by the Candidate going outside to retrieve the letter, herself?

[merrily]

3. She did nothing for unions or strikers while she was on the WalMart board.

[Thinkingabout]

6. Remind me what Sanders has done for Walmart after his twenty five years in Congress.

[Cheese Sandwich]

8. Pretty much everything

[Thinkingabout]

9. Someone needs to tell Walmart employees the good news, they don't know what he has done for them.

[AlbertCat]

13. they don't know what he has done for them.

Must be why they delivered a letter to the Clinton HQ and "were hoping the former secretary of state and Democratic candidate for president would take up their cause and come out in support of $15-an-hour wages."


See they don't need to do that at a Sanders' HQ.


Think about it, Thinkabout!

[Thinkingabout]

15. I have very close contact with lots of Walmart employees, I ask what Sanders has done for the

employees and the answer was "NOTHING". Do they expect anything from Sanders, don't know but it appears they went to Hillary's HQ, must think she can help them. Now think.

[BeanMusical]

24. Cool story bro.

[ejbr]

10. Since you asked

Sanders: Wal-Mart Wages ‘Nowhere Near Enough’
Thursday, February 19, 2015
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 19 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Wal-Mart announced that all of its workers in the United States would earn at least $9 an hour by April and $10 an hour by 2016:

“The Walton family which owns Wal-Mart is the wealthiest family in America and it is absurd that thousands of their low-wage workers are forced to use programs like food stamps, Medicaid and subsidized housing. Wal-Mart should not be paying starvation wages.

“While this is a step forward and a response to grassroots activism across the country, this is nowhere near enough. Wal-Mart should raise their minimum wage to at least $10.10 an hour now and move it to $15 over the next several years. Struggling working families should not have to subsidize the wealthiest family in the country. Wal-Mart also should end its vehemently anti-union activities.”

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-wal-mart-wages-nowhere-near-enough

[Thinkingabout]

16. Did he get them a raise? no

[ejbr]

68. Does he care? Yes

Or is being indifferent to the financial plight of others a badge of honor? Although he might have tried running into the board room, guns blazing, until they submitted to him. I'll email him that suggestion.

[Thinkingabout]

72. Hillary has tried to get minimum wage increases tied to congressional raises, it did not pass but

She tried. She worked to get the last minimum wage increase, this crap she doesn't care is just chatter.

[ejbr]

75. I was responding

to what Bernie has done for Walmart workers per the post to which I was replying. As you most likely know, he too introduced legislation for a minimum wage increase. Given her ties to Walmart, the workers frustration is being directed to her.

[Omaha Steve]

12. He didn't sit on the Walmart board and ignore the idea of unionizing the company like Hillary did!

You did ask.

[Thinkingabout]

17. He has sat in Congress for twenty five years, has Sanders went out to organize Walmart employees? NO

[Omaha Steve]

19. His # 1 donors are unions!

Tell me who donates the most to Hillery. What does that tell YOU?

So what did Hillary do for the workers while on the board?

[Thinkingabout]

27. So he gets donations and leaves the employees high and dry, no reward to his donors.

[Omaha Steve]

28. See reply #22

You sure don't want to answer the question what she did as a board member!

DUH!

[roguevalley]

50. I will. She screwed workers for money.

[Dragonfli]

63. .

On Wed Nov 18, 2015, 08:56 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

I will. She screwed workers for money.
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Way over the top.

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[Omaha Steve]

22. Here is his Senate score by UNIONS lifetime

http://votesmart.org/candidate/27110/bernie-sanders?categoryId=43&type=V,S,R,E,F,P

[Thinkingabout]

32. As I say, he takes the money and he has not helped Walmart employees. The employees knows he has

not helped them.

[Omaha Steve]

34. Walmart employees aren't union and don't pay dues have a PAC etc

You really don't know how things work.

And what did Hillary do on the board, in the Senate for Walmart workers????

[Thinkingabout]

35. I have forgotten more about unions than some people with ever know, I know how unions works very

well. I know they are not union members, no they do not participate in donating through a union pac, it is through organizing, Sanders has not been out working organizing but he takes their money, why? Again, the employees knows Sanders has not done anything for them. Hillary on the other hand promoted "Buy America" during her time on the Walmart board, what did that do, it kept jobs in the US. She also pushed for promotions for women while she was on the board, at one time women did not get promoted.

[Omaha Steve]

38. How did he take their $?

This I got to hear.

AND YOU STILL DON'T SAY WHAT HILLARY DID WHILE SITTING ON THE BOARD!!!

What is your reading comprehension? I have dementia and I understand the question.

OS

[Thinkingabout]

39. Reading comprehension, reread post #35, sure I said what Hillary did while sitting on the board.

I am not putting your dementia down but I did say what she did, I am surprised you did not see it but I will post what I posted in #35 again.

"Hillary on the other hand promoted "Buy America" during her time on the Walmart board, what did that do, it kept jobs in the US. She also pushed for promotions for women while she was on the board, at one time women did not get promoted."

These are things union strive to keep jobs in the US and getting equal rights for all employees by getting women promoted after many years of this not occurring.

[Omaha Steve]

40. YOU know this HOW?

[Thinkingabout]

41. As I have already stated I have forgotten more about unions than some will ever know. Years of

being an officer and job steward and working with negotiations of union contracts.

I forgot years of organizing also.

[zalinda]

49. You also seem to have forgotten

that Bernie has been representing the state of Vermont while in DC. Is he also supposed to organize Walmart employees for you?

An officer and a job steward tells me that you got yours, no wonder you are shilling for Hillary.

Z

[Thinkingabout]

53. You must not have any idea what a good job steward does, you may have come across ones which was bad

I did not do that, I treated everyone equally. I guess you could follow the thread and have knowledge of why statements was made. Don't disparage union officers and job stewards. We stood for others, fighting the good fight. I am not a shill for Hillary, I know her record and know her ability to work hard, I know her experience, I vote for the best qualified candidate. I guess we can only count on Sanders representing the state of Vermont by your statement, I need a candidate who represents every state.

[zalinda]

60. Which why he is running for President. eom

[LovingA2andMI]

31. Yea, Sanders never get on the picket lines.....Oh Wait....

Well....guess that's not so true afterall.

[Thinkingabout]

37. Photo ops

[LovingA2andMI]

43. Assuming....

That is the best words you can do..... Okay

[Punkingal]

45. It is not a photo op...it is called walking the walk, not just talking the talk.

[Thinkingabout]

47. Like the photo on the Edmund Pettus bridge and claiming John Lewis was endorsing Sanders,

wrong, John Lewis has endorsed Hillary Clinton, that photo op did not show John Lewis was endorsing Sanders

[Punkingal]

52. i am not impressed with John Lewis endorsements...

he endorsed a candidate for congress in NV in 2004 that was a former law partner of Ted Olson and who had contributed to W.

[Thinkingabout]

54. I am not impressed with Sanders photo ops. John Lewis has been a great statesman, a great member of

congress who is respected by many, why are you disparaging John Lewis?

[Punkingal]

55. I am not disparaging him...I have a lot of respect for his accomplishments.

But I know he doesn't always endorse the right person. I was crushed when he endorsed that person in 2004.

[Thinkingabout]

56. Endorsing Hillary Clinton is the right person.

[Punkingal]

61. You are free to think so...just as I am free to disagree.

[murielm99]

66. This post was alerted on.

I am glad to see it still standing. WTF is wrong with some of these people?

[sabrina 1]

64. I'll remind you of this. Everything he tried to do FOR the people was blocked by Corporate Funded

bought-and-paid-for Congress members. Which is why we are working to get more Reps like Bernie and the few others who worked so hard to try to overcome the MONEY that has bought our government.

[blackspade]

67. And this is about Sanders how?

He is the one advocating for $15 hr.
Another sad attempt at deflection.

[Omaha Steve]

11. You can donate to these workers here

http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3QA/ni0YAA/t.1s8/kOTvH5L2TuWLA3FdRrblgw/h2/WQ-2BlIwq7W2eCmkkcwbDiBSD9p4T6xn7Ql1kXw4yNsteReZHwElmB2HShVZhl6PtsQIlWfcdLwjyEVKCF5IDuGCIanFaZvHvtxioSQpZau52Ovbts2XZOKSMLFU7tdmj6-2Bq4VFFONOMpeLZTgkt-2FlH6HGEFae8hsdt0lkTdmA7KMAFQSdau9Cbqil5-2BnXuuQeFNM06Q9-2BVWmQ5tXXvYX9R963Fj2fFFZxl-2Fc4vTuRG-2F7iu0u4jGd-2BTQlfpuuQXY8-2BgVpH-2BPf0o-2FOVaLyad6qsyLeZ6s9dRyAwwk9wB4OLh94QqKN5GsN8EfRzBVDDm783dQbiCxAhvltrBvJAM2aosQ-3D-3D

[zentrum]

14. Wonder if the various union

…endorsements of her, will split the unions. Or, at any rate, split the rank and file from their leaders.

[jalan48]

18. Oh my! This isn't good, quick --9/11 !!!!!!

[coyote]

21. Haha!

How true.

[840high]

58. Snort. lol Give her time.

[Oilwellian]

20. It's going to be very hard for Hillary...

to maintain the facade surrounding her feel good campaign. Reality bites.

[jalan48]

25. Not only that, if she wins the Presidency she's in for a hard ride.

Unlike Obama, who got years of support from Progressives given the mess he inherited, Hilary is going to be challenged from the get-go.

[Oilwellian]

36. I've never believed she could win a general

Bernie has far more crossover appeal.

[MisterP]

57. "I'm the worker's candidate! the people who manufacture what we consume!"

[CharlotteVale]

26. If they worked on Wall St. instead of at Wamart she'd meet them.

[Geronimoe]

29. Pity the Walton Family

$15 an hour could destroy the Walton Family Fortune.

[Travis_0004]

30. Hilary spent several years fighting walmart employees when she was on their board

Why would anybody think it will be different this time?

[Thinkingabout]

33. LINK

[Art_from_Ark]

44. Here's something to get you started

Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4218509&page=1

[Thinkingabout]

46. Post #30 said Hillary spent years fighting the employees, thanks for your link where she remained

silent, point taken, this isn't proof she spent years fighting the employees.

[Art_from_Ark]

48. I dont know if she actually fought against unionization

but she certainly didn't do much to support the effort. I saw that as a temporary Walmart worker at a Bentonville warehouse during the time that Hillary was rubbing shoulders with Sam Walton on the Walmart board.

[Thinkingabout]

51. Yes she was on the board of Walmart, she pushed for Buy America while there and pushed for women

to be promoted, the Buy America helped keep jobs in the US and opening the door for women to become managers was for the employees.

[Art_from_Ark]

65. "Buy American" was Sam's brainchild,

which he launched in 1985, before Hillary was on the board.

http://fortune.com/2013/08/23/wal-marts-embrace-of-made-in-america/

[Thinkingabout]

73. She pushed to keep Buy America, bottom line, it kept jobs in the USA. On a board votes, she voted

For it. I know there is a need by some to discredit Hillary, if it is wrong it is wrong.

[Scuba]

69. "Buy American" from a company that sells more foreign crap than any other. Hypocrisy.

[Thinkingabout]

74. Go back and look at the walmart history and see where the producrs came from during the Buy

America program. This was before 1993.

[SoapBox]

42. She will never support $15 /hour...

And she will never go against the Waltons.

She LOVE the BIG money and BIG power.

[840high]

59. Sad and true.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

71. Hillary is all about Hillary. To her, the Presidency is her way of achieving higher speaking fees on par with Bill.

We need a people's President...we need Bernie!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[hughee99]

62. I would never say that she wouldn't support something (at least for a little while).

But I'd be surprised if she did anything.