AP: 7 pro-union protesters arrested in SoCal (among a group of 100 demonstrators at Wal-Mart)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12374498

The Associated Press
Posted: 05/14/2009 08:23:04 PM PDT
Updated: 05/14/2009 08:23:05 PM PDT

FONTANA, Calif.—Seven protesters have been arrested in Fontana while demonstrating for the right to unionize outside a warehouse under contract with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

San Bernardino sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers says the people arrested Thursday on suspicion of trespassing were among a group of 100 demonstrators carrying signs and marching outside the warehouse. She says they were expected to be booked and released.

Daniel Medress, a spokesman for Warehouse Workers United, which organized the demonstration, says the people were detained for blocking the facility's driveway. He says they were showing their willingness to put their bodies on the line for the right to form a union.

Protesters held signs reading, "Wal-Mart: Always union busting, always."

Wal-Mart spokeswoman Daphne Moore would not offer comment on the protest.