For the first time since November’s Black Friday walkout, US Walmart retail workers are out on strike.
At noon, half a dozen workers in Laurel, Maryland, walked off the job in protest of alleged retaliation by Walmart management. They were joined by Lancaster, Texas, Walmart employee Colby Harris, a fellow activist with the labor group OUR Walmart.
After delivering a letter to their store manager, and protesting with supporters outside the Laurel Walmart, the workers filed new charges with the National Labor Relations Board alleging illegal intimidation by the retail giant.
“What inspired me” to strike, Harris told The Nation, “was the fact that Walmart’s still using those same tactics to try to silence workers.” Walmart did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Wow, half a dozen? And no pictures of the crowd?
The point being that however many are taking part, the Walmart workers are waking up to the fact they have a voice and are stronger for banding together and using it, as stated below from Huff Post Business.
"This is really the beginning of a tipping point where workers in many aspects of Walmart's company -- whether warehouses or stores -- are starting to understand that they do have a voice," Schlademan said. "If I'm Walmart, I'm afraid of that."
The point being that however many are taking part, the Walmart workers are waking up to the fact they have a voice and are stronger for banding together and using it, as stated below from Huff Post Business.
"This is really the beginning of a tipping point where workers in many aspects of Walmart's company -- whether warehouses or stores -- are starting to understand that they do have a voice," Schlademan said. "If I'm Walmart, I'm afraid of that."
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