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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Wal-Mart workers strike in California
A group called Organization United for Respect at Walmart has staged one of the first strikes at a Wal-Mart store. Wal Mart has been very successful at avoiding unionization. Wal-mart make heavy use part-time and low paid workers. A story link from ABC News is here. The group is known as OurWalmart for short. Their web site is call forrespect.org. The article reported the group is backed by the the United Food and Commercial Workers Union and UFCW has a link on their website highlighting the protest.
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