Walmart Associates, Community Launch Response to the Real Walmart
May 13, 2013
Walmart Associates, Community Supporters Launch New Website www.ReallyWalmart.org Associates, women’s rights advocates, environmentalists, small business owners, elected officials and others share their experiences with Walmart Washington, DC- Today, the Making Change at Walmart campaign and its coalition partners announced the launch of a new website www.ReallyWalmart.org. The website, which showcases a number of video interviews [...]
Victory! Walmart Responds to National Day of Action
April 30, 2013
Last week on April 24th, hundreds of Walmart workers in 200 stores stood up to demand that Walmart honor its public commitment to be more consistent, transparent, and fair in scheduling shifts and hours for workers. They were joined by over 10,000 people taking action online. Walmart heard their calls. On the same day, Walmart [...]
Local DC Group Works to Hold Walmart Accountable
April 29, 2013
This message was originally posted by our friends at Respect DC. As we continue the fight to hold Walmart accountable in DC, I wanted to let you know about an opportunity to stand in solidarity with our neighbors in Montgomery County who are facing a similar fight. Walmart is trying to build a new store [...]
Statement on Recent Tragedy in Bangladesh
April 24, 2013
The following statement from Kalpona Akter, Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity was originally published by Warehouse Workers United. Kalpona is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. She is a former garment worker and is currently in the United States calling on retailers like Walmart, the Gap and [...]
Communities around the Globe Call for Investigations, Removal of Walmart CEO and Board Chair from Leadership Posts
April 21, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 22, 2013 CONTACT: press@ufcw.org One Year after New York Times Exposes Walmart Bribery Scandal in Mexico, Communities around the Globe Call for Investigations, Removal of Walmart CEO and Board Chair from Leadership Posts Failure of Walmart leadership to prevent and address unethical practices in Mexico, globally documented in new timeline On [...]
Support Nicaraguan Garment Workers
April 9, 2013
This was originally posted by our friends at Warehouse Workers United. Exactly one month ago, on March 4, garment workers in Nicaragua were brutally beaten during a peaceful protest when the company they work for – SAE-A, a Walmart supplier – paid a mob of more than 300 other workers to attack these employees, using [...]
Low-Wage Work: A Women’s Issue
April 5, 2013
The following blog post was written OUR Walmart member Rose Campbell of Chicago. This year on Equal Pay Day, instead of talking about what I could have done with all the money my male counterparts made, I want to talk about the reality of “low-wage” work. Although few people may realize, the vast majority of [...]
Worker Organization Takes on Intimidation
April 2, 2013
Ever since its inception, members of the worker-led Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) have been standing up to Walmart’s attempts to silence workers who speak out for change. This includes filing unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board when Walmart seeks to intimidate or silence vocal workers involved with [...]
Walmart Hits Limitations of its Profit-at-Any-Cost Business Model
April 1, 2013
In the business world, Walmart has long been praised for its extraordinary ability to cut costs and maintain an incredible profit margin. Recently, however, the company has posted disappointing numbers in terms of growth. A series of recent articles indicates that Walmart’s cost cutting practices may be coming at a cost to the business. Customers [...]
Walmart Agrees to Pay Cambodian Workers Backed Wages After Hunger Strike Begins
March 2, 2013
This blog was originally posted by Warehouse Workers United. After months of protests, Cambodian garment workers will be paid wages and severance owed to them. Just two days after 82 workers launched a hunger strike on the sidewalk in front of a Walmart supplier in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, companies that supply to Walmart and H&M [...]
