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Maryland Walmart Workers to Join Black Friday Strike
Employees of the retail giant hope to take advantage of one of the year's busiest shopping days.
Employees of Walmart and Sam's Club locations across Maryland are joining a national strike effort this Black Friday to protest what they view as low wages, poor scheduling practices, and worker intimidation on the part of the retail giant. The campaign, organized by Making Change at Walmart and linked with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, is planning demonstrations outside dozens of stores nationwide on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. In Maryland, Nov. 23 protests are scheduled for Walmart and Sam's Club locations in Laurel, Hyattsville, Bowie, Gaithersburg, Woodlawn, Severn, Clinton, Abingdon, Alexandria, and Fairfax. (Both chains are owned by parent company Walmart Stores, Inc.) Organizers are …
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2:11 pm on Friday, November 16, 2012
That is exactly the sort of thinking that allows employers to lower the bar for employees. It's not just "having a job", you need to be able to actually survive and care for your family on the wages you get. more ›