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Making Change at Walmart! Merry Christmas!
November 14, 2012
Will you shop at Walmart? Or will you complain to the editors at the Athens Banner and say that I should be banned because I am an extremist and posting this news story about Walmart, and you like shopping at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., branded as Walmart? Or do you agree with the Walmart employees who are planning on going on strike? Oh, I know, I am posting way too much here about Walmart for someone and therefore I'm an extremist and this news story should not be considered. Ohhh...I guess some of y'all won't support a worker then.
Walmart-Contracted Warehouse Workers Strike Ahead Of Black Friday
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/walmart-strike-black-friday_n_2...
"Black Friday, which is traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year, may come with serious problems for Walmarts nationwide if a grassroots campaign calling for the store's workers to strike comes to fruition."--ABC 7 WJLA
Black Friday Walmart strike being organized by workers
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/11/black-friday-walmart-strike-being-o...
Making Change at Walmart
http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/
Walmart Black Friday Strike Being Organized Online For Stores Across U.S
http://www.reddit.com/r/news/comments/12ytq1/walmart_black_friday_strike...
"I pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment."--Sam Walton
Walmart: The High Cost Of Low Prices FULL MOVIE
Walmart Workers Organize Black Friday Strike on Facebook
http://mashable.com/2012/11/06/walmart-black-friday-strike-facebook/
"You probably haven’t heard as much about the series of strikes that have been brewing for over a month now against the single largest private employer, not only in America but the world: Walmart."--by Jennifer Abel
Organization United for Respect
http://forrespect.org/
Betty's Walmart Employee Discount
Betty's Health Plan
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
http://www.walmartmovie.com/
Walmart Workers Gear Up for Black Friday Strike
http://truth-out.org/news/item/12702-walmart-workers-gear-up-for-black-f...
"Black Friday's shopping bonanza brings people out to line up in front of stores for hours before it begins. It has trampled people, but not profits for companies that reap a large chunk of their annual sales on the day after Thanksgiving...Walmart workers are gearing up for a walkout on Black Friday. "--By Yana Kunichoff, Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Organization United for Respect
https://www.facebook.com/OURWMT?ref=ts&fref=ts
"Supporters can also sponsor a striking worker, who may be losing wages in order to strike, by donating grocery gift cards."--by Kathleen Miles
Sponsor a Striker on Black Friday!
https://www.wepay.com/donations/dont-let-walmart-silence-workers-support...
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