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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalmart Workers Plan Walkout to Protest Gun Sales
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/7/headlines/walmart_workers_plan_walkout_to_protest_gun_salesMeanwhile, Walmart workers are expected to walk out today to protest the companys sale of guns and ammunition following the massacre at the El Paso Walmart and a shooting at a Mississippi Walmart last week that killed two employees. In a Change.org petition by the Walmart Walkout campaign, organizers address CEO Doug McMillon and write, We value Walmart and our fellow associates, but we are no longer willing to contribute our labor to a company that profits from the sale of deadly weapons. We urge our leadership to cease the sale of all firearms and ammunition, ban the public open and concealed carry of weapons on company property and in all stores, and cease WALPAC donations to NRA backed -A/A+ politicians.
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Walmart Workers Plan Walkout to Protest Gun Sales (Original Post)
G_j
Aug 2019
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BigMin28
(1,178 posts)1. I have been trying
To get my Mother to not shop at Walmart for years. She found out Sunday that they have an open carry policy here in Texas, that did it!
sir pball
(4,758 posts)2. Ok, so open carry policies aside,
Walmart doesn't sell handguns or assault rifles, just hunting rifles and shotguns. Which are legal pretty much around the world, admittedly with stronger regulations.
I fail to see a problem with that.
BigMin28
(1,178 posts)3. My issues with Walmart
Go far beyond guns.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)4. Mine, too
They're destroying small town America, one place at a time.