Fri Oct 19, 2012, 03:58 AM

Sponsor a Striking Walmart Worker

When Walmart workers speak out for change, Walmart has sought to silence and intimidate them. But now they’re fighting back. Many have already walked out on strike and many more promise to make this Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, a memorable one of the company.

We all know that Walmart doesn’t pay its workers well. To miss a day of work (especially a day with additional holiday pay) means that many workers will lose out on valuable dollars right as the holiday season approaches.

But with your help, these brave workers won’t have to bare the financial burden alone. Your donations will go to Walmart strikers as food cards to cover the amount of hours they lose as a result of the strike.

https://www.wepay.com/donations/dont-let-walmart-silence-workers-support-worker-leaders-who-are-calling-for-change

via http://forrespect.org/

OUR Walmart Declaration for Respect

In June of 2011, nearly 100 Associates representing thousands of OUR Walmart members from across the United States came to the Walmart Home Office in Bentonville, Ark., and presented a Declaration of Respect to Walmart executive management. The Declaration calls on Walmart to:

Listen to us, the Associates
Have respect for the individual
Recognize freedom of association and freedom of speech
Fix the Open Door policy
Pay a minimum of $13/hour and make full-time jobs available for Associates who want them
Create dependable, predictable work schedules
Provide affordable healthcare
Provide every Associate with a policy manual, ensure equal enforcement of policy and no discrimination, and give every Associate equal opportunity to succeed and advance in his or her career
Provide wages and benefits that ensure that no Associate has to rely on government assistance.

Adopting this Declaration will make Walmart a better company for Associates, customers and the communities in which it operates. As Sam Walton said, “Share your profits with all your Associates, and treat them as partners.”

http://forrespect.org/our-walmart/about-us/

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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
Sponsor a Striking Walmart Worker (Original post)	limpyhobbler	Oct 2012	OP
Oh yeah! Organizing in the 21st century.	Citizen Worker	Oct 2012	#1
It's long past due.	fasttense	Oct 2012	#2
K&R	midnight	Oct 2012	#3
It makes me emotional to see this. American workers all across the country need unions to	southernyankeebelle	Oct 2012	#4
I feel the same way.	limpyhobbler	Oct 2012	#5

Response to limpyhobbler (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 05:04 AM

Citizen Worker (1,785 posts)

1. Oh yeah! Organizing in the 21st century.

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Fri Oct 19, 2012, 06:58 AM

fasttense (17,301 posts)

2. It's long past due.

Right now every American is providing support for Wal-Mart so they can pay their employees as little as possible and then the employee has to get some kind of government assistance. Right now we are all subsidizing Wal-Mart's profits. It's about time we subsidized the workers instead. If Wal-Mart can't pay a living wage, they have no right to be in business.

"Provide wages and benefits that ensure that no Associate has to rely on government assistance."

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Fri Oct 19, 2012, 08:33 AM

midnight (26,624 posts)