Walmart workers' "Black Friday" strikes

Submitted by AWL on 3 December, 2013 - 6:21

Strikes and protests were held at 1,500 Walmart stores across America on “Black Friday” (the Friday after Thanksgiving), 29 November.

The actions were part of a long-running campaign by unions, workers’ centres, and labour-movement coalitions against low pay, union busting, and exploitation at Walmart stores. The number of stores which saw protests more than trebled from the 2012 Black Friday day of action, although some estimates suggest the number of Walmart employees involved (rather than workers and activists from other workplaces and areas) did not increase. Many attribute this to the scale of victimisation and intimidation Walmart workers face for trying to organise.

Josh Eidelson, a journalist for Salon magazine who covers labour issues, said: “The National Labor Relations Board has announced that it’s ready to issue a complaint, roughly the equivalent of an indictment, against Walmart for a number of allegations involving the company’s efforts to restrain people from going on strike.”

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