Walmart employees ready protest in strike on key shopping day showing huge their collective power
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(Video) Walmart Workers to Strike on Black Friday.
On the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, Walmart workers threaten to strike. Employees do not belong to a union, but they have organized in several Walmart locations across the nation. Dan Hindman, the worker featured in this CBS Evening News segment
Wal-Mart vice president of communications David Tovar said Monday on Fox News that the retail giant didn’t expected any disruptions on Black Friday, despite planned worker protests. The Wal-Mart worker are protesting against poor wages, unfair hours and lack of benefits.
The long-simmering feud between Wal-Mart and some of its disgruntled employees appears set to climax on Black Friday as a coordinated employee walkout. How much will it impact the nation’s biggest retailer on the nation’s biggest shopping day? Employee groups are backed by labor union organizers.
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