Saturday, November 24, 2012
Protestors called the store out for what they consider low wages and poor treatment of employees.
A group of activists and employees of the Laurel/Maryland City Walmart Supercenter took to the store's parking lot Friday morning as part of a national strike effort timed for one of the year's busiest shopping days. Across the country, workers from dozens of the chain's locations spent Black Friday protesting what they view as low wages, poor scheduling practices, and intimidation on the part of the retail giant. DCist reports that 400-odd people joined a demonstration outside Walmart's Laurel store, one of several held in the region. Many carried signs, distributed leaflets, and sang modified Christmas carols in the vein of “I Saw Walmart Fire Santa Claus," according to The Nation. The campaign is organized by Making Change at Walmart …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Employees of the retail giant hope to take advantage of one of the year's busiest shopping days.
Several employees of the Laurel/Maryland City Walmart Supercenter are joining a national strike effort this Black Friday to protest what they view as low wages, poor scheduling practices, and worker intimidation on the part of the retail giant. The campaign, organized by Making Change at Walmart and linked with the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, is planning demonstrations outside dozens of stores nationwide on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. In the D.C. area, Nov. 23 protests are scheduled for Walmart and Sam's Club locations in Laurel, Hyattsville, Bowie, Gaithersburg, Woodlawn, Severn, Clinton, Abingdon, Alexandria, and Fairfax. (Both chains are owned by parent company Walmart Stores, Inc.) The …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Employees held a demonstration Tuesday in the store's parking lot.
Eleven workers from Laurel's Walmart Supercenter joined a walkout effort Tuesday that has spread to stores in at least a dozen states, according to union officials. Carrying signs that read "respect our freedom to speak out" and "stop silencing workers," the striking employees held a demonstration in the parking lot of the store just off of Fort Meade Road. "We have spoken out about things like Walmart's low take-home pay, unpredictable work schedule, and unaffordable health care benefits," Walmart Associate Cindy Murray read from a statement during the protest. "I believe in a better Walmart and that attempting to retaliate against associates who want to make Walmart a better place to work takes the company in a wrong direction." The …
Polly
10:25 am on Sunday, November 25, 2012
Absolutely agree! And I know from personal experience how well compensated those UFCW Local 400 employees are paid. Nothing comes without a price. If the only job you can get is at Walmart whose fault is that? In retail you could go many more places if that's what you want to do. I can't stand unions and I'm a Democrat, as I've seen the abuses up close and personal. more ›