BREAKING: California Wal-Mart workers strike today, following stunning Florida victory

[Coyotl]

Source: Salon = By Josh Eidelson

Southern California Wal-Mart workers planned to begin walking off the job at 7:30 AM PST this morning, launching the first multi-store Walmart work stoppage since the retail giant fired twenty workers who’d joined a June walkout. The surprise strike is the latest effort to squeeze the retail giant to address workers’ grievances over wages, scheduling, and alleged retaliation. Strikers and supporters will rally today in Paramount, California; another rally is planned for tomorrow in downtown Los Angeles.

“When the customers come out and join us on this picket line, Wal-Mart will get the message that the customers aren’t happy,” Paramount, California employee Martha Sellers told Salon in a pre-strike interview. “That’s my goal.” Sellers said that sales at her store had suffered because “we are so understaffed that people are just leaving their baskets and walking out, because the lines are so long.”

The group behind today’s strike is OUR Walmart, a non-union workers’ group with close ties to the United Food & Commercial Workers union. Today’s strike follows a one-day October 18 walkout ..........

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2013/11/06/breaking_california_wal_mart_workers_strike_today_following_stunning_florida_victory/

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Boycott Wal*Mart

[Omaha Steve]

1. K&R!

[Vashta Nerada]

2. I'm glad wage workers are getting fed up with their crappy wages.

This gives me hope for the future of this country.

[Dopers_Greed]

7. I hope this continues...

Imagine what would happen if every wage worker in the country didn't show up for work on one day. I imagine things would change pretty damn quickly.

[Vashta Nerada]

11. I hope so too.

[obxhead]

12. or

If groups of thousands got together and simply sat on the interstates. Peacefully shut down our highway system and commerce grinds to a halt.

[Ace Acme]

13. We wouldn't even have to sit on the interstate

If tens of thousands of us simply drove in along with the normal rush-hour crowds it would cause chaos.

If tens of thousands of us simply rode the subway back and forth during rush hour it would cause chaos.

No violence, nothing illegal even.

[Bennyboy]

3. time for all Walmart workers to organize and take action

I have relatives and friends that work there. Grumpy Guss's all of them. Well do something about it. ORGANIZE.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Why doesn't the republican party ever support workers?

[gopiscrap]

5. simple, they can't make big campaign contributions

and they cost the repuke corporate overlords money!

[Kingofalldems]

6. Exactly, they represent an extremely small group of people.

[demosincebirth]

8. Because the Republican Party has always been aligned with the greed of Corporate America.

It's a pretty common conclusion: They despise unions and any worker seeking better wages and conditions.

[cui bono]

9. Trying to find out info on tomorrow's rally...

don't see anything on the OUR Wal-mart site about it. Might join them if I can find out where they will be.

http://forrespect.org/

[TxDemChem]

10. Good for them.

We try not to give them any of our business. Ironically, I just saw a Wally World commercial touting their employee benefits and saying that "there is more to Wal-Mart." I say bullshit. I worked there 15 years ago and I still see the same crappy treatment of employees.

[FairWinds]

14. I'm with Dopers . .

in thinking it's about time for another General Strike,
as in Seattle in 1919.
http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/
American workers are now so beat down that many
are even afraid to take the vacation time that they are due.
It's got to stop. People are just so passive in the face
of incredible abuse by the bosses.

[Rebellious Republican]

15. I concur and agree!

"Fairwinds" And Following Seas, Shipmate, or did I guess wrong.