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Black Friday labor protesters march on Wal-Mart, get inside |
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by DC Direct Action News |
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Black Friday, also known as Buy Nothing Day, labor |
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protesters including |
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striking Wal-Mart associates marched on the 1st and H st |
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Wal-Mart in |
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the third protest there this week. Some of the protesters |
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managed to |
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get inside first in a trickle, then a flood before police |
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pushed them |
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out. Several protesters were shoved by the same cop, and |
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some were also |
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threatened. |
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The striking Wal-Mart associates were apparently singled |
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out by cops |
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outside the store to be photographed. This raises the |
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question of |
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whether Wal-Mart security will receive copies of those |
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photos to target |
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workers for retaliation. Some of the strikers said they |
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were standing up |
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for better pay and hours and had no choice but to risk |
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facing |
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retaliation. They are demanding $15 an hour and full time |
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hours, which |
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would be about $25K a year. Given outrageous DC rents |
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this is a |
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necessity. |
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In the meantime, Wal-Mart continues to go out of their |
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way to |
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encourage associates to apply for food stamps and |
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Medicaid, this causing |
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taxpayers to essentially pay part of the wages of Wal- |
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Mart's workers. |
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How Wal-Mart's competitors are supposed to pay both their |
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own workers |
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and taxes to pay Wal-Mart's workers must not be Wal- |
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Mart's problem, hell |
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it may even be part of their strategy for putting all |
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competitors out |
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of business. |
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Date Published: 2014-11-29 03:44:06 |
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