Walmart

Striking Walmart workers, supporters converge on company headquarters

Walmart workers across the United States resumed their strike at the end of May and began caravaning toward Bentonville, Ark.,…

June 3, 2013

Poor People’s March says: Ignite class struggle

Washington, D.C. — The Poor People’s March began May 11 in Baltimore at the site of the police killing of…

May 15, 2013

Day 1: Marchers defy police presence at Walmart

U.S. Route 1, south of Baltimore Within hours of the start of the Poor People’s Campaign and March, which headed…

May 11, 2013

Bangladeshis rebel against corporate rule

April 29 — In Savar, an industrial suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, nearly 400 workers, mostly women, have died in…

May 1, 2013

Who’s to blame as hundreds die in Bangladeshi factory collapse

In Savar, an industrial suburb of Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, at least 300 workers, mostly women, died at the Rana Plaza garment…

April 26, 2013

On the picket line

Twin Cities janitors win gains After rallying tremendous community, faith-based, labor and political support, more than 4,000 janitors in the…

March 3, 2013

Detroit area workers send Walmart packing

Southfield, Mich. — With over 10,500 stores worldwide, Walmart, the world’s biggest corporation, has a wealth of experience in dealing…

February 7, 2013

Low-wage workers expose 1% bosses

New York — “Walmart cheats, Walmart hates, Walmart discriminates!” and “Bill Simon eschucha — Estamos en la lucha!” shouted a multinational…

January 27, 2013

Walmart CEO protested in New York

More than 100 people from the Restaurant Opportunities Center, Occupy Wall Street Labor Outreach Committee, 99 Pickets, Desis Rising Up & Moving,…

January 18, 2013

Walmart worker tells WW: Conditions are ‘very frustrating’

Angelita lives and works in a large city in the Southwest. She is the sole supporter of her two children…

January 10, 2013