Walmart workers are taking action this Black Friday across the country and right here in Wisconsin.
Join us to support Wisconsin’s Walmart workers on Black Friday, November 23 at 5:45 a.m. at 5800 W. Hope Ave., Midtown Center (former Lowes parking lot), Milwaukee, WI 53216.
If you can’t join us, print a worker supporter card and deliver it to a Walmart manager at your local store.
Walmart workers and warehouse workers have already walked off the job in California, Seattle and other parts of the country in protest of the company’s attempts to silence workers who speak out for better jobs.
On
Black Friday there will be over 1,000 strikes, rallies, and actions nationwide at
stores and online. This is unprecedented. Be
part of this historic day and join us at 5800 W. Hope Ave at 5:45 a.m. on Black
Friday.
Walmart workers have been speaking out about the company’s manipulation of hours and benefits, efforts to try to keep people from working full-time and their discrimination against women and people of color, but rather than listening to the concerns facing 1.4 million Walmart workers, Walmart has attempted to silence them.
Some workers are speaking out about the early start of Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day which will keep many retail workers from being able to spend the holiday with their families. These workers also face grave safety concerns due to the massive crowds on Black Friday.
Watch a video from Walmart workers on why they’re standing up or follow the conversation on Twitter at #WalmartStrikers.
With so many Americans struggling to make ends meet and Walmart taking in $16 billion in
profits and compensating its executives $10 million each, workers and community
leaders have been calling on Walmart and Chairman Rob
Walton to address the wage gap the
company is creating. At the same time frontline
Walmart workers are facing financial hardships, the Walton Family – heirs to the Walmart fortune – are the richest family in
the country with more wealth than the bottom 42% of American families combined.
Walmart is the largest private employer in the world. If they paid each of their employees just a few more dollars an hour it would create an economic stimulus for our country and provide a better standard of living for our fellow Americans.
Hope to see you Black Friday standing in solidarity with Wisconsin’s Walmart Workers!