2013 Black Friday Walmart Protest 6
Washington Blvd., Arbutus, Maryland. October 29, 2013. Labor and faith community social justice activists unite on the public sidewalk just outside the Walmart Super Center for the Turn Your Back On Walmart: Stand Shoulder To Shoulder With Arbutus Walmart Workers action. Over 1400 similar Black Friday actions were taking place near Walmart stores across the USA.
Walmart is the biggest retailer in the history of the world. Walmart is the biggest private employer in the USA. Walmart claims that they 'save' millions of American families hundreds of dollars a year on their grocery bills. Walmart sells giant glass jars stuffed with atomic green pickles for almost nothin' just to show the competition and their own suppliers who's the big boss hog. Walmart lets drifters, beachcombers, senior citizen loafers and "country" musicians who've "gone to the wine" park their RVs overnight for FREE in their gigantic stinking black asphalt lots. So, you ungrateful protest slobs, what's not to love about Walmart?
Issues raised by the activists included demands for better pay and working conditions for Walmart workers as well as the right to organize without retaliation. The average Walmart worker makes less than nine bucks an hour; the just deposed company CEO Mike Duke made more than $9,000 an hour. Walmart is diligent about informing their employees how to apply for taxpayer financed public assistance to supplement the shameful, miserly wages they offer. Somebody has to pay for those "really low prices". McDonald's is similarly helpful to their own workforce.
Due to a very recent Maryland court decision demonstrators were banned from staging their protest on Walmart property. Interactions between the activists and the absurdly numerous police were respectful and peaceful. I counted seven activists total including myself and another sympathetic photographer.
2013 Black Friday Walmart Protest 6
Washington Blvd., Arbutus, Maryland. October 29, 2013. Labor and faith community social justice activists unite on the public sidewalk just outside the Walmart Super Center for the Turn Your Back On Walmart: Stand Shoulder To Shoulder With Arbutus Walmart Workers action. Over 1400 similar Black Friday actions were taking place near Walmart stores across the USA.
Walmart is the biggest retailer in the history of the world. Walmart is the biggest private employer in the USA. Walmart claims that they 'save' millions of American families hundreds of dollars a year on their grocery bills. Walmart sells giant glass jars stuffed with atomic green pickles for almost nothin' just to show the competition and their own suppliers who's the big boss hog. Walmart lets drifters, beachcombers, senior citizen loafers and "country" musicians who've "gone to the wine" park their RVs overnight for FREE in their gigantic stinking black asphalt lots. So, you ungrateful protest slobs, what's not to love about Walmart?
Issues raised by the activists included demands for better pay and working conditions for Walmart workers as well as the right to organize without retaliation. The average Walmart worker makes less than nine bucks an hour; the just deposed company CEO Mike Duke made more than $9,000 an hour. Walmart is diligent about informing their employees how to apply for taxpayer financed public assistance to supplement the shameful, miserly wages they offer. Somebody has to pay for those "really low prices". McDonald's is similarly helpful to their own workforce.
Due to a very recent Maryland court decision demonstrators were banned from staging their protest on Walmart property. Interactions between the activists and the absurdly numerous police were respectful and peaceful. I counted seven activists total including myself and another sympathetic photographer.