2013 Black Friday Walmart Protest 15
East Laurel, Maryland. October 29, 2013. Labor and faith community social justice activists unite on the public streets near Walmart Super Center 1985 for the Change Walmart action. Numerous motorists passing the demonstration honked in support. 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 pay. McDonald's is similarly helpful to their own workforce. Somebody has to pay for those "really low prices".
Due to a very recent Maryland court decision demonstrators were banned from staging their protest on Walmart property. Interactions between the protesters and the Anne Arundel Country police were respectful and peaceful. I counted around fifty activists but some folks had already left by the time I arrived. Nadine, you rock!
2013 Black Friday Walmart Protest 15
East Laurel, Maryland. October 29, 2013. Labor and faith community social justice activists unite on the public streets near Walmart Super Center 1985 for the Change Walmart action. Numerous motorists passing the demonstration honked in support. 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 pay. McDonald's is similarly helpful to their own workforce. Somebody has to pay for those "really low prices".
Due to a very recent Maryland court decision demonstrators were banned from staging their protest on Walmart property. Interactions between the protesters and the Anne Arundel Country police were respectful and peaceful. I counted around fifty activists but some folks had already left by the time I arrived. Nadine, you rock!