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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStrike Supporters Shut Down Illinois Walmart Warehouse
http://labornotes.org/2012/10/strike-supporters-shut-down-illinois-walmart-warehouse
Micah Uetricht | October 2, 2012
Six hundred supporters of striking Walmart warehouse workers in Elwood, Illinois, ratcheted up the pressure Monday with a huge march and civil disobedience that shut down the most important node in the companys American distribution network. Workers estimate that shutting down the facility cost the company several million dollars.
The goal was to shine light on an enormous but hidden workforce of warehouse employees toiling to move Walmarts famously cheap products throughout the country. Community and labor supporters from the Chicago area joined the 30 strikers, who walked off the job in an unfair labor practice strike September 15. They are members of the Warehouse Workers Organizing Committee.
Six hundred people blocked a Walmart warehouse in Elwood, Illinois, yesterday to protest wage theft and retaliation against striking workers. Seventeen were arrested. Photo: Stand Up Chicago.
Seventeen religious, labor, and community leaders were arrested at the warehouse entranceclosed for the day in anticipation of the action.
Coming on the heels of California warehouse workers return to work after a two-week strike, things seem to be heating up among workers in Walmarts supply chain.
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Strike Supporters Shut Down Illinois Walmart Warehouse (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Oct 2012
OP
Thank you for posting this! Note that the "cops" are merely union-busters like Pinkerton.
Fire Walk With Me
Oct 2012
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Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)1. Thank you for posting this! Note that the "cops" are merely union-busters like Pinkerton.
Here is the archived livestream. Protesters sang "We shall overcome" and cheered as each arrestee was led away:
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/25846187
(Sorry, can't embed ustream players on DU...yet)
Thanks limpyhobbler for the link!
rurallib
(62,448 posts)2. a big K&R - Union members and sympathisizers please boycott Walmart.
countryjake
(8,554 posts)3. Viva la Huelga!
Riot Police Arrest Peaceful Protesters at Rally for Striking Walmart Workers
http://www.thenation.com/blog/170274/riot-police-arrest-peaceful-protesters-rally-striking-walmart-workers#
"Hundreds of people gathered at a major Walmart distribution center Monday in Elwood, Illinois, to stand in solidarity with workers who have been on strike since mid-September in response to unsafe working conditions and unfair wages.
No one should come to work and endure extreme temperatures, inhale dust and chemical residue, and lift thousands of boxes weighing up to 250 lbs with no support. Workers never know how long the work day will besometimes its two hours, sometimes its 16 hours. Injuries are common, as is discrimination against women and illegal retaliation against workers who speak up for better treatment, Warehouse Workers for Justice states on its official website.
The discrimination aspect of this list of grievances includes widespread sexual harassment and intimidation of female warehouse workers, an epidemic largely ignored by the establishment media, even among individuals, such as The New York Timess Nicholas Kristof, known for focusing on female worker equality and empowerment in other countries."
Warehouse Workers for Justice
http://www.warehouseworker.org/news/
(love that LaborNotes t-shirt!)
http://www.thenation.com/blog/170274/riot-police-arrest-peaceful-protesters-rally-striking-walmart-workers#
"Hundreds of people gathered at a major Walmart distribution center Monday in Elwood, Illinois, to stand in solidarity with workers who have been on strike since mid-September in response to unsafe working conditions and unfair wages.
No one should come to work and endure extreme temperatures, inhale dust and chemical residue, and lift thousands of boxes weighing up to 250 lbs with no support. Workers never know how long the work day will besometimes its two hours, sometimes its 16 hours. Injuries are common, as is discrimination against women and illegal retaliation against workers who speak up for better treatment, Warehouse Workers for Justice states on its official website.
The discrimination aspect of this list of grievances includes widespread sexual harassment and intimidation of female warehouse workers, an epidemic largely ignored by the establishment media, even among individuals, such as The New York Timess Nicholas Kristof, known for focusing on female worker equality and empowerment in other countries."
Warehouse Workers for Justice
http://www.warehouseworker.org/news/
(love that LaborNotes t-shirt!)