Would-be Wal-Mart Union Organizer Fasts to Protest Firing

[struggle4progress]

by Madeleine Baran (bio)

Mar 13 - A Wal-Mart worker who said the company fired him Tuesday for trying to start a union, is now on a hunger strike. Ryszard Tomtas, a Polish immigrant, was fired from a Loveland, Colorado Wal-Mart Distribution Center.

Tomtas, 46, told ABC News that he was fired because he signed a union card and the union told Wal-Mart Tomtas would begin organizing the store. Wal-Mart denied these allegations, and said they fired Tomtas because of "horseplay."

Tomtas, who was involved in Poland’s Solidarity movement to overthrow a Soviet-style dictatorship in the 1980s, chained himself to a stop sign in front of Wal-Mart on Thursday. Police asked him to leave to avoid arrest, but said he could continue protesting in front of the building provided he does not block traffic. <snip>

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[Mnemosyne]

1. Courage of his convictions. Bravo!

Thank you struggle, a good story.

[Mich Otter]

2. Gandhi would be proud

Fasting was a tactic used by Gandhi to get the British invaders out of India.
It can be amazing what one, determined person can accomplish if that person is willing to make great personal sacrifices.

[Blue to the bone]

3. Thumbs up man! n/t

[MaineDem]

4. Kick for the morning crowd (nt)

[annabanana]

5. The value of this kind of deadly protest

is only in the coverage. If it doesn't receive the coverage it deserves, what we have is a dead Union Organizer. Sadly, the world does NOT need more of these.