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WalMart Workers Fed Up! Richmond-San Leandro Actions In BA On 2012 Black Friday
Walmart workers and supporters took action at the Richmond and San Leandro Walmarts on Black Friday November 22 & 23rd, 2012
WalMart Workers Fed Up! Richmond-San Leandro Actions In BA On 2012 Black Friday
As part of the national WalMart Black Friday on November 23,
demonstrations and protests were held in San Leandro and
Richmond in the Bay Area. WalMart workers spoke about the
intimidation and terrorism on the job to silence them from
speaking out and organizing. Some workers walked off the
job in solidarity with the national day of action and were
promptly fired. Making Change at Walmart is the organizing
group which called this day of action and it is supported by
the United Food And Commercial Workers Union UFCW.
In San Leandro, WalMart on November 22, 2012 also
threatened the use of the police to remove the protesters
including their own workers.
Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org
As part of the national WalMart Black Friday on November 23,
demonstrations and protests were held in San Leandro and
Richmond in the Bay Area. WalMart workers spoke about the
intimidation and terrorism on the job to silence them from
speaking out and organizing. Some workers walked off the
job in solidarity with the national day of action and were
promptly fired. Making Change at Walmart is the organizing
group which called this day of action and it is supported by
the United Food And Commercial Workers Union UFCW.
In San Leandro, WalMart on November 22, 2012 also
threatened the use of the police to remove the protesters
including their own workers.
Production of Labor Video Project http://www.laborvideo.org
For more information:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aYrurD-E7E
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Bangladesh clothes workers die in factory fire-WalMart and Other Retailer's Bloody Hands
Reuters – 4 hrs ago
DHAKA (Reuters) - A fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100, police and witnesses said.
The fire at the nine-story factory in the Ashulia industrial belt started on the ground floor and quickly spread. Firefighters took nearly five hours to extinguish the flames.
Most of the victims died as they jumped from the building to escape the flames, a police official said. The death toll could rise, witnesses said.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.
Bangladesh has around 4,500 garment factories that make clothes for brands including Tesco, Wal-Mart, JC Penney, H&M, Marks & Spencer, Kohl's and Carrefour.
Readymade garments make up 80 percent of the country's $24 billion annual exports.
(Reporting by Ruma Paul; Editing by Jon Hemming)
Reuters – 4 hrs ago
DHAKA (Reuters) - A fire swept through a garment factory on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital on Saturday, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100, police and witnesses said.
The fire at the nine-story factory in the Ashulia industrial belt started on the ground floor and quickly spread. Firefighters took nearly five hours to extinguish the flames.
Most of the victims died as they jumped from the building to escape the flames, a police official said. The death toll could rise, witnesses said.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.
Bangladesh has around 4,500 garment factories that make clothes for brands including Tesco, Wal-Mart, JC Penney, H&M, Marks & Spencer, Kohl's and Carrefour.
Readymade garments make up 80 percent of the country's $24 billion annual exports.
(Reporting by Ruma Paul; Editing by Jon Hemming)
For more information:
http://news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-clothes-w...
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