Warehouse Workers Confront Walmart Executive
Posted on May 14, 2013
In the face of corruption, more than a hundred dead in a massive factory fire in Bangladesh, serious problems in its domestic warehouses and strikes by its own workers, Walmart has been the subject of intense scrutiny. Low-wage workers who labor in the shadows moving Walmart merchandise in Walmart-contracted warehouses confronted Scot Rank, the CEO [...]
Two New Laws Would Offer More Protections to Warehouse Workers
Posted on May 6, 2013
The California Assembly Labor and Employment Committee approved new legislation May 1 that would make it harder for employers to threaten immigrant workers. Warehouse worker Javier Rodriguez, who was fired in retaliation for exposing unsafe working conditions at a Walmart-contracted warehouse in Southern California, testified at the hearing. Federal charges have been filed regarding Javier’s [...]
Conoce a Javier Rodriguez, despedido despues de alzar la voz.
Posted on April 26, 2013
Firma la petición de Javier Hace un mes nació mi hijo Alex, el pasado Jueves fui despedido de mi trabajo como conductor de montacargas en una bodega donde manejamos 100 por ciento mercancía de Walmart. Soy muy franco. Defiendo a mis compañeros. Alerto a la gerencia sobre equipo de trabajo descompuesto o inseguro. Enseño a [...]
Apoyo para Javier Rodriguez
Posted on April 26, 2013
Javier Rodríguez trabajó como conductor de montacargas en una bodega importante contratada por Walmart en el sur de California hasta que fue despedido ayer. (Aviso para miembros de los medios aqui.) Javier y sus compañeros trabajan moviendo mercancías para Walmart por salarios bajos. La mayoría de los trabajadores de bodegas son empleados temporales sin beneficios, [...]
Meet Javier Rodriguez. Fired after speaking out.
Posted on April 26, 2013
Sign Javier’s petition. One month ago my son Alex was born. Yesterday I was fired from my job as a forklift driver at a warehouse where we move 100 percent Walmart merchandise. I am outspoken. I defend my coworkers. I alert management about broken and unsafe equipment. I teach my coworkers about their rights, like [...]
Updated: Act Now to Reinstate Javier Rodriguez
Posted on April 26, 2013
[Update below.] Javier Rodriguez worked as a forklift driver inside a critical Walmart-contracted warehouse in Southern California until he was fired yesterday. (Information for reporters.) Javier and his coworkers labor moving Walmart merchandise for low wages. Most warehouse workers are temporary employees with no benefits, no guaranteed hours and no sick days. They often encounter [...]
Updated: Support Nicaraguan Garment Workers
Posted on April 4, 2013
[Updates below.] Exactly one month ago, on March 4, garment workers in Nicaragua were brutally beaten during a peaceful protest when the company they work for – SAE-A, a Walmart supplier – paid a mob of more than 300 other workers to attack these employees, using scissors, metal pipes, and other weapons. Sign the petition. [...]
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Comprehensive Immigration Reform Must Protect Workers
Posted on March 6, 2013
Warehouse Workers United traveled to Sacramento Mar. 6 to join California lawmakers in calling for stronger protections for California’s immigrant workers. At a press conference at the Capitol, Marta Medina, a former warehouse worker, joined with Assemblyman Roger Hernández to call on California to lead the way. “We need comprehensive immigration reform that protects workers [...]
Cambodian Workers Win
Posted on March 1, 2013
Photo credit: Heather Stilwell After months of protests, Cambodian garment workers will be paid wages and severance owed to them. Just two days after 82 workers launched a hunger strike on the sidewalk in front of a Walmart supplier in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, companies that supply to Walmart and H&M agreed to pay workers about [...]
We are tired of being lied to.
Posted on February 14, 2013
We are workers who move Walmart merchandise at a private warehouse in Chino, California. Just a couple of weeks ago the state of California ordered the warehouse owner to repay us more than $1 million in stolen wages. The California Labor Commissioner determined the warehouse operator, Quetico LLC, had shorted our paychecks and those of [...]
