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 [...]
Estamos cansados de que nos mientan.
Posted on February 14, 2013
Somos trabajadores que mueven mercancía de Walmart en una bodega privada en Chino, California. Hace un par de semanas, el estado de California ordenó al propietario de la bodega a pagarnos más de $ 1 millón en salarios robados. La Comisión Laboral de California determinó que el operador de bodega, Quetico LLC, nos pago menos [...]
PHOTOS: Global Support for Cambodian Workers
Posted on January 31, 2013
Today workers and their supporters across the globe descended on Walmart offices to collect money owed to Cambodian garment workers who are owed thousands of dollars. More than 200 workers have been sleeping on the sidewalk outside of a garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia since Jan. 3 after the factory owners illegally closed the [...]
Walmart Contractor Cited by California
Posted on January 16, 2013
The state of California has cited two companies at a Walmart-dedicated warehouse in the Inland Empire for a number of safety violations after employees lodged complaints in July with Cal/OSHA. The citations, which total about $60,000 and include several serious violations, are against the warehouse operator, NFI, and the temporary staffing agency, Warestaff, that supplied [...]
VIDEO: Cambodian Worker Speaks Out
Posted on January 15, 2013
Sor Sokty, a 25-year-old Cambodian garment worker, talks about the 24-hour vigil she and her coworkers have been keeping in front of a Walmart and H&M supplier after her employer shuttered the factory owing workers thousands of dollars. Workers are left with no jobs after years of service, debt and with few options.
Cambodian Garment Workers Expose Illegal Abuse at Walmart Supplier
Posted on January 14, 2013
Photo Credits: Voice of Democracy, Heather Stilwell and Oudom Tat Workers at a garment factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia have spent the past several days on a 24-hour vigil in front of Kingsland Garment in the capital city’s garment district. They say managers of an underwear supplier to retail giants Walmart and H&M shuttered the [...]
Lawsuit over lost wages moves closer to Wal-Mart’s door
Posted on December 12, 2012
Video from the Center for Investigative Reporting
“Walmart’s thumbprints are all over these warehouses.” – ABC Reports
Posted on December 3, 2012
Workers at Southern Calif. warehouse seek to sue retail giant for back pay
From Bangladesh to Southern California: Walmart’s Supply Chain is Broken
Posted on November 28, 2012
A fire tore through a garment factory in Bangladesh Nov. 24. With the emergency exits locked or blocked, hundreds of workers — mostly women — were trapped inside the nine-story factory. 128 people were killed. Inside workers were making clothes for Walmart. Faded Glory is a Walmart brand, but according to Walmart, a supplier had [...]
Support Walmart Workers on Black Friday
Posted on November 21, 2012
October was a banner month for Walmart workers nationwide. Each week saw more Walmart workers speaking up and going on strike, to protest Walmart’s attempts to silence workers and retaliate against them. The strikes culminated in an announcement at Walmart’s Arkansas headquarters that if the retaliation does not cease, workers will make Black Friday a “memorable” [...]
