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Warehouse Workers Exposed to Illegal and Dangerous Working Conditions Seek State Intervention
Posted on May 23, 2013
Fire Exits Are Often Blocked ONTARIO, Calif. — Citing blocked fire exits, frequent collapses of heavy boxes stacked 30 feet high and lack of adequate drinking water, more than two dozen workers who primarily move Walmart merchandise at a warehouse in Mira Loma, California called on the state of California to intervene to improve working [...]
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En Mis Palabras: Miriam Garcia
Posted on May 23, 2013
Citing blocked fire exits, frequent collapses of heavy boxes stacked 30 feet high and lack of adequate drinking water, more than two dozen workers who primarily move Walmart merchandise at a warehouse in Mira Loma, California called on the state of California to intervene to improve working conditions. The workers, many of whom paid less [...]
New Documents Reveal Walmart Connection to Site of Deadly Factory Collapse
Posted on May 15, 2013
DISCOVERY ADDS TO EVIDENCE THAT WALMART’S PRODUCTION AND LACK OF OVERSIGHT IN BANGLADESH IS WIDESPREAD For Immediate Release: May 15, 2013 Contact: Elizabeth Brennan @ Warehouse Workers United: 213-999-2164 ONTARIO, Calif. – New documents recovered by a Bangladeshi organization from the wreckage of Rana Plaza, the factory complex that collapsed killing 1,100, prove that Walmart [...]
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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 [...]
Warehouse Workers, Community Organizations Call on Walmart to Stop Retaliatory Firings in Contracted Warehouse
Posted on April 26, 2013
Federal Charges Filed After Outspoken Worker Leader is Fired Thursday ONTARIO, Calif. – Javier Rodriguez, a leader for change inside Walmart’s contracted warehouses in Southern California, was fired yesterday from his job as a forklift driver. (More information.) Rodriguez, along with Warehouse Workers United, filed formal federal charges today to protest the illegal firing. “Walmart [...]
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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, [...]
Trabajadores de bodegas y organizaciones comunitarias hacen un llamado a Walmart para que pare los despidos como represalias en bodegas contratadas.
Posted on April 26, 2013
Cargos federales fueron presentados después de que un trabajador líder fue despedido el jueves ONTARIO, Calif. – Javier Rodriguez un líder por el cambio dentro de las bodegas contratadas por Walmart en el sur de California, fue despedido el pasado Jueves de su trabajo como operador de montacargas. (Mas informacion aqui.) Rodriguez, junto con Trabajadores [...]
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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 [...]
