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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, 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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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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Hundreds Dead in Bangladesh Factory Collapse
Posted on April 24, 2013
Statement from Kalpona Akter on the Collapse of a Building in Bangladesh Kalpona is the Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. She is a former garment worker and is currently in the United States calling on retailers like Walmart, the Gap and Disney to lead on improving working conditions and adopting fires [...]
Category: Features, International, Press Releases
Global Supply Chain Workers Pressure Walmart to Get Serious About Labor Conditions
Posted on April 9, 2013
At First-Ever Meeting, Workers Release Core Principles to Ensure Safe and Legal Working Conditions Contacts: Elizabeth Brennan, 213-999-2164 Stephen Boykewich, stephen@guestworkeralliance.org, 718-791-9162 LOS ANGELES – In an unprecedented meeting, workers from Walmart’s global supply chain gathered Tuesday to release core principles that would ensure basic labor standards in the megaretailer’s global supply chain. (Haz cliq [...]
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Federal Court Rules that Walmart Contractor Engaged in “Deceptive” and “Coercive” Practice Towards Its Employees
Posted on March 28, 2013
CONTACT: Lauren Teukolsky Traber & Voorhees (626) 585-9611 lt@tvlegal.com PASADENA, Calif. – A federal court in Los Angeles ruled that WalMart warehouse operator Schneider Logistics engaged in “deceptive” and “coercive” practices towards its employees in connection with a class action lawsuit alleging labor violations in three warehouses in Mira Loma, California that Schneider operates on [...]
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Warehouse Workers Deliver 20,000 Signatures to Bay Area Walmart Board Members
Posted on March 1, 2013
Supporters are calling on the retail giant to ensure its contractors follow the law and protect workers’ rights. SAN FRANCISCO – Workers and their supporters delivered almost 20,000 signatures calling on Walmart to take responsibility for conditions in its supply chain to two members of Walmart’s executive board – Aida Alvarez, chair of the Latino [...]
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Cambodian Garment Workers Win After Hunger Strike Starts in Front of Walmart Supplier
Posted on March 1, 2013
PHNOM PENH – Cambodian garment workers will be paid wages and severance owed to them after two months of protest. 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 [...]
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International Support to Collect Stolen Wages for Cambodian Garment Workers
Posted on January 31, 2013
Delegation of Community Supporters Brings Workers’ Concerns to Walmart in Irvine IRVINE, Calif. – Members of the Cambodian community, Orange County residents, warehouse workers and other supporters attempted to collect thousands of dollars owed to Cambodian garment workers Thursday, Jan. 31 at Walmart’s Southern California headquarters. More than 200 workers have been sleeping on the [...]
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State of California Orders Walmart-Contracted Warehouse to Pay More than $1 Million in Stolen Wages
Posted on January 28, 2013
ONTARIO, Calif. – The state of California has ordered a Southern California warehouse that processes merchandise for Walmart and other retailers to pay 865 workers more than $1 million in stolen wages. The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement issued the citations Monday, Jan. 28 against Quetico, LLC, a large warehouse complex in Chino, California. [...]
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