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Sign Our Letter, Help Workers
Posted on September 7, 2012
My name is Marta Medina and I am a warehouse worker. In the five years I worked in a warehouse, I learned to tolerate dangerous and unjust working conditions. One of the most humiliating experiences happened four years ago when I was eight months pregnant. I received a Walmart order to ship 2,000 boxes in [...]
“True Heroes,” MSNBC Looks at Warehouse Conditions
Posted on September 3, 2012
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Watch Van Jones, the former special adviser for green jobs in the Obama White House and co-founder of Rebuild the Dream, and Rose Aguilar, radio host of “Your Call” on KALW radio in San Francisco and op-ed contributor to Al Jazeera English, talk [...]
Senate Votes to Extend Protections to Tens of Thousands of Warehouse Workers
Posted on August 22, 2012
Asm. Torres and Sen. Vargas Sponsor AB 1855 SACRAMENTO – The California Senate voted to support legislation Tuesday that would further protect workers in subcontracted industries. Warehouse workers from Southern California’s Inland Empire joined Assemblymember Norma Torres and Sen. Juan Vargas in the Capitol Tuesday. The legislation that will extend basic protections to tens of [...]
Category: Press Releases
Event: People of Faith United for Worker Justice
Posted on July 30, 2012
Join us for a pre-Labor Day rally and multi-faith gathering Thursday, August 23 with workers, religious leaders, and leaders from the grocery store workers union. What: People of Faith United for Worker Justice When: 10:45 a.m. to 12 noon, Thursday, August 23 Where: Decker Hall, Pilgrim Place, West 6th Street and Mayflower Road in Claremont [...]
Category: Features
Post Tagged with faith, inland empire, labor, latinos, latinos en walmart, Ontario, people of faith, walmart, warehouse workers, warehouse workers united, worker justice, WWU Two Workers Fired in the Name of Walmart’s Bottom Line
Posted on July 27, 2012
Pictured here: Girshriela Green and Santos Castaneda, two leaders fired in the fight to improve working conditions and jobs in the Walmart supply chain. Walmart fired Girshriela Green just days after she spoke to thousands at the June 30 Chinatown protest. Castaneda was fired from his job moving Walmart goods after he spoke up about [...]
Post Tagged with fired workers, girshriela green, inland empire, labor, latinos, latinos en walmart, nfi warehouse, Ontario, retaliation, Santos Castaneda, walmart, warehouse workers, warehouse workers united, WWU News Outlets Take Notice of Warehouse Workplace Hazards
Posted on July 26, 2012
A growing number of major media outlets are reporting about health and safety violations and poor working conditions at the Southern California warehouses that are the backbone of Walmart’s worldwide supply chain. According to The New York Times, the dire workplace conditions are not only hurting warehouse employees but are also having widespread economic impact [...]
Category: Features
Workers Stand Up to Retaliation and Win
Posted on July 26, 2012
Warehouse workers filed charges to stop a recent wave of retaliation Wednesday and one worker was reinstated after being suspended indefinitely. Workers have raised serious concerns about high temperatures, broken equipment, constant yelling and pressure from supervisors and frequent injuries inside warehouses that move Walmart goods. They filed an extensive complaint with the state of [...]
Category: Features
PHOTOS: No more #brokenbodies.
Posted on July 18, 2012
View the photos of workers delivering a Cal/OSHA complaint to end dangerous working conditions at critical Walmart-contracted warehouse. Mira las fotos de los trabajadores de bodega entregando la queja que pusieron con Cal/OSHA para terminar las peligrosas condiciones de trabajo en una de las bodegas mas importantes sub-contratada por Walmart.
Post Tagged with broken bodies, Cal/OSHA, health, health and safety, latinos, nfi crossdock, nfi warehouse, NLRB, OSHA, safety, walmart, walmart merchandise, walmart supply chain, warehouse, warehouse workers, workplace injuries Workers File Detailed Complaint to End Dangerous Working Conditions at Critical Walmart-Contracted Warehouse
Posted on July 18, 2012
LOS ANGELES – Warehouse workers required to work inside dark, hot, metal shipping containers with little ventilation or water under pressure to meet high quotas in the face of frequent injury filed a complaint with the state agency responsible for workplace conditions Wednesday. (Español aquí) Workers at a warehouse that moves goods exclusively for Walmart [...]
Category: Press Releases
Post Tagged with inland empire, latino workers, latinos en walmart, riverside, walmart, walmart supply chain Extreme Pressure, Constant Injuries and Retaliation
Posted on July 1, 2012
Workers Bravely Call for Safety on the Job Mire abajo para Español. These five warehouse workers routinely work with broken, unsafe equipment, under extreme pressure to work faster and are frequently injured. June 30 they led a group of 50 workers and supporters to call for a safer workplace and specific resolutions to serious problems [...]
