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Walmart
Workers Rights
Klamath Falls Walmart disciplines strikers
Ismael Nunez protests his firing, and two others are written up for striking
Workers Rights
Klamath Falls Walmart fires worker who went on strike
Ismael Nuñez struck to protest retaliation against other workers. Now HE's been terminated.
Buying Union
Portland extends Do-Not-Buy Walmart policy
Ordinance faults Walmart for labor practices, market dominance and tax avoidance
Workers Rights
Three Walmart workers strike in Klamath Falls
OUR Walmart says 1,600 Walmart protests took place nationwide on Black Friday
Workers Rights
City of Portland rolling back Walmart bond investments
City cashes out $9 million in Walmart bonds, to the applause of UFCW Local 555
Workers Rights
Walmart ‘Black Friday’ protests coast-to-coast
The world’s largest retailer saw protests of its low wages and benefits.
Buying Union
Union workers under grave threat from Walmart expansion
A thousand UFCW members could lose jobs if Walmart opens 17 Portland-area stores as planned.
Politics
What Obama could do for workers without Congress
With support from labor organizations, the think tank Demos has teamed up with The American Prospect magazine to figure out what Obama can do — without waiting for Congress — to create good living-wage jobs.
