Walmart Archives - nwLaborPress

Klamath Falls Walmart disciplines strikers

Mar 3, 2015

Ismael Nunez protests his firing, and two others are written up for striking

Klamath Falls Walmart fires worker who went on strike

Jan 27, 2015

Ismael Nuñez struck to protest retaliation against other workers. Now HE’s been terminated.

Portland extends Do-Not-Buy Walmart policy

Dec 18, 2014

Ordinance faults Walmart for labor practices, market dominance and tax avoidance

Three Walmart workers strike in Klamath Falls

Dec 1, 2014

OUR Walmart says 1,600 Walmart protests took place nationwide on Black Friday

City of Portland rolling back Walmart bond investments

May 23, 2014

City cashes out $9 million in Walmart bonds, to the applause of UFCW Local 555

Walmart ‘Black Friday’ protests coast-to-coast

Dec 4, 2012

The world’s largest retailer saw protests of its low wages and benefits.

Union workers under grave threat from Walmart expansion

Jun 3, 2011

A thousand UFCW members could lose jobs if Walmart opens 17 Portland-area stores as planned.

What Obama could do for workers without Congress

Sep 17, 2010

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.