Protests against Wal-Mart expanded on Tuesday, spreading to 28 stores in 12 states, a union spokesman said. In an effort to increase pressure on the retailer as the holiday season approaches, 88 employees at the stores missed work, the spokesman, Dan Schlademan, said.
Mr. Schlademan, director of the union-backed Making Change at Walmart campaign, added that more than 200 employees were traveling to Wal-Mart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., to stage a protest on Wednesday during the company’s annual meeting with financial analysts.
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He warned that disgruntled Wal-Mart employees, joined by labor unions and community groups, might stage a combined protest and educational campaign the Friday after Thanksgiving, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season.
Mr. Schlademan said the 88 employees who missed work on Tuesday were engaged in a strike that followed what union officials said was a strike by 63 Los Angeles-area Walmart workers last Thursday. They called that the first strike ever in Wal-Mart’s 50-year history. Read more >>
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