Monday, December 02, 2013

Black Friday WalMart Strike & Wage Protests Lead to Over 100 Arrests


With the family and feasting of Thanksgiving, comes the shopping and hysteria of Black Friday. Retailers across the nation drum up excitement in hopes of getting out of the red and into the black before the end of the fiscal year.

Protesters of Wal-Mart this year held demonstrations to draw attention to what they deem are substandard wages by these very retailers.

Demonstrations were held outside 1,500 Wal-Mart locations across the country. United Food & Commercial Workers (UCFW) planned the protests by current and former Wal-Mart employees as well as labor activists .... http://benswann.com