This year on black friday there were many strikes at Walmart for many different reasons. Some of the protestors were angered because of the low pay the employees were getting. Others were upset because Walmart was keeping their employees to work during Thanksgiving instead of spending time with their familys. Lastly some beilieve that Walmart treats their workers bad in general. This is why protests started at Walmart.
These protests took place all around the U.S. (over 100 cities) It was a very big deal for the people of the United States. Most protest took place outside of walmarts however some people just avioded shopping there for black friday. At the Walmart in Paramount, Calif., about 600 protesters, including about 100 Walmart workers, turned up Friday morning. Also in Hanover, Md., 400 employees, union workers, activists and other supporters showed up at a Walmart on Friday.
Walmart denies and claims that many things said are untrue. They say that only 100 out of their 1.3 million workers took part in the black friday protest. Also Walmart says "89% said they"definitely recommend the walmart company to a friend." This shows why 99.99 percent of the employees did not protest against Walmart.
I personally beileve that the others were probably afraid of getting fired because Walmart is very cruel to their emplyees and dont give them alot of freedom. Also most of the people at Walmart need their jobs so joining in something like that was way to risky.
"Given their goal of raising awareness among shoppers about low pay, lack of benefits and what they call Walmart's pattern of punishing workers who try to organize, strikers said their events were a success."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/23/walmart-strike-black-friday_n_2177784.html
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