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November 7, 2012 01:44 am GMT
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Walmart Workers Organize Black Friday Strike on Facebook
If you check mainstream news on a regular basis, you surely know theres a presidential election today, and youve doubtless heard about the nasty hurricane that slammed the East Coast last week.
But you probably havent heard as much about the series of strikes that have been brewing for over a month now against the single largest private employer, not only in America but the world: Walmart.
On Oct. 4, Walmart workers at various stores in southern California staged a one-day walkout of their jobs. The month before that, there were similar strikes of workers throughout Walmarts supply chain. Since then, small-scale strikes have erupted at stores throughout the country. The…
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