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Walmart, Wages, and Black Friday Walkouts
In Miami today, Walmart workers became the latest participants in a week of labor actions scheduled to culminate on Black Friday. Workers are demanding $25,000 a year, full-time jobs for those who want them and an end to retaliation against those who participating in labor actions.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIn Miami today, Walmart workers became the latest participants in a week of labor actions scheduled to culminate on Black Friday. Workers are demanding $25,000 a year, full-time jobs for those who want them and an end to retaliation against those who participating in labor actions. As it leads other retailers in opening up for business on Thanksgiving Day, how is Walmart responding? What's the potential impact on the consumer economy?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Evan George
Director of Content, News
Jenny Hamel
KCRW
Gideon Brower
Independent Producer
Steven Greenhouse
labor reporter and author of “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor”
Megan McArdle
Washington Post
Rich Yeselson
veteran union researcher and journalist
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