Community Leaders Gear Up to Help Walmart Employees
Johnny Rodriguez, President of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 540 in Dallas, invited Jobs with Justice and other progressive leaders to his union hall on May 24. They were there to find ways to boost the drive to organize Walmart workers into their own association, "OUR WALMART." Thirty-three activists attended.
The immediate situation is a strike May 30-June 7 that will include going to Bentonville, Arkansas, to attend a stockholders meeting. But North Texans are interested in a long-run effort that may go beyond any one action. We can also:
- Adopt a store
- Adopt a striker
- Contribute money for the hardship fund
- Give testimonials in public, on the media, and on YouTube
Sign up for the long haul by clicking on http://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4023/c/206/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=6549
There's a short video of our meeting at http://youtu.be/i8J4IncXB0o. It contains a number of testimonials in favor of the organizing drive. Anybody can make these and put them on YouTube.
In solidarity
Gene Lantz
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