Petition: Walmart-Contract Workers Fear Retaliation
We are workers who move Walmart merchandise at a private warehouse in Chino, California. Just a couple of weeks ago the state of California ordered the warehouse owner to repay us more than $1 million...
View ArticleHelp Reinstate Walmart Contract Worker Javier Rodriguez
Javier Rodriguez (Note from Warehouse Workers United: Please take action now — workers like Javier, whose blog appears below, should not be fired with impunity. We will deliver this petition to Walmart...
View ArticleWalmart de Mexico CEO Confronted at UCLA
Yesterday members of Warehouse Workers United and their supporters confronted Scot Rank, the CEO of scandal-plagued Walmart de Mexico, at UCLA’s Anderson School of Business. The warehouse employees...
View ArticleWarehouse Organizer Back on the Job
David Acosta, a leader in the fight to improve warehouse working conditions, is back to work today. David was fired from his job as a forklift driver at a critical Walmart-controlled warehouse in Mira...
View ArticleWalmart Contract-Warehouse Workers Go on Strike
Breaking News: Warehouse workers who move suitcases are on strike at Walmart luggage and apparel subcontractor Olivet International. The bulk of the Riverside County facility’s inventory is sold by...
View ArticleEyewitness: Working Inside an Inland Empire Warehouse
(This article was reported in partnership with the Investigative Fund of the Nation Institute. It first appeared on The Nation’s website and is republished with permission.) The call from the temp...
View ArticleCalifornia Walmart Warehouse Workers Reach Bentonville
Warehouse workers after arriving in Bentonville. Following national strikes at Walmart stores and at warehouses in Southern California and Illinois, workers who move Walmart merchandise at those sites...
View ArticleWalmart's Heart of Darkness
As Black Friday approached, I couldn’t help but remember a vivid scene in The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver where an entire Congo village is overrun by a swarm of ants, creating a human...
View ArticleWarehouse Workers Win New Round in Walmart Case
A plaintiff at home: David Acosta A federal judge Thursday ordered Walmart to be included in a lawsuit filed by warehouse workers embroiled in a labor dispute with employers contracted by the retail...
View ArticleState Hits Walmart Contractor With Wage-Theft Ruling
The state of California has ordered a Southern California warehouse that processes merchandise for Walmart and other retailers to pay 865 workers more than $1 million in stolen wages. The California...
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