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"The fight is never about grapes or lettuce. It is always about people." Cesar Chavez |
:: Sunday, April 17, 2005 ::
Unions protest Wal-Mart By Todd Seibt, MLive.com, MI
Several speakers said Wal-Mart's low wages and poor benefits are undermining the standard of living for all Americans.
'Give me a break - how many of these kids go to college on a Wal-Mart paycheck?' asked Mark Johnson, business manager for Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 370, and president of the Flint Area Building Trades Council.
He said protests are also being organized against a proposed Wal-Mart in Vienna Township.
Another speaker, Gary Isham, business representative of Carpenters Local 706, said area residents are again engaged in an epic battle, one that echoes the 1936-37 Sit-Down Strike that led GM to recognize the right of its workers to organize.------------------------------------------- posted 12:52 PM :: reference link ::
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