Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets Labor Board and Union Reach a Deal for Sixty-Day Moratorium on Walmart Pickets
The agreement is designed to resolve Walmart’s allegations that workers’ Black Friday protests were illegal.
Jan 31, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Starbucks Tycoon Bullies the Baristas Starbucks Tycoon Bullies the Baristas
CEO Howard Schultz doesn’t like unions. But he’s happy to coerce his low-paid workers into joining a phony austerity campaign.
Jan 30, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight Workers Tell OSHA They Were Locked Inside Target Stores Overnight
Target doesn’t deny that its contractors lock all the doors on the graveyard shift.
Jan 25, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group Walmart Cuts Off ‘Brief Courtship’ With Warehouse Worker Group
After an initial meeting, Walmart has told a union-backed warehouse workers group it decided to break it off.
Jan 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good? Are Walmart’s Jobs for Vets Any Good?
Walmart drew White House praise for pledging to hire 100,000 veterans, but some workers pan the plan.
Jan 15, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005 Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005
Representatives Waxman and Cummings say the documents appear to contradict Walmart’s story about the widening scandal.
Jan 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action
The ruling brings warehouse workers one step closer to holding Walmart directly responsible for alleged retaliation and wage theft.
Jan 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Labor Groups Pan Walmart Plan to Bring Oversight Approach Used in Bangladesh to the US Labor Groups Pan Walmart Plan to Bring Oversight Approach Used in Bangladesh to the US
A labor official says the kind of auditing Walmart wants to bring to its US warehouses “led directly to the deaths of 112 people in Bangladesh.”
Jan 4, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers Hundreds of Argentina Walmart Employees Went on Strike in Solidarity With US Co-Workers
Protestors in Argentina hope international pressure can end Walmart's union-busting in the US.
Dec 21, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
The Great Walmart Walkout The Great Walmart Walkout
The new labor campaign against the retail giant faces daunting odds, and the stakes are high: most of us live in the Walmart economy.
Dec 19, 2012 / Feature / Josh Eidelson