The Move-On gang sent this email and I’m pleased to see that more Americans are DOING something about the corruption and despicable working conditions at a cabal corporation.
Black Friday is the spawn of the greedy, corrupt cabal and aware people avoid it like the plague, but it is THE PERFECT day to pull this off. Hit the CABAL in the wallet. Affect their bottom line and undo the shameless PR job they’ve done on shoppers to promote themselves as a righteous, empowering, job-supplier.
While some may feel it’s “uncivilized” to protest, strike, demonstrate and physically oppose domination and social injustice, I feel it is precisely what is NECESSARY to wake up more people and show the pathetic powers-that-were that we are ‘mad as hell and we aren’t going to take it any more’. I think the strikes this year will have a bigger impact than they did last year.
So what if there is property damage? So a few people get battered or tossed in the clink. That has been happening the world over—except in America—and that is why there didn’t seem much hope. This month is a turning point in the direction we’re taking as a people.
The Michael Browns, the impoverished Wal-Mart employees… they’re all playing their part in the sequence of events that MUST happen to propel us to our mass awakening and subsequent liberation.
I have said for some time that until the American people are so uncomfortable—until the pain reverberates in their wallets, bank accounts and hearts—they will continue to slumber.
But the sleeping giant is awakening. The snoring has all but ended and the grumpy old guy is damn hungry and, finding nothing but mouse droppings in the cupboard, is lumbering out into the streets craving a bite of bacon and eggs.
Unfortunately, the pigs and chickens were fed GMO food and raised in deplorable, inhumane and unsanitary conditions, injected with toxic substances, the skies filled with chemtrails and the weather controlled and the food supply has nearly dried up. The giant is now rummaging around his hovel trying to scare up a war club—so watch out! ~ BP
On Black Friday, the largest shopping day of the year, Walmart workers have announced a massive one-day strike to demand better wages and reasonable pay.
This. Is. Huge.
For years, Walmart has paid wages so low that employees are forced to survive on food stamps.1 The company has also been incredibly anti-union.2 Many of the workers who participate in the walkout will lose wages. Some may get fired.
So to help make sure they have the resources to win, we’re aiming to raise $100,000 before Friday’s strike.
We’ll contribute some of the money to the Walmart workers’ strike fund to make sure people who take part in the strike can still put food on the table for their families. We’ll use the rest for organizing for workers’ rights and social justice around the country. Can you chip in $3?
Yes, I’ll chip in to stand with Walmart workers this Black Friday.
Let’s face it. There’s only one reason Walmart pays such low wages: Greed.
Walmart makes $16 billion a year in profits, and the Walton family is worth more than $150 billion, making them the richest family in America.3 And yet Walmart pays the majority of their associates less than $25,000 a year.4
There’s another reason why this fight is so important. Walmart is the largest private employer in the world, and any concessions it makes will have a massive ripple effect across the economy.
So here’s the plan: First, MoveOn is using our huge online membership to help recruit people for the Walmart protests this Friday, and elevate their stories through petitions.
And we’ll make a donation to the Walmart strike fund to make sure these workers don’t have to go hungry just because they stood up for their rights.
Will you chip in $3?
Yes, I’ll chip in to stand with Walmart workers this Black Friday.
Thanks for all you do.
–Anna, Bobby, Jadzia, Stephen, and the rest of the team
Sources:
- “Report: Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance,” Forbes, April 15, 2014
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=301837&id=105163-23271267-pJ6TKKx&t=1 -
“Walmart Workers Get Organized—Just Don’t Say the U-Word,” Mother Jones, March/April 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=301838&id=105163-23271267-pJ6TKKx&t=2 -
“Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,” MarketWatch, accessed November 25, 2014
http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/wmt/financials
“America’s richest families: 185 clans with billion dollar fortunes,” Yahoo Finance, July 8, 2014
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=301839&id=105163-23271267-pJ6TKKx&t=3
- “More Than Half of Wal-Mart’s Hourly Workers Make Less Than $25,000,” Bloomberg, October 23, 2013
http://www.moveon.org/r/?r=301840&id=105163-23271267-pJ6TKKx&t=4
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