The Waltons must be very disappointed by what’s happening at some of their plantations:
Walmart workers who went on strike in Illinois and California appear to have inspired some of their fellow big box employees, and now it looks like the movement is going viral.
Labor leaders said Tuesday, just one day before Walmart’s annual shareholder meeting, that workers at 28 stores in 12 states walked out and went on strike to demand the anti-union employer raise wages, improve working conditions and end retaliations against employees who attempt to form unions…
Berkeley labor economist Sylvia Allegretto found last year that just six of the Walton family’s richest members have a combined wealth greater than the bottom 30 percent of American earners put together…
The 6 Walton children own as much wealth as the bottom 40% of Americans. That’s wealth inequality and it’s dangerous to the security of our country. Ain’t Capitalism grand?