'Black Friday' Civil Disobedience Targets Walmart's Poverty Wages

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A day of protests at well over a thousand locations nationwide saw huge numbers of pro-worker activists and Walmart employees themselves protesting against the retail giant’s notoriously low wages and flagrant disregard for their employees’ well-being.

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As Salon.com’s Josh Eidelson reports:

At a protest outside a Walmart store in Ontario, California on Friday morning, a group of worker advocates, including a man dressed as Santa Claus, were arrested for blocking traffic as they demanded attention for the plight of Walmart employees, store contractors, and their families.

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With as a many as 1,500 separate protests planned for Walmart locations on the day known as “Black Friday,” workers for the retail giant and supporters of their cause to win better treatment and increased wages are using the year’s busiest shopping day to draw attention to the growing movement of low-wage workers rising up against poverty and disrespect in the workplace.

Under the hashtag #walmartstrikers, Twitter users are tracking updates and posting photos from actions across the country:

Tweets about “#walmartstrikers”

Among the journalists who have most closely followed the growth of the Walmart workers movement led by the group (@forrespect), Salon.com’s Josh Eidelson (@josheidelson) and The Nation’s Allison Kilkenny (@allisonkilkenny)were live-tweeting the day’s unfolding events:

Tweets from https://twitter.com/commondreams/black-friday

As Eidelson reported Friday:

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