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Wal-Mart Workers Stage Black Friday Protests for Higher Wages, Stable Hours

HeadlineDec 01, 2014

Wal-Mart workers have held Black Friday protests against the retail giant for a third straight year. Demonstrators with the group OUR Walmart staged demonstrations outside Wal-Mart stores on Thursday and Friday in a call for $15-an-hour wage and stable, full-time work hours. Hundreds of people took part in a protest at a Wal-Mart in Washington, D.C.

Ned Mesal: “We’re here to let Wal-Mart know that it’s not treating its workforce right. It doesn’t pay us enough to live on. It doesn’t give us the respect and dignity we deserve. It doesn’t give us enough hours to live on to get a decent paycheck.”

Rev. Grayland Hagler: “We are here to demand that Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart, greedy Wal-Mart, share its resources with workers, to respect workers like they should be respected.”

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