Walmart protest: Baltimore employees demand better wages
Social Justice activists rallied on Saturday afternoon at the Walmart Super Center located on Washington Blvd. in Baltimore County. They demanded justice for “low wage workers” and for “workers rights.” They also want the minimum wage law raised and adequate health care coverage provided for the workers, many of whom they claim are being victimized by “greedy corporations, like Walmart’s.” To learn more, click here.
Walmart employee Sharon Black writes:
Dear Super Walmart Manager,
We the undersigned, community, civil rights, student, and religious leaders, have picked this special weekend, the weekend commemorating Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, to call on you to provide justice for your workers.
Dr. King Jr. marched for justice for all! He called for an end to poverty, and poverty wages. He spoke out for worker’s rights on and off the job. He was jailed for fighting against discrimination.
Low wages, inadequate health care coverage, lack of right’s on the job including retaliation for speaking out, among many other things, are problems for all of us.
Surely, the multi-billion dollar Walmart corporation can do better!
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Bill Hughes is an attorney, author, actor and photographer. His latest book is “Byline Baltimore.” It can be found at: https://www.amazon.com/William-Hughes/e/B00N7MGPXO/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1