United States: OUR Wal-Mart or how the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union is trying to organize Wal-Mart employees on the internet since it cannot do it in the stores

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ing a new form of social activism. As it has always managed to keep unions at a distance, one of them has decided to counter attack by creating an online rallying space. This new group, Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart, or OUR Wal-Mart for short, is funded by the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Union. (Ref. 110421)

UFCW members have been tracking Wal-Mart
employees down door-to-door for months to encourage them to get organized. There have been rallies in Dallas,
Seattle, Lo

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