Over 30 actions planned in solidarity with workers demanding higher wages, benefits
On Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, Walmart workers and their allies will take part in protests outside stores across the state as part of the 1,500 nationwide protests that are planned to take place. These actions follow a wave of strikes that swept across the country, as workers demanded an end to illegal retaliation at work. Three workers from Massachusetts took part in the strike, walking off the job on Sunday.
Over the past month, Walmart has faced a growing amount of negative publicity. The National Labor Relations Board announced that they will charge the company for its illegal retaliation against workers who took part in last year’s strike. Soon after the NLRB announcement, a story of Walmart holding a food drive for its own workers went viral and caused public outcry across the country.
In Massachusetts, the Black Friday actions are being coordinated by the Massachusetts Stands Up to Walmart campaign – a coalition of workers, community organizations, and faith and labor leaders that led the successful effort to stop Walmart’s planned expansion into the Greater Boston Area and organized dozens of solidarity actions on last year’s Black Friday. The group also supports the Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart), the worker group that is leading the national fight to improve conditions at Walmart.
Walmart Quincy
Friday, November 29 @ 12:01am*, 10:00am
301 Falls Blvd, Quincy
*This event will include a light display at a nearby intersection
Walmart Chelmsford
Friday, November 29 @ 12:00pm
66 Parkhurst Rd. Chelmsford
Walmart Lynn
Friday, November 29 @ 10:00am
780 Lynnway Lynn
Walmart Raynham
Friday, November 29 @ 11:00am
36 Paramount Dr. Raynham
Walmart Worcester
Friday, November 29 @ 12:00pm
25 Tobias Boland Way, Worcester
Walmart Hadley
Friday, November 29 @ 3:00pm
337 Russell St, Hadley