todayinlaborhistory: Today (literally) in labor history, November 23, 2012:  Workers employed at Walmart — the nation’s largest private-sector employer — strike nationwide for better wages and working conditions.  Walmart, whose net sales in 2011 were $443.9 billion, pays its 1.4 million workers in the U.S. an average of $8.81/hour.  A third of Walmart’s employees work less than 28 hours a week and don’t qualify for benefits.   FILMS: Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining,  The Last Pullman Car,  Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local, HSA Hospital Strike ‘75, UE/Wells, What’s Happening at Local 70?,  Where’s I. W. Abel?, As Goes Janesville 
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Today (literally) in labor history, November 23, 2012:  Workers employed at Walmart — the nation’s largest private-sector employer — strike nationwide for better wages and working conditions.  Walmart, whose net sales in 2011 were $443.9 billion, pays its 1.4 million workers in the U.S. an average of $8.81/hour.  A third of Walmart’s employees work less than 28 hours a week and don’t qualify for benefits.  

FILMS: Taylor Chain II: A Story of Collective Bargaining,  The Last Pullman Car,  Taylor Chain I: A Story in a Union Local, HSA Hospital Strike ‘75, UE/Wells, What’s Happening at Local 70?,  Where’s I. W. Abel?, As Goes Janesville 

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