 |
| Militant/Glova Scott |
|
WASHINGTON — Some 50 Walmart workers and others joined a “Fight for $15” rally in front of the H Street Walmart April 12. Many came from a labor retreat organized by the Food Chain Workers Alliance. OUR Walmart, an organization of Walmart workers fighting for $15 an hour and a union, recently joined the Alliance. The protesters held a moment of silence for Walter Scott, the forklift driver killed by a cop in North Charleston, South Carolina, April 4.
Tiffany Beroid (second from left), an OUR Walmart member fighting her firing by Walmart in 2012 after she asked for a light-duty assignment during a high-risk pregnancy, attended. So did Dominic Ware, an OUR Walmart member from Oakland, California, who was fired for striking in 2013. On April 15, OUR Walmart members from the area took part in “Fight for $15” actions here, in Richmond, Virginia, and in New York. Glova Scott, a member of OUR Walmart here, spoke at the New York rally. |
| — NED MEASEL Ned Measel is a member of OUR Walmart in Washington. |