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Get the facts: http://makingchangeatwalmart.org/lgbt-equality/

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A successful large retailer that respects its employees? Who knew?

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McDonald's pays such low wages that taxpayers end up footing the bill. Get the facts: http://bit.ly/McTaxes

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A new report shows the real cost of Walmart's low wages: a single 300-employee Wal-Mart Supercenter in Wisconsin may cost taxpayers anywhere from $904,542 to nearly $1.75 million per year, or about $5,815 per employee. While taxpayers foot the bill for subsidized housing assistance, the food-stamp program, child-care subsidies, energy assistance, and reduced school meals for Walmart's low-paid workers, Walmart profits. Learn more here: http://1.usa.gov/17zQJot

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On strike for poverty wages
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On Thursday, in 100 different cities around the country, fast-food workers across the country are walking off the job to speak out against unsustainable, poverty-level wages paid to workers in the restaurant industry. These men and women work for our nation’s most profitable food chains and still aren’t able to… Read More»

It is far too easy for bad employers to exploit immigrant workers and use their immigration status as a weapon to prevent them from speaking out about the abuse. When employers call immigration to retaliate against workers, they have our broken immigration system on their side, and can simply deport… Read More»

This is one major retailer that doesn't screw its employees
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2013 has been an exciting year for Caring Across Generations – a national campaign Jobs With Justice co-anchors with the National Domestic Workers Alliance. Here are a few highlights from the past year: Mother’s Day at the Capitol Jump-starts Momentum for Senate and House Resolutions On May 6 and 7, … Read More»

Lake County public transit riders stage march along canceled bus route
Lake County public transit riders stage march along canceled bus route

Effective September 15, Lake County Florida stopped funding a three-mile portion of a local bus route because of “budget concerns.” In response, riders were understandably outraged. Along those three miles were low-income housing units and a store that served as the only grocery store for miles. Central Florida Jobs with… Read More»

Kshama Sawant
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