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Walkouts Begin at Walmart

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Employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) began their promised job walkouts last night at Walmart stores in Miami, Dallas, Wisconsin and the San Francisco Bay area. The job actions are part of a planned protest against the store’s efforts to retaliate against workers who speak out for better working conditions and pay.

The walkouts and protests are being led by a group called OUR Walmart, which receives support from the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW).

Walmart filed a complaint late last week with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for an injunction against the labor protests, claiming that the actions are violate U.S. labor laws. No ruling on that complaint has been issued yet.

The protests are expected to spread to more than 1,000 Walmart stores in 46 states on what is traditionally the busiest U.S. shopping day of the year.

Walmart’s shares are up fractionally in premarket trading to $69.24. The 52-week range is $56.32 to $77.60.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for a673b.bigscoots-temp.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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