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Teamster Jeff

(1,598 posts)
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 03:53 PM Nov 2012

Walmart unveils remodeled Richmond store with celebration, labor strife

Source: San Jose Mercury News

RICHMOND -- Labor unrest marred the celebration Friday of the grand "reopening" of the Walmart at Hilltop mall marking completion of a four-month remodeling of the store.

Five workers and about a dozen representatives from other labor unions staged a pre-dawn work stoppage at 6 a.m. Friday complaining of mistreatment and a hostile work environment.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_21914908/walmart-unveils-remodeled-richmond-store-celebration-labor-strife

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Walmart unveils remodeled Richmond store with celebration, labor strife (Original Post) Teamster Jeff Nov 2012 OP
That's Richmond, CA, just north of Berkeley and Oakland KamaAina Nov 2012 #1
Obama will make Wellstone ruled Nov 2012 #2
 

KamaAina

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1. That's Richmond, CA, just north of Berkeley and Oakland
Fri Nov 2, 2012, 04:10 PM
Nov 2012

a strong union area, unlike the better-known Richmond in Virginia.

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