In Miami today, Walmart workers became the latest participants in a week of labor actions scheduled to culminate on Black Friday. Workers are demanding $25,000 a year, full-time jobs for those who want them and an end to retaliation against those who participating in labor actions. As it leads other retailers in opening up for business on Thanksgiving Day, how is Walmart responding? What's the potential impact on the consumer economy?
Walmart, Wages, and Black Friday Walkouts
Credits
Guests:
- Steven Greenhouse - labor reporter and author of “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor” - @greenhousenyt
- Megan McArdle - Washington Post - @asymmetricinfo
- Rich Yeselson - veteran union researcher and journalist - @yeselson
- Chris Morran - Consumerist.com - @consumerist