June 2015

Petitions against TPP fast-track deliverd to Congress

On the 3rd of June, opponents of the proposed TPP or Trans-Pacific Partership delivered over 2 million petition signatures to Capitol Hill.

Youtube video of Keith Ellison's speech at the Capitol Hill rally against the TPP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inaCcQOXSK8

Bernie Sanders speaks against the TPP-photo by Untol Carslyle

Wal-Mart associates, allies protest punitive store closures over wage demands

On the 1st of June, labor activists and Wal-Mart associates protested outside the Ga Ave Wal-Mart. They were demanding that Wal-Mart re-instate the over 2,600 associates fired when five stores across the US were closed for "plumbing repairs." Pico Rivera, CA, one of the offending locations, was the target of Our Wal-Mart's very first walkout over wages. The closings appear to have actually been illegal retaliation for the demands for better wages and full-time or at least predictable schedules.

Related video-how Wal-Mart is killing small business on Ga Ave by taking away their parking

Protesters at the Ga Ave Wal-Mart

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