The Making Change at Walmart (MCAW) campaign announced a new ad campaign for the week leading up to Labor Day. As part of this national effort, MCAW will be targeting more than 500,000 Walmart workers across the nation with television, print, and social media ads.
The multimedia campaign calls on Walmart employees who have experienced abuse at work to reach out to, “join with other Walmart workers today” and “change Walmart for the better.”
The effort to communicate and mobilize Walmart workers will be reinforced and supported by on-the-ground actions taking place across the country leading up to Labor Day. The ads will air at the same time as on-the-ground actions in multiple states and cities.
“Walmart workers are crucial in the fight to hold Walmart accountable,” said Jess Levin, communications director at MCAW. “No worker should have to experience discrimination, cut benefits, and denied overtime. This ad campaign will empower Walmart’s own employees to speak out against these abuses in the workplace. The ads and actions also set the tone in terms of how we will be going after Walmart for the rest of the year. Walmart should be concerned about what is to come.”
The television ad reads:
Stay tuned for a very important announcement…
Do you or your loved ones work for Walmart?
If you or family member has experienced abuse at work – you can hold this billion-dollar corporation accountable.
Past abuses include denying employees overtime, cutting healthcare benefits, and allegations of workplace discrimination.
Join with other Walmart workers today.
Speak out and help make a difference.
Call us now or visit HelpChangeWalmart.com
Working together, we will change Walmart for the better.
The television ad and print ad will air in the week leading up to Labor Day in multiple states. Facebook ads specifically targeted at Walmart employees will appear at the same time.
These ads will support on-the-ground actions taking place at Walmarts across the country. Activists and workers will be speaking to customers at stores and encouraging them to help in the campaign to make Walmart a better employer.
Former Sam’s club employee. Are they included? Fired after 8 years only because my then fiancée sued them for discrimination. And he won the case.
My friend works for W/M. She was told to clock out then on her way out her supervisor stopped her and asked if she’d mind putting a small box of stock out. When she told her she’d already clocked out, the supervisor told her it would really help her out and it wouldn’t take but a few minutes. My friend said it became a habit for the supervisor to ask her to do “little jobs” after she had clocked out. On many occasions it would make her late picking up her kids from daycare which resulted in her having to pay late fees. I’m sure this happens at every W/M in this country and there is no way to account for the cumulative hours worked and wages not paid. This is a travesty. W/M should not be able to hold employees hostage by their wages. I’ve NEVER asked a walmart employee a controversial question that their demeanor changed immediately and they began literally looking over their shoulder. Employees should not have to live with such fear. Personally, I stopped shopping at walmart years ago and I’m fortunate I can afford to pay a bit more for my groceries. When Sam Walton was alive he seemed proud of the fact that all his merchandise was made in the USA and now I don’t think they have anything made in America. After Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the next three people are Waltons. That’s a shame that they are multibillionaire and their employees have to grovel.
SAME GAME ALL OVER, WE ALL SHOULD EXPRESS OPENLY AND TRUTHFULLY AND HONESTLY: WHAT I AM READING YOUR STORY IS MY STORY, OUR STORY, WE ALL ARE VICTIMS, OUR ALL STORIES ARE THE SOLIDARITY.
I work in WaltMart Sam’s Club, I am working a Greeter and Checker in entry and exit door. I have stand highest 5 hour and once I wanted to go for Rest room it was refused by two COS. The store like all other Walt Mart store run by under staff. I am 58 years old, standing so long did not got permission to leave the door, I had did on my pants. That gone because they ask ‘sorry’. Next standing on a old hard-namely soft old mat, now after almost 20 months I got injury. I told the Manager Associate, she said, ‘Use your own Mat. We can not provide better than what it.”I gave her a written about it. Now I have leg injury standing on solid floor, and usual mat. I got very painful feet, almost a month walking and go to job like a lame man. In our Sam’s club all greeters has their own sad stories. Standing 3 to 5, 6 hours with out a break in time of their “NEED” and game of under-staffing horse ride Managers attitudes is out of any Human Rights in the country or labor law. Sam’s Club Walt Mart under staffing causing a torture such as : Every week they Hiring new, old gone, new gone, all a technique so they 1.Do not give Insurance or benefit 2. Staff can use whatever way they want, NO JOB DESCRIPTION follow. Who ever greeter, also work as curt puller, who ever curt puller work as Janitor, who ever Janitor may work as Greeter. The game of staffing using became a Modern Slavery in Walt Mart. Door Greeters needs sitting arrangement, which can be helpful, not standing 3/4/5/6 hours and suffering from permanent injure. You who are Leaders must communicate with all staff members, and even Members of Sams Club. They feel they have rights to say in favor of Walt mart Labor dealing. I am glad what you have started, it should be a joint Human Rights, Labor Rights and rights of fair dealing against any Modern slavery, such low pay, no benefit, hiring and firing by the Walt Mart acting like a Salve-Master. The decency of working place, injury free, and respect of life for all who really honest and truth to serve. It is not easy, but unitedly, gathering the truthful opinions will bring NEW CHANGE FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN OF AMERICA.
I have worked for Wal-Mart for almost nine years now and there has been plenty of times when management told me I had to kill over time. As a cashiers I don’t get chances to do cbls or take test on the computer to move up the ladder. Other people that don’t want to work their butt of gets promoted over myself. I feel like they play favoritism and some times when you have a different
race manager they promote their
race over someone who has
goneto them and say I am
struggling to pay my bills. My
hours have been cut by 2 to 3
hours every week and it makes a
difference when I am the only one
working. They have changed the
way they do the pay raise and fail
to tell the workers. I only got a 32
cent raise and I have been with
the company for nine years.I even
lost a dollar going from nights to
days back in February of this
year.I always am there I hardly
ever call in unless there is a death in the family or the weather
prevents me from going into
work. They would not give me
bereavement when my uncle
Jerome passed in June.Other people od a different race than me gets away with things but if I was to do that I would be coached or fired. They could even make a bs reason to coach or fire me if they seem fit to do so. One more than one occasion the asset protection lady has gotten onto to me about things like where I took my break or about having food at my register . One day she got pissy because I wasn’t glued to the self check register but others can roam freely and she doesn’t get onto them and she is the same race as myself.some workers get upset and leave if they don’t get their way and then try to come back and set me straight. I got into trouble one dayby the asset protection lady because of where I took my break but the 82 girl who is a different race can sit in the same spot but no one says anything to her. I think if I can’t do something no one else should. Every one needs to be treated the same.I have asked to learn the service desk and have been told that because of my hours are I am not on the manager list of who she wants trained. I have asked to learn the cash office and someone else was promoted over myself but I have been with the company longer. The person may have certain qualification I don’t but I don’t know. She just be better liked than me.I think that I have said enough. I am worried about speaking out that I may lose my job and I can’t afford to because I am the only one working.
If you don’t like the conditions at Walmart then get a job somewhere else.
Your comment was made out of ignorance. No one should have to tolerate these working conditions.
Is it fair to say in the game of divide and rule in a free country, we get injury and say nothing, you will not get benefit, but you will not say. This is America land of free and justice, NO GAME PLAY…
Tax payers are paying 6.2 billion each year to subsidize walmarts employees. And yet the Walmart family is worth 144 billion dollars. It’s time they pay their own employers and quit making tax payers do it.
Every Walmart cost tax payers about 1.3 million to subsidize their workforce
I worked for Walmart for 17yrs I have a story for you and I have every policy Walmart wrote you want a copy call me they hate unions that a fact .they even tell you how to get on welfare .that’s a fact .call me I was also in loss prevention
I have a five page letter addressing issues from one month employment that I sent to the president of walmart. I would be willing to send to you for this cause. I believe it would be benifical and I did ultimately resigned.
I shop at Walmart on occasion. What I know of Walmart is that they are very shrewd in their dealings with suppliers. The are a low price retailer. The Walton family’s wealth is among the highest in the world. If you aggregate the Walton heirs inherited net worth, it would be greater than Bill Gates. In short, this is a remarkably profitable business that absolutely should treat it’s people better. The practice of working people just under 40 hours to avoid the liability of full time employment is wrong. I tend to be very conservative when it comes to unionized labor, but in this case believe there is a justifiable need.
You guys…….REALLY need to contact CECIL ROBERTS of the
UNITED MINE WORKERS UNION …STAT !! Tel him you want to unionize your WALMART, and talk to others at your job sight , AFTER Work, off primroses, ORGANIZE and prepare to fight for what you need, when you get the help and guidance to do so in the right way. GOOD LUCK to , And JOIN a UNION Somewhere and support it. It is the common working persons only chance for a FAIR shake with any large employer !!!!!!!
this is Tom P Noonan on July 1996 I did hit the Member Car with a Basket when I was working at Sam’s Club 6625 because my Dad yell at Me in July 1996 I did open up my Joint Saving Account with my Dad in july 1996 because I did have Difficult listen to my Dad when my Dad have a Stoke I didn’t not hit the Member with a Basket august 26 2002 and I didn’t call the Member name August 26 2002 in August 1999 one of the Member say I am going to have you fire if you acting Rude because I ask him help me load Merchandise into their Vehicle then I did told Him the Member I am sorry I won’t acting rude no more in August 1999 in August 1999 I did help him load Merchandise into their Vehicle.
Thank You Very Much
From Tom P Noonan
Wal Mart workers are the new slaves of the world…less than a living wage, no benefits (unless full-time) and walmart happily kills off American companies and workers (look what happened to Rubbermaid when that comany caved to Walmart demands. The Walmart heirs are the slave owners and have stolen living wages from the workers and the American tax payers paid their
health care
Most of the comments on this page suck. You all need to learn to speak proper English. Use spell check. If you don’t like your job then quit and find another. If you want more money then you should work harder. Hard workers get rewards. Quit complaining. YOU and only YOU control your destiny.
Ufcw is misleading everyone Kroger employees make less than walmart. UFCW sucks
yes why did some workers get raises and some did not i work for walmart and i did not get the raise.and why is it that walmart can help ours and not help the workers i been off on med. leave and nobody has offer to help me and i have been with the company for 9 years