Florida

Walmart workers walk out on wildcat

Workers at a Wal-Mart in Florida went out on wildcat earlier this week over scheduling arrangements. According to both workers and the company, this is the first such action against the company ever to occur in the US.

Around 200 workers, or close to the entire shift, walked out of the store in Hialeah Gardens at 9am Monday.

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19 Oct 2006 by catch

California: Mobile home residents on rent strike against hikes

Residents in Ceres, California launched their strike when Equity LifeStyles Properties increased rents by $85 a month.

Mobile home dwellers own their houses, but rent the land on which they are situated.

Residents first appealed to the city council to apply rent controls to the land - one of nearly 300 mobile home plots owned by ELSP - but they declined, leaving them no option but to take direct action.

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10 Feb 2006 by Steven.
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