Walmart Board Member Gets Loud "Wake Up Call"

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The megaphone crackled to life at the Bethesda Marriott Thursday. “OUR Walmart members want to talk to Mike Duke about the problems they see in their stores every day,” Respect DC members announced. Since June 2011, Walmart associates in Organization United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart) have been blocked at repeated attempts to meet with Walmart CEO Mike Duke. Hearing that Walmart board member Arne Sorenson was coming to town, protesters grabbed a megaphone, bucket-drums and whistles to make sure Sorenson got the message that they’re still waiting for a meeting. “Talk to Mike Duke,” blared one protester as others banged on buckets and cheered. “Let him know it is important for a CEO to listen to his workers!” Click here for a video of the action; to get involved in the campaign check out ForRespect.org and RespectDC.org. - screen shot from video