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A day without Wal-Mart in Mexico
The anti-Wal-Mart movement is fixture in the U.S., but relatively new to Mexico, where the giant retailer has 997 stores. There have been a few sporadic protests at specific stores, including a Wal-Mart near the pyramids of Teotihuacan and in the picturesque lakeside village of Patzcuaro.
But this weekend, a group of Mexican and U.S. organizations, including the AFL-CIO, kicked off what they hope will be a sustained protest of Wal-Mart labor practices in Mexico, as a group of workers fights to form a union. It began at a store in southern Mexico City on Sunday with a so-called “Day Without Wal-Mart,” which featured protesters handing out leaflets urging shoppers not patronize Wal-Mart and a short rally.
The organizers decried Wal-Mart’s refusal to enter into collective bargaining with its workers or pay overtime wages. Wal-Mart in Mexico responded, according to Bloomberg, with a fact sheet boasting that it’s lowest salary is 18 percent higher than minimum wage.
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