date:May 31, 2013
The Organization United for Respect at Walmart said Thursday about 80 Walmart U.S. employees in different parts of the country have walked off their jobs to protest what it characterizes as the chain's illegal efforts to silence the growing calls for a change of course.
Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores disputed the number of walk-outs, saying the actual total of employees who left their posts was much lower.
OUR Walmart, an affiliate of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, said