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A PROTEST against poverty pay at anti-union US retailer Walmart ended with 23 arrests, the Los Angeles county sheriff’s department confirmed today.
Workers organised in Organisation United for Respect at Walmart (OUR Walmart), a group founded by the United Food and Commercial Workers union, launched a sit-down strike on Thursday in the city’s Crenshaw Boulevard supermarket.
Striking workers chanted: “Stand up, live better! Sit down, live better!” before taping over their mouths to symbolise the way the company tries to silence trade unionists.
There is no doubt that Trump’s regime is a right-wing one, but the clash between the state apparatus and the national and local government is a good example of what any future left-wing formation will face here in Britain, writes NICK WRIGHT
