WakeUpWalmart.com and a coalition of supporters today launched a national week of action against Walmart’s irresponsible sick leave policy. WakeUpWalmart.com will hold events at 50 Walmart stores across the country to deliver ‘demerits’ and a letter to local store managers calling on Walmart to change its unfair and harmful sick day policy.
Last fall the New York Times article Lack of Sick Days May Worsen Flu Pandemic, exposed Walmart’s track record of giving employees "demerits" that can lead to termination when they call in sick. A number of workers across the country reported retaliation and termination from Walmart due to illness.
Beatrice Parker, a former greeter at Walmart # 3371 in Charlotte, N.C., felt forced to resign due to Walmart's sick leave policy after suffering from a bladder infection caused by not being given bathroom breaks on the job.
In a new video released today, Parker describes abuse and age discrimination and asks Walmart CEO Mike Duke, “If you don't have any or can't have any concern for the way I was treated in this Walmart, please have some for the people who work there, especially the older people.” You can watch the video on the right of this post.
Walmart’s policies and actions create a working environment where employees feel they are faced with a choice between spreading the flu and keeping their job. Walmart deserves public demerits for sick leave policies that put the public at risk and make its employees sicker.
The Demerit Walmart program is supported by leading advocacy groups such as the MomsRising.org and the Labor Partnership for Working Families.
"MomsRising is extremely concerned by news reports that Walmart associates risk receiving demerits (which can lead to termination) for taking earned paid sick days," said MomsRising Executive Director Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner. "Such a practice is a public health hazard and a threat to the economic security of Walmart associates and their families. We call on Walmart to publicly respond to these charges and immediately end any ongoing practice of issuing demerits ."
Walmart is America’s largest private employer and sets the standard for workplaces in the retail industry. Walmart associates should not be afraid of losing their jobs simply because they are too sick to help customers. Walmart can and should live up to the highest possible workplace standards.
Posted by Taylor - February 24, 2010 01:42 PM - Action
let vote UFCW Unionize the Wal Mart Store for for Wal Mart Cashier Worker and Wal Mart Courtesy Association Worker and Wal Mart Stock Person Worker and Sam's Club Cashier Worker and Sam's Club Meat Cutter@Meat Wripper Worker and Sam's Club Cart Attendance and let vote UAW Unionize the Wal Mart Store for Wal Mart Tire@Lube Express Worker and Sam's Club Tire@Car Installment Worker and let vote Teamster unionize the Wal Mart Store for the Wal Mart Truck Diver Worker and Wal Mart Forklift Drive@Stock Person Worker or tell Wal Mart sign the UFCW Union Contract and UAW Union Contract and Teamster Union Contract for Wal Mart Worker and Sam's Club Work by make Wal Mart give Wal Mart Worker a living waged with affordable Health Care right of away and right now please please Wal Mart tell Wal Mart read the note from the Doctor let Wal Mart Worker and Sam's Club Worker take Sick Leave day off right of away and right now and please tell not make Wal Mart Worker and Sam's Club Worker do Bathroom Break no more
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Posted by Sarah - February 24, 2010 09:50 PM
Wow - what a sad story! Walmart is the new slave farm - paid vacations and excused absenteeism can cause associates jobs! Woof!
Posted by talfonso - March 6, 2010 09:01 PM
talfanso-
Was that hyperbole or are you seriously comparing Walmart to slave farms? Don't you think that such a comparison diminishes the evils of slavery?
Posted by Ike - March 7, 2010 01:44 AM
I work at Wal MArt, and this lady should be considered a hero. I have seen many get fired at Wal MArt because of the sick day policy. They do use it unjustly. Sure some miss more than others, so what! There are good workers at Wal MArt, who lose there jobs just becuase they are sick, and then there are those who don't work and keep there jobs, because they are usually sucking up to management. I saw a manager at a meeting say he tried to keep a girl who was a really good worker, but in reality he is the one who fired her, because it was a snow day, and she could not drive to work. He fired her because of the poor road conditions, then told everyone he wanted to keep her and did not want to see her fired, an outright lie. So, yes! You will get fired if you miss 3 days or more, and not to mention you get put on the crap list, that means you might as well be fired, because they will make your life a living hell, since they consider you unproductive. New people looking for a job, try elsewhere. Wal MArt isn't worth your time.
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