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PAGE 2 | December 15, 2017 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS WORKERS’ RIGHTS NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS UFCW: Walmart forces Santa Claus to strike (International Standard Serial Number 0894-444X) Established in 1900 in Portland, Oregon as a voice of the la- bor movement. Published on a semi-monthly basis on the first and third Fridays of each month by the Oregon Labor Press Publishing Co. Inc., a non-profit mutual benefit corpo- ration owned by 20 unions and councils including the Ore- gon AFL-CIO. Serving more than 120 union organizations in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Office location: 4275 NE Halsey St., Portland, Oregon Mailing address: P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213 Phone: (503) 288-3311 Web address: http://nwlaborpress.org Editor: Michael Gutwig Associate editor: Don McIntosh Office manager: Cheri Rice Printed on recycled paper, using soy-based inks, by members of Teamsters Local 747-M. SUBSCRIPTIONS: Individual subscriptions are $13.75 per year for union members, $20 a year for all others. Send a check for that amount, indicating mailing address and union affilia- tion, to P.O. Box 13150, Portland, OR 97213. For 25 or more subscriptions, group rates of $9.60 a year per person are available to trade union organizations. Call 503-288-3311 for details. CORRECTIONS: See an error? Please let us know at editor@nwlaborpress.org or by phone at 503-288-3311. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT PORTLAND, OREGON. CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTICE: Three weeks are required for a change of address. When or- dering a change, please give your old and new addresses and the name and number of your local union. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS P.O. BOX 13150 PORTLAND, OR 97213-0150 Low Prices! Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 12-6 140 Walmart workers across the na- tion will see about $70 million less in their paychecks since Wal- mart eliminated holiday pay. ONLINE EXTRA Sign a petition demanding Walmart reinstate holiday pay: https://actionnetwork.org/ petitions/walmart-holiday-pay PHOENIX (PAI)—Walmart is forcing Santa Claus to strike. Making Change at Walmart, a campaign sponsored by United Food and Commercial Workers to improve working conditions at the anti-union re- tailer, started “Santa Claus On Strike” at one of the firm’s Phoenix stores to protest Wal- mart’s refusal to give holiday pay to its 1.5 million employees. Walmart also refused holiday pay to workers that it required to toil on Thanksgiving. The giant retailer eliminated holiday pay last year, an action that will cost workers about $70 million this year. Walmart workers already are paid so poorly that tens of thousands qualify for food stamps, Medicaid and public housing. In response, Santas will strike this holiday season in front of Walmart stores in 13 cities in 11 states. The first strike was held Dec. 8 in Phoenix. The picket- ing will run all through the holi- media campaign and regular tel- evision ads on the lack of holi- day pay, to warn shoppers about the exploitation. “Santa Claus is on strike for one simple reason: It’s time Walmart do the right thing and provide holiday pay for its hard- working men and women — the same holiday pay it used to pro- vide in 2015 before it decided to ‘Grinch’ its workers,” said Mak- ing Change at Walmart Director Randy Parraz. “To be very clear, this initia- tive is about more than Santa Claus and Christmas, it’s about the values that the holidays rep- resent and which Walmart has chosen to ignore. “Walmart earns millions of dollars from not paying its workers holiday pay. This is wrong and it must stop. The ex- tra pay millions of other Ameri- can workers earn during the hol- idays makes a difference, and Walmart workers deserve no less,” Parraz said. SANTAS ON STRIKE! Workers, labor allies, activists, Santas and helpers gath- ering outside a Walmart store in Phoenix, Arizona, Dec. 8 to demand Walmart bring back the holiday pay it eliminated in 2016. days. Santa strikes also are planned for Portland, Seattle, Las Vegas, Cincinnati and Memphis. Exact dates and locations had not been announced at press time. Making Change at Walmart will also run a digital and social
