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August 7, 2019

Walmart Workers Plan Walkout to Protest Gun Sales
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Meanwhile, Walmart workers are expected to walk out today to protest the
company's sale of guns and ammunition following the massacre at the El
Paso Walmart and a shooting at a Mississippi Walmart last week that
killed two employees. In a Change.org petition by the Walmart Walkout
campaign, organizers address CEO Doug Mc Millon and write, "We value
Walmart and our fellow associates, but we are no longer willing to
contribute our labor to a company that profits from the sale of deadly
weapons. … We urge our leadership to cease the sale of all firearms and
ammunition, ban the public open and concealed carry of weapons on
company property and in all stores, and cease WALPAC donations to NRA
backed -A/A+ politicians."


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