Los Angeles, CA ― Members of the UFW will join warehouse workers as the “March for Safe Jobs” culminates with a rally in front of Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday.
The warehouse employees started marching on Thursday (9/13/2012) and are calling on Walmart to take responsibility for the illegal and inhumane working conditions at its contracted warehouses in Southern California.
The group will walk the final two miles of their trek to Los Angeles City Hall, where they will hold a boisterous rally with supporters.
The warehouse workers are marching for basic, but critical on the job improvements: fans to combat the frequent 120-degree heat, working equipment, clean water, regular breaks, an end to inhumane work quotas and no retaliation for speaking up about safety conditions.
More than 85,000 workers labor in these warehouses, moving merchandise out of shipping containers that enter through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and onto trucks destined for retail stores like Walmart.
Final leg of the “March for Safe Jobs”
What: Rally outside Los Angeles City Hall
When: 11 a.m., Sept. 18
Where: Los Angeles City Hall—West Steps, 200 N. Spring St., Los Angeles CA
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