Workers
who are hurt, do not say a thing and continue working, instead of taking the
time off. If the company finds out that an employee is hurt, they can be
terminated. That is the way the way the Company deals with it.
Martinez
added that "We work hard to get the freight out." We have been asked to empty a
trailer "in forty five minutes, from front to back." The standards are for two
hundred to two hundred and fifty packages an hour, this was far more than that.
They
truly do not abide by any labor safety regulations. The company "does not care
for health and safety of it's employees." They have very few step ladders for
employees to safely climb to reach pallets
A
lot of the equipment at the plant is broken, and a year ago an eighteen year
old employee was killed on the plant, when two forklifts hit him. One of
Martinez's friends recently was hit at work by a forklift, and was told to take
some pain pills and keep working.
What
he and his friends are asking is for better wages, he cannot support himself
and his two daughters on this. They are also asking for better working
conditions and the equipment and training they need. That is all they are
asking. For doing this, they have faced retaliations, threats, suspensions, and
even a threat of termination.
Charlene Tubta by Nadin Abbott
In an interview before the march proper reached the Sherman Heights Farmers Market, Charlene Tubta, who works at VONS, told me that she grew up in the area. She said that "Walmart will ruin local business, small business owners. They are gonna hurt."
Tupta aded that Walmart uses cheap labor. "They don't provide benefits, unless the employees pay for very expensive benefits." She added, "from what I understand they push people for food stamps and welfare and they only work enough hours so they can qualify."
They also provide "cheap jobs with no security since they are an at will employee."
Jose Alvarado Flores by Nadin Abbott
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