what he considered a work stop was that we didn t come to work on october 9th and 10th and black friday. so he said under their guidelines if you miss three absences in six months they can terminate you. so if we participate in a work stoppage, they can take action against us. they said our actions aren t protected by federal law. they said you weren t protected by federal law? yeah. he said they didn t consider that as federal protection. they said the same thing to you as well? okay. and i think you guys know a lot of this but you have a right to engage in protected conservative activity and the strike actions that you took on black friday were protected strikes. you were protesting the retaliation that the people who spoke out were receiving. it is protected. you have a first amendment right to conduct this kind of activity.
these workers were among those who protested on black friday. and in spite of what they say are intimidating tactics on the part of their employer, they re standing their ground. if they pay for nothing of our health care. we should be allowed to call in when we re sick. we shouldn t be threatened if we can t come in. people need to understand that these are morality issues, to not respect unless there is living wage and all of that included to not give the associates you re saying that you re dispensable. at any moment, once they are done using you, they are going to get rid of you. how many employees are there? a million three. how many people are in the organization? thousands. is that why people are afraid of joining, out of 1.4 million, they could be gone like that? there are thousands of members? they can be replaced. they scare these people. they scare the hell out of them. i m curious, without the
destructing walmart. what he considered a work stop was that we didn t come to work on october 9th and 10th and black friday. so he said under their guidelines if you miss three absences in six months they can terminate you. so if we participate in a work stoppage, they can take action against us. they said you weren t protected by federal law? yeah. he said they didn t consider that as federal protection. they said the same thing to you as well? okay. and i think you guys know a lot of this but you have a right to engage in concerted activity and the strike actions that you took back in october and on black friday were protected strikes. you were protesting the retaliation that the people who spoke out were receiving. right. and that is absolutely protected activity. it s protected by the law, the federal law, the national labor
benefits include base pay commission. if you go full time with this company, there is 401(k), there is medical. this is dental. don t scoff at a mole job, if you will, because it can offer you health insurance. brian: this does not surprise me. amazon, number one visited site, on black friday of the top five web sites and again, yesterday for cyber monday. very busy year for amazon. they ve got different types of jobs available, distribution, packing, shipping, things like that. they ve got 50,000 seasonal jobs that are open as well. they re going to be hiring through december. again, don t think that the jobs are already lost as far as this company and overall, we re seeing 30% more retail job hiring this year versus last year. it really is the best in five years. brian: honey baked ham and target, two others. we look forward to talking to you next week.
much boat better throughout the midwest compared to yesterday. it was pea soup from st. louis to chicago. everyone on the eastern seaboard, enjoy this. this is one of the warmest days for a while. sunny, light breeze, very enjoyable, temperatures in the 30s and 40s up and down i-95. look at the surge of warm air. midwest, record highs. at 41 to start your morning. in minneapolis. you will get a big chill. the cold front comes on through. where s the cold air? up here in canada. it s been bottled up and been a while since it made a run at us. now, over the next couple of days, it will come to the south. this blue in the map tells us where the cold air is. on black friday, looks like the great lakes, if you re going out black friday shopping, very cold and sweeps to the new england area saturday and sunday. be prepared. after that, we have another shot the middle of next week.