Meet the Crawfish-Peeling Guestworkers Who Inspired Walmart Walkouts

For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Breaking The Chains page and our Fair Trade & Social Justice page . In the small town of Breaux Bridge, La., Martha Uvalle and her co-workers at C.J.'s Seafood, a Walmart supplier, faced abuses many Americans imagine only take place in poorer, faraway countries: They were forced to work shifts of up to 24 hours, with no overtime pay; threatened with beatings if their breaks lasted too long; and, on at least two occasions, locked inside the facility to work. Some fell asleep at their workstations from exhaustion. Uvalle had heard that there were organizations that defended the rights of immigrant workers like her. In 2011, someone had mentioned a group called the National Guestworker Alliance (NGA). But, for a year, she held on to the number and didn't call. Change seemed impossible. So when Uvalle gave the NGA's...

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