CS writes:
Or they could just be arrested for trespassing.
I suspect Wal-Mart has waited this long only because arresting minimum-wage earning people on Medicaid (no benefits, since Wally will only give them part-time hours) during the holidays is not a hearts-and-minds winning move.
Cracking Wal-Mart's union-busting wall would be worth some civil disobedience time in jail. They have a long history of intimidating workers who try to organize; the NRLB has been largely ineffectual against this tactic.
I suppose they could force the picketers to the public right-of-way or sidewalk, with great publicity for the protests and little to no positive effect for WallyWorld.
Personally, I don't shop there: they suck the life out of small towns and rural communities, replacing small businesses with minimum wage dead-end jobs, while selling goods produced by the lowest bidder. What real savings they offer are often paid for by abusive labor conditions in other countries.
If they start arresting folks, I may have to join the picket line.
"You can't scare me, I'm stickin' with the union."
"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."
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