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Walmart worker and OUR Walmart member responds to CEO resignation

November 25, 2013

Walmart CEO Mike Duke announced today that he would be stepping down on January 31. The company immediately announced that Doug McMillon, currently the head of the retailer's international arm, would ascend to the position.

In response, OUR Walmart member Tiffany Beroid issued the following statement:

"Walmart has been heading in the wrong direction, and it's a testament to the pressure the company is feeling that they're changing leadership at this moment. 

"We're happy to see Mr. McMillon acknowledge the hard work of associates in his statement this morning, and we hope that this appreciation translates into improving jobs for Walmart workers. Americans nationwide are looking to Walmart to improve jobs and strengthen our economy, and Mr. McMillon has an opportunity to be a leader in moving Walmart in the right direction, not just in offering more empty promises. We sincerely hope that Mr. McMillon will answer the country's calls for Walmart to publicly commit to paying $25,000 a year, providing fulltime work and ending its illegal retaliation against its own employees."

Walmart employees in Miami have walked off the job this morning in protest of what they say is "the company's illegal retaliation against workers who have been speaking out for better jobs." Similar walk-outs have taken place recently in Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and in the state of Ohio. One report suggests that there could be walk-outs at 1,500 Walmart locations on Black Friday.