More than 50 people demanding better wages for Wal-Mart
workers in a protest organized by a union activists were arrested outside the
retailer's store in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles on Thursday night.
The protesters were taken into custody without incident
after refusing an order by officers to disperse, and would be held overnight
unless they posted $500 bail on online stock, said Detective Gus Villanueva, a Los Angeles
Police Department spokesman.
Glen Arnodo, staff director of the Los Angeles County
Federation of Labor, which organized the demonstration, said the intent was to
draw attention to what he said was Wal-Mart's role in income inequality. Read more.
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