Walmart workers ‘feared for their lives’ due to Covid, executives told

The Rev William Barber urges board to create worker advisory council at company's annual shareholder meeting

Social justice campaigner the Rev William Barber II told Walmart executives its workers feared for their lives every day" during the Covid-19 pandemic and urged the board to create a worker advisory council at the company's annual shareholder's meeting on Wednesday.

Shareholders at the virtual meeting voted on issues including executive compensation and on whether to create a pandemic workforce advisory council, which would give workers at the country's largest private employer a voice in corporate decisions. Shareholders voted against creating the council, according to preliminary vote results announced in the meeting.