By Doug Cunningham

At the national annual meeting of Jobs With Justice this coming weekend The National Worker's Rights Board will draw more than a thousand workers and community activists to hear testimony from workers about
Wal-Mart's policies. Jobs With Justice's Erica Smiley says the National Worker's Rights Board was formed in response to a National Labor Relations Board that's not protecting workers' rights.

[Erica Smiley 1] : "We're expecting it to unite a variety of workers and community members from many perspectives around what's proven to be the common cause of the 21st century."

The National Worker's Rights Board empowers workers who are being oppressed on the job by taking their concerns seriously and by bringing others from around the country to their side. Jobs With Justice says this gives workers an important voice.

[Smiley 2] : "To give them a voice, but also to give local community members and workers nationwide tools to begin to organize and to begin to win some benefits at Wal-Mart and to hold Wal-Mart accountable.

The National Worker's Rights Board hearing on Wal-Mart will happen in St. Louis Saturday, September 24th.