(August 8, 2019, 11:05 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A nearly weeklong work stoppage to allow protesting employees to travel to Walmart Stores Inc.’s annual shareholders’ meeting to demonstrate was an intermittent strike not protected by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a split National Labor Relations Board panel ruled July 25 (Walmart Stores, Inc. and The Organization United for Respect at Walmart (Our Walmart), Nos. 16-CA-096240, 16-CA-105873, 16-CA-108394, 16-CA-113087, 16-CA-122578, 16-CA-124099, 21-CA-105401, 26-CA-03558 and 13-CA-107343, NLRB)....