Monday, August 4, 2008

And We Still Don't Have It Here

Unions in Wal-Mart that is. However they have them now in China.

The first Wal-Mart trade union in China was formed after the company bowed to government demands for organized labor in its stores, The New York Times reported Friday.

There are unions of some form at Wal-Marts in other nations. The clear exception is the United States.

It is widely reported that Wal-Mart mistreats their employees.

As I reported a few days ago Wal-Mart came under fire for warning employees of an Obama victory. Wal-Mart is afraid of the Employee Free Choice Act being passed. It may allow unionization in American Wal-Marts.

As soon as Wal-Mart managers see a potential union, they are supposed to call a hotline, prompting a visit from a special team from Wal-Mart headquarters, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Here is a video clip from the documentary "Wal-Mart :The High Cost of Low Prices"

4 comments:

Big Dan said...

I found this site recently, kind of skimmed thru it, seems good.

http://www.intellectualpoison.com/WalMartisPureEvil.html

Big Dan said...

Wal-Mart Corp. Warns Its Employees About The Perils Of Democrats In Office

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart.

In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings at which the retailer stresses the downside for workers if stores were to be unionized.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/01/wal-mart-corp-warns-its-employees-about-the-perils-of-democrats-in-office/

Big Dan said...

AND...watch this movie if you get the chance:

http://www.walmartmovie.com/

Tony Thomas said...

Thanks for the links. I'll check them out sometime tonight.