RE: Wal*Mart in DC
July 7, 2013 at 11:34 am
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2013 at 11:52 am by festive1.)
Store associates are generally isolated from one store to the next. Recently there have been attempts a wider range networking of employees, with marginally more success than attempting to organize stores individually. But not much, and not even formally unions, in an attempt to not provoke Wal*Mart in direct confrontation. You have to keep in mind, a lot of Wal*Mart associates are dependent upon their positions for their livelihoods. Under threat of having one's hours cut or being terminated, many (if not most) will individually complain about Wal*Mart's labor practices, but still be unwilling to come forward with more direct action or organization. The legal cases Wal*Mart has pushed through the courts have been very damaging to union organizations across the board, effecting more than just retail unions. Wal*Mart doesn't just want to not be unionized, they've spearheaded and bankrolled a lot of the cases that have undermined and gutted the entire US labor movement.
My mistake. The meat-packers were in Jacksonville, Texas, not in the north. But here's an article with a rundown of Wal*Mart's labor transgressions over the years:
http://www.corp-research.org/wal-mart
And here's an article detailing the OUR Wal*Mart movement and Wal*Mart's response. This happened last fall, with associates walking out on strike on Black Friday:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174937/wal...z2XS1qzcQi
My mistake. The meat-packers were in Jacksonville, Texas, not in the north. But here's an article with a rundown of Wal*Mart's labor transgressions over the years:
http://www.corp-research.org/wal-mart
And here's an article detailing the OUR Wal*Mart movement and Wal*Mart's response. This happened last fall, with associates walking out on strike on Black Friday:
http://www.thenation.com/blog/174937/wal...z2XS1qzcQi
