Retail Politics

If you don't like don't work their. They are not the only employer that does this, look at MSNBC at it unprecedented support for democratic views and politics. It happens every where. Unions are not for every company many that you would think can afford. The union kickbacks are very expensive. Look at the American auto industry and what the unions have done to it. No wonder wal-mart does not what a union.

If you don't like don't work their. They are not the only employer that does this, look at MSNBC at it unprecedented support for democratic views and politics. It happens every where. Unions are not for every company many that you would think can afford. The union kickbacks are very expensive. Look at the American auto industry and what the unions have done to it. No wonder wal-mart does not what a union.

Wal-Mart is the shining proof that feudalism didn't die, it just got renamed. The reports about them being the leader in just-in-time supply management are WRONG! Wally World is the WORST run company I have ever worked for in my 31 years in the full-time job market.

The medical insurance is good, but the wages are garbage. Plus, managers can do no wrong. HOurly employees, without a management title, are almost always told B.S. when they use the so called "open door". They are told they don't understand how the rules or state/federal laws actually work. Or are just given a flat-out lie about what a particular rule means.

Wally World will eventually sink itself, just like The SPQR did (That's The Roman Empire. They claimed to be a public society out for the good of the public). Remember, this is an ARKANSAS company. The State that is tied at 49th, as rated by the ABA, for legal progress. Translation; Arkansas is the most backward state in the nation (in a tie with Washington).

This story is very true walmart is holding meeting with there associate telling them union is no good for you because they take your money & do nothing for you. WALMART NEEDS UNIONS the north east stores is so poorly run, they abuses there managers because they are salaries payed. they have the worse insurance.
the stores are so under staff, never on one to help you. associate are very short fuse. they are looking to get raid of those been there the longest higher paid full timers to bring low pay part timers so they don't have to pay out. stores in New Jersey are in Franklyn, Newton, Rockaway Ledgewood, Mount olive / Flanders,& Hackettstown, These are the worst store run. I wish the UNIONS would step in to help give the associate better working condition .

The fundamental ethical error that Wal-Mart made was that the meeting was mandatory. If it were a voluntary meeting, or if opposing points of view were allowed, this would have been a non-issue.

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Wal-Mart's shameless attempt to tell its employees how to vote will backfire. Bank on it.

Walmart is missing the boat, big time. Back wihen unions were a real power to contend with, General Motors was the driving ecomnomic and political dynamo in the U.S.
Walmart could do the same if it had strong unions to back up it's power plays in Washington.
As it is now, the Republican party and the economic beheamoths on Wall Street have done every thing they can to crush the working folks, and pit them against each other. So, who does that help? Certainly not Walmart's bottom line.

What is so amazing is that Wal Mart recently approved a collective bargaining and union representation in all of it stores in China.
If union's are so good for Wal Mart's business in China why is it not good for its American operations?

Isn't this kind of behavior against the law?

It's certainly against democratic principle. I have nothing wrong with the Walton family and its shareholders and managers voting their own consciences, but trying to influence the votes of people whose salaries and jobs you control is pure outright right. I hope and pray no outspoken Wal-Mart employees talk about voting Democratic this fall and lose their jobs because of it.

Of course, as a Southern Californian, we don't have Wal-Marts anyway. But if we did, I'd stop going to them based on this. It's not right.

I am/was a Wal-Mart employee and know all about this union business and how they don't want unions in Wal-Mart. I still have the card they had us read during training about how we're suppose to respond to associates questions concerning unions. I know, we were suppose to give the cards back because they didn't want them falling into the wrong hands but it must have gotten mixed up in all the other paperwork they handed out. And I'm saying I am/was because I don't really know right now if I am still employed. I was an employee but after being hurt at work and out for over 2 months, I was advised by several fellow department supervisors that my position as DS is up for grabs now. I have yet to be advised by WM but that's not unusual. If you want to know anything just ask the associates since they seem to have more inside info about everyone else than management. They even knew workers comp had denied my claim 2 days after receiving it way before I did or was notified. And now, because I refused to change my leave of absence paperwork from workers comp to personal, which would leave me with no coverage, I'm told by other DM's my position/department is now available. Am I a disgruntled employee? Not in the least. They're the ones who failed to give me mandatory forms that the state required, neglected to have me sign important paperwork that would have bailed them out of all this, and tried to intimidate me with threats of termination without realizing I was within my rights on all of it. No, if anything, I'm glad to be away from there and if my job is still available despite what I've been advised, I will be even more than happy when I walk into work and hand them my badge and walk out. They have always made it perfectly clear to all of us. It's all about the profits.

I work for Wal-Mart and we had "labor relations" training classes scheduled this week. Without much notice, they were cancelled. I wonder if this was the reason why they cancelled them?????

I'm a Wal-Mart Dept manager and we (store supervisors) were supposed to go to one of these meetings later this week and what do you know, the meeting was cancelled today. Wow!!