May 02, 2007

Wal-Mart's Labor Violations

Yesterday, Human Rights Watch published a pretty damning report on the big bad folks at The Beast--aka Wal-Mart. Not surprisingly, the Bentonville Bullies come off as, well, not just bullies but lawbreakers...

“Wal-Mart workers have virtually no chance to organize because they’re up against unfair US labor laws and a giant company that will do just about anything to keep unions out,” said Carol Pier, senior researcher on labor rights and trade for Human Rights Watch. “That one-two punch devastates workers’ right to form and join unions.”

As the world’s largest company, Wal-Mart’s conduct is especially troubling. Wal-Mart had $351.14 billion in revenue and $11.3 billion in profits in the fiscal year ending January 2007. It is the largest private US employer, with more than 1.3 million US workers and close to 4,000 stores nationwide. None of those workers is represented by a union. Human Rights Watch found that this is no accident.

Human Rights Watch’s investigation revealed that, in most cases, Wal-Mart begins to indoctrinate workers and managers to oppose unions from the moment they are hired. Managers receive explicit instructions on keeping out unions, many of which are found in the company’s “Manager’s Toolbox,” a self-described guide to managers on “how to remain union free in the event union organizers choose your facility as their next target.”

     You can read the rest of the report here

May 2, 2007 3:55:23 PM | Wal-Mart

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david

hilleary clinton served on the board at Wal-Mart.. Did she ever stand up during a meeting and ask why they were the most anti-union company in america?

Posted by: david | June 25, 2007 at 01:33 AM

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Walmart is the new American plantation of International sharcropppers of low level jobs that is design by Walmart to undercut the American economy just like America's wealthy turned Germany into a "RIGHT TO WORK " nation after the Great Depression when the wealthy declared war on America by using thier hold on the government and Wall Street's control over gold standard to bankrupt America because of its disrespect for paying taxes and it hatered of FDR's labor that the creation of corporate law was by design by law to evade paying taxes

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