wonder if it is true. anyone work for wal-mart
want to comment?
Wal-Mart Mobilizing Against Democrats?
Reutersposted: 47 MINUTES AGOcomments: 975PrintSharefiled under: Election NewsText SizeAAA(Aug. 1) -
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is mobilizing U.S. store managers to lobby against Democrats in November's presidential election, fearing they will make it easier for workers to unionize, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings at which the retailer stresses the downside for workers if store workers unionize, the paper said.
About a dozen employees who attended meetings in seven states said executives stressed employees would have to pay hefty union dues and get nothing in return, and might have to go on strike without compensation, and warned that unionization could force the company to cut jobs as labor costs rise, the Journal reported.
The Wal-Mart human-resources managers who have run the meetings didn't tell those attending how to vote in the November elections, but made it clear that voting for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Sen. Barack Obama, would be tantamount to inviting unions in, the Journals said.
Wal-Mart could not be reached immediately for a comment.
Reporting by Purwa Naveen Raman in Bangalore; editing by Jeffrey Benkoe
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Well that seems a bit too transparent to me. On the other hand it's the definitely against their self-interests to have obama in office as he has campaigned against them in the past.
ReplyDeletei was really wondering and thought perhaps others might know more.
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't Wal-Mart be anti-Democrat? Democrats are pretty anti-Wal-mart.
ReplyDeletethat's why i asked. i'm not sure which came first or if it's even true.
ReplyDeletei do know that they are not the happy family they make themselves out to be and i have a natural sort of mistrust of anything that big and with that much clout.
so, i wanted some others to weigh in.