Unions Going After Wal-Mart Again


When "no" never means "no."

Most lefties claim that “no” means “no,” but not where it concerns unions that have lost the organizing argument over and over again. We can see that refusal to listen to the workers in the case of Unions vs. Wal-Mart. Repeatedly Wal-Mart workers have generally refused to unionize, yet instead of taking that as an answer, the unions continue to push. And they are at it again.

The United Food and Commercial Workers is stepping up its efforts to organize Wal-Mart workers yet again.

Since February, about 60 UFCW organizers have been dispatched to more than 100 Wal-Mart stores in 15 states to get workers to sign union-authorization cards. The cards are attached to flyers that feature a photograph of President Barack Obama and a quote from a 2007 speech he gave to UFCW activists in Chicago. “I don’t mind standing up for workers and letting Wal-Mart know they need to pay a decent wage and let folks organize,” Mr. Obama said in 2007. A White House spokesman said Thursday that the president stands by the statement.

The union is also flying several pro-union Wal-Mart employees to Washington to agitate before members of Congress to force the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) on the country.

But here is a telling statistic:

At a Duncanville, Texas, Wal-Mart, the union has signed up 58 employees, representing a little more than 10% of the store’s 500 employees.

This is a common union result at Wal-Marts all across the country. The unions just can’t get traction and that is why they want the iron boot heel of Congress to force the matter with the EFCA.

Like I said above, to unions “no” does not mean “no.” The unions don’t care what workers want. They want to win by force of law.


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I work for WM

DerKrieger (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 10:26AM EST (link)

at the Home Office in Bentonville and don’t think the unions will ever get anywhere with our hourly associates. WM treats them pretty darn well. The unions, as the full story exlplains, want to crack the WM nut so they can then go after everyone else.

I think we, WMm need to start handing out fliers to our customers so they can help apply pressure to our workers to stay away from the unions. If we communicated the impact on prices to them, they wold join the union opposition.

I also suggested this approach to utilities opposed to Cap & Trade, Enclose a letter with each bill explaining the cost to them if it isn’t stopped.

Liberals NEVER give up on their Utopian dreams and that means we conservatives can never rest.

“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson

“I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents.” – James Madison

Whenever the legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.” — John Locke, 1690

Plato's Republic

fmaidment (Diary) Saturday, April 18th at 11:01AM EST (link)

Plato’s Republic was the basis for the idea of “Utopia.” Remember how in his perfect society, those who ruled could not have?

The Obamas earned about $7 million in the last two years.

Hmm…

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These people are picketing outside WalMart in Fishkill

peg_c (Diary) Sunday, April 19th at 7:57AM EST (link)

but there are very few and no one pays them any attention. They are on the side of the road far from the store. I told the Customer Service folks that I support WalMart but will boycott it if they unionize. The employees (a great many are minorities) seem happy as they are and unattracted to the union idea – which leads me to conclude these folks are not stupid or uninformed. W-M is good to them – good bennies and a lot of autonomy on the job.

Government cannot be the solution when government is the problem.