Or at least this is what Wal-Mart believes. The nation’s largest employer cited several times for anti-union activities and employee abuses organized meetings in all of its stores for store managers and department heads. According to one employee who attended a meeting, a leader said, “‘I am not telling you how to vote, but if the Democrats win, this bill will pass and you won’t have a vote on whether you want a union.”
What particularly touched my heart about the article though is that it made me reflect on my own selfishness. I had been concerning myself with suffering of people over medical costs and high fuel costs, more-so the former. It turns out that companies are suffering too. As the author notes, more unionionization “could lead to higher payroll and health costs for companies already being hurt by rising fuel and commodities costs and the tough economic climate.”
Source: Ann Zimmerman and Kris Maher, Wall Street Journal
Resources: Employee Free Choice Act
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