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Walmart Files Charges Against UFCW Union
breitbart.com ^ | 11/18/12 | Tony Lee

Posted on 11/18/2012 11:42:16 AM PST by ColdOne

On Friday, Walmart filed an unfair labor practice charge against UFCW with the National Labor Relations Board to stop what Walmart says are illegal disturbances against its businesses.

A group of Walmart employes, encouraged by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) and OUR Walmart, are expected to strike on Black Friday. Black Friday is the store’s busiest day of the year, and this may be the largest strike against the company in its history.

Two groups affiliated with the UFCW -- OUR Walmart and Making Change at Walmart -- have been organizing demonstrations and flash mobs outside of Walmarts.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


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To: mware

Heh, I didn’t know that about Drakes either. I thought it was a fictional name made up for a Seinfeld episode!


21 posted on 11/18/2012 12:17:46 PM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

“I know of some Hostess employees who are looking for jobs....”

I wouldn’t hire those idiots.


22 posted on 11/18/2012 12:21:28 PM PST by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: ColdOne

bump


23 posted on 11/18/2012 12:25:50 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: ColdOne
As far as I am concerned, if a Walmart employee is scheduled to work on Black Friday and does not show up for work, then Walmart should inform said employee that their employment is hereby terminated immediately. There are plenty of people out there looking for work to replace them.
24 posted on 11/18/2012 12:30:03 PM PST by SledgeCS (Good Men Died. Obama Lied. Impeach the LYING COWARD!!!)
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To: ColdOne

I hope they both lose.

The union? Obvious.

Walmart? Well, the company’s boss, a son of Sam Walton, gave $1,000,000 to a pro-Obama PAC during the campaign.

Screw ‘em both.


25 posted on 11/18/2012 12:41:36 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: angry elephant

see post 25


26 posted on 11/18/2012 12:42:21 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: whd23

I was in a union once. Same kind of deal...the old guys negotiated a good deal for themselves, left the younger ones in the lurch. Then they said, “Well, this is the best we can get, so let’s go for it.”

I remember it well: me and another young worker were the ONLY ONES who voted to reject the contract.

Now this was when I was young and liberal....so I thought unions were GOOD then. One of those early lessons I got that eventually turned me to the right side of things.


27 posted on 11/18/2012 12:44:53 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: ColdOne

If they don’t like Walmart policies and the want to join a union...then QUIT your job at Walmarts and go join a Union.
America is turning retarded!


28 posted on 11/18/2012 1:02:51 PM PST by Leep (Are you smarter than a 7th grade math student and or Barack 0bama?)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
I agree that Wal-Mart complaining to the NLRB will achieve nothing, because the NLRB is a corrupt organization. However, Wal-Mart probably *has* to do this first, before it can sue in federal court.


29 posted on 11/18/2012 1:11:15 PM PST by Ron H. (Democrats and Republicans - birds of a feather that are now flocking together.)
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To: andyk
Actually I live in Taskycake's territory,very good stuff, but more expensive.

Funny Bones will be missed in this household.

LOL have you seen the price a bx of Hostess pastrys are selling on ebay??

...and the shelf life expires within two weeks.

30 posted on 11/18/2012 1:37:23 PM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West)
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To: 1rudeboy

Same here. Many years ago for a Safeway. I literally wanted to smash the union rep’s face who tried to explain to me that taking money away from my paycheck was for the greater good.


31 posted on 11/18/2012 1:49:47 PM PST by max americana (Make the world a better place by punching a liberal in the face)
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To: ColdOne

WALMART - 1( donations to Obama and 2) withdrawing advertising from Rush Limbaugh show....I am finding it hard to show them the support I would have a few years ago.


32 posted on 11/18/2012 1:54:08 PM PST by RRismyhero (Mr. Obama - You can keep your change.)
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To: Clintons Are White Trash

Sorry, but I don’t think that WalMart will be employing any former Hostess employees.

All they know to say is, ‘Welcome to our creamy filling’.


33 posted on 11/18/2012 2:01:42 PM PST by Delta Dawn (The whole truth.)
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To: mware
...no more Ring Dings and Funny Bones.

As a longtime Philadelphian, may I recommend the Tastykakes? Nothing else can compare to Tastykake icing, cake or creme filling.


34 posted on 11/18/2012 2:04:29 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Not only no, but HELL NO we will NOT moderate our stance."-- Jim Robinson)
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To: Mad Dawgg

One of our friends, an 89 yr. old German woman, remarked after Obama was re-elected, “Do these people know what they are doing? He is doing just like Hitler and Mussolini were in their early days of coming to power.”


35 posted on 11/18/2012 2:12:21 PM PST by Twinkie (Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.)
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To: max americana

Kroger, for me. I busted my butt for them, and got nothing in return. Now they can kiss it (the UFCW, not Kroger).


36 posted on 11/18/2012 2:13:32 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: ColdOne

IMO walmart should just tell their employees anyone scheduled to work who doesn’t show up gets fired.


37 posted on 11/18/2012 2:24:36 PM PST by Cubs Fan (The only question now is, how long before the parasites kill the host?)
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To: Albion Wilde

Owned by Flowers Foods, now, iirc, (and they will not be bought by Bimbo in the near future).


38 posted on 11/18/2012 2:25:19 PM PST by babyfreep
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To: ColdOne

In the Oklahoma City area (and probably others), these protests will be backed up and organized by “occupiers”. I’ve already seen them gathering support on Facebook.


39 posted on 11/18/2012 2:29:12 PM PST by babyfreep
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To: ColdOne

As a former grocery-store employee screwed-over by the UFCW, while working at Food Fair, in 1969 - 1970, I approve this message.

As a former General Dynamics - Pomona Division employee, 1980 - 1985, screwed-over by the INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINITSTS (and aerospace workers) and , I approve this message.

As a former first-line union rep. for the ever-loved AFGE,and yes, they did it to me, too.

I approve this message.


40 posted on 11/18/2012 2:37:04 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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