If Obama is re-elected, Wal-Mart could be unionized in much of the country before his second term is out. The NLRB’s Boeing-South Carolina decision indicates a willingness to prohibit Wal-Mart’s standard defenses, and their response to successful votes, which has been to close the offending store or department.
At a certain point, Wal-Mart will capitulate. Better to strike a national deal with the UFCW that it’s competitors will struggle to beat, than run the risk of fighting it out and being forced to run hundreds of stores unprofitably.
If Obama is reelected, the US will end up like Hugo Chavez' Venezuela or the old East Germany. We will long for the days of Wal-Mart and full shelves.
Pure unadulterated fantasy...
Care to explain how Obama can force Wal-Mart to unionize when he will have most likely a GOP Congress both House and Senate after 2012 ?
As much as Obama likes to think he is the "lawgiver" and "ruler" the executive branch pretty much has ZERO power to legislate labor laws and regulations....I'm sure he will try... but will fail..
You think Wal-Mart will simply sit back and allow their business model to get unionized ?