[Mike Bates]

A union local in Houston had a new building constructed - with non-union labor - because otherwise they couldn't afford it.

I remember reading many years ago about George Meaney's (then head of the AFL-CIO) yard fence being torn down in a storm. He went non-union to get it fixed.

[Taliesan]

Let me just silence this whole thread by observing that both John Kerry and organized labor hate Wal-mart.

There. That should be enough reasons for any rational human to praise and patronize Wal-mart.