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 ...
sorry ,but National Labor Relations Board is the Union Boss
As a former grocery-store employee screwed-over by the UFCW, I approve this message.
I applaud Walmart for doing this. Even though the NLRB is basically the federal arm of union enforcement, even they must ddress this complaint. I’m hoping Walmart will force them to follow their (the NLRB) own rules.
I’d say advantage Wal-Mart. They have more power than almost any union as long as they can keep issues out of the WH.
I know of some Hostess employees who are looking for jobs....
So basically what you are saying is Wal-Mart just complained to Hitler that the Nazis are up to no good...
As much as I dislike shopping on any day, if these thugs strike my local walmart I will be forced to shop there on Black Friday in solidarity with freedom loving people.
I’ll bet every Wal-Wart has binders full of prospective employees.
That means no more Ring Dings and Funny Bones. I bought one last box of both of them today while shopping.
And a lot of them are non-union.
...everyone knows that it will soon happen, just like Twinkies. I don't think that the fury of the people who have lost their Twinkie jobs has been been unleashed yet. Maybe it will not, who knows in this day and time when a reprobate like Pres zer0 could be elected for a second go-round at "fundamentally changing America"...as if there were something wrong with it to begin with.
Went to the grocery store last Thursday. There was not a package of anything made by Hostess. Manager said people bought them as fast as they were put on the shelves.
At Walmart this morning, only Hostess on the shelf was some cookies.
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.
And that is where the real action is, because Wal-Mart has long rejected legal settlements when it is sued, and has a brigade of very experienced and very successful lawyers who are probably thrilled with the idea of going after a “hard target” like the UFCW.
Published on Thursday, February 10, 2005 by the Associated Press
As Union Nears Win, Wal-Mart Closes Store
by Adam Geller
NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it will close one of its Canadian stores, just as some 200 workers at the location are near winning the first-ever union contract from the world’s largest retailer.
Wal-Mart said it was shuttering the store in Jonquiere, Quebec, in response to unreasonable demands from union negotiators that would make it impossible for the store to sustain itself.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0210-13.htm
So basically what you are saying is Wal-Mart just complained to Hitler that the Nazis are up to no good...
A perfect analogy... However, where the NLRB had some real leverage over Boeing, when Boeing wanted to open a new plant in a right to work state, since Boeing has all those government and military contracts, Walmart has none of these. Still, Obama is nothing more than a finger puppet for the real power brokers, like Trumpka. In the old days, Walmart would have stood up to the NLRB, but now, who knows?
Mark
You too, eh?
When 'my' local decided to go with a new contract with the employer that would have taken us off the UFCW's health insurance (which was horrible) the national stepped in and forced a strike. Bunch of crooks didn't want to give up their slice of the pie and screwed over their "brothers and sisters" in the process.
Hated belonging to that (or any) union, but to have the job I had to pay the dues under state law so I joined to avoid any pressure at work. Got some anyway; "So, where's the union patch on your work jacket?"
I’m starting to like Walmart again.
Maybe I will go to Sam’s Club on Friday and renew my membership. Buy some office supplies.
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