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Victory? Wal-Mart Workers Unionize in Canada

December 11, 2008 By wakeupwal-mart

Of course, there is always the threat that Wal-Mart shutters the store. But if we can successfully unionized another store, and then another, and then another... then Wal-Mart can't shut them all down, right? It's a stiff challenge, but I'm … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: business, corporations, health-care, labor, unions, wal-mart, walmart

Walmart Shutters First Shop that Successfully Unionized

October 23, 2008 By wakeupwal-mart

Walmart would rather see the operation shut down "entirely instead of having employees with any kind of power."   That kind of power? As White notes: "Many Wal-Mart employees are apparently so underpaid that their only recourse is to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: labor, unions, walmart

Wal-Mart Might Owe State $600M

September 30, 2008 By wakeupwal-mart

As part of the case, first filed in 2001, an expert statistician witness analyzed Wal-Mart's paper and electronic payroll records from 1995 to 2005 and documented more than 1 million instances when Bay State employees were denied meal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: business, labor, reform, walmart

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