Wal-mart warns of Democratic Win

[saddletramp]

Wal-Mart warns its employees that if a Democratic win this November happens it will bring threats of union organization to the company.

Story from the Wall Street Journal here:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755649066303381.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

[BeetleBailey]

First let me say I am not anti union I was raised in a teamster household so I have a fair idea of the benifits of belonging to a good union. Buuuut Wally-world has the right idea for once. I don't support Obahma or Mc Cain but given the choice of risking my vote being the one letting Obahma win... Guess I'll have to vote for the other crook.

[Capt._Chaos]

For one thing, Wal-Mart store employees were NOT exactly forced to take those jobs at gunpoint. They could have tried a little harder to find better employment elsewhere (like at Costco, where their employees are Teamster-represented and appear to really like their jobs).

Then again, if it would take a Union presence to wake up their corporate management and make them realize that their store employees are the company's backbone and that they deserve better treatment and wages, then why the hell not?

History has a way of repeating itself, and even though I'm not a Union worker myself I do hope that a strong resurgence of Union presence in blue-collar workplaces is on the horizon.

It's one thing to work hard & take pride in what you do for a living (as any boss would want you to do in the first place), but it's up to YOU to know what you're worth and to never sell yourself short- and a Union presence in a workplace would help keep that from happening.

[The_Governor]

Well put Jeff.......................being a Native Texan and having lived here most of my life.................union presence here has never been very strong................and for the most part I liked it that way.

However,times have changed.The out-sourcing of many jobs overseas and the relocation of many manufacturing plants south of the border has begun to sway my view on this subject.