Wal-mart reaches out to employees in upcoming elections

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Walmart_reaches_out_to_employees_to_0919.html

The nation's largest retailer and biggest employer, Wal-Mart, will begin a program next week that will provide voter registration and educational materials to the company's 1.3 million employees, the Capitol Hill newspaper The Hill is reporting. The Arkansas-based company has come under fire from labor union and Democratic leaders over issues such as hourly wages, legal status of employees, and benefits given to the company's workers.

Democratic politicians including Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) have criticized Wal-Mart and its personnel policies. Wal-Mart representatives insist that the campaign is non-partisan.

Wal-Mart’s voter registration and education programs could be among the biggest in the country, though not as big as those of its labor union opponents. The AFL-CIO, for example, has nearly 13 million members.

The company’s decision appears to be a response to several high-profile Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and four 2008 Democratic presidential hopefuls, who participated in a labor-organized anti-Wal-Mart campaign this summer.

Let's brainwash them to vote against their own best interests!

[ellenfl]

1. so, will they only turn in the republican registrations or

will they threaten the employees that they must vote republican? you know wal-mart never does anything for the good of anyone but a walton.

ellen fl

[Cha]

2. One more reason not to enter

their fucking store.

[MaineDem]

3. This has to be watched VERY carefully

I hope the states' Democratic Parties are on top of this.

[zbdent]

4. Gee you would think that the revelation that Hillary used to be on

the board of directors would be a big turnoff for them red-staters, eh?

I mean, they tried to attack Hillary with that "smear" ... shouldn't that have backfired then? That Wal-Mart should have lost red-state customers instead of Hillary losing leftie voters?

:silly:

[Gman]

5. Walmart must be very careful what they ask for here

their rank and file employees in the store do not fit the mold of GOP voters. I believe that most all the store employees of Walmart agree with the Democrats on their benefits, pay and working conditions.

[bleedingheart]

6. If the employees vote Republican they will lose their welfare, food stamps

and medicaid...cuz they need all of those even while they are working full time at Wal-Mart...