AFL-CIO files complaint against Wal-Mart

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/afl-cio-files-complaint-against-wal-mart-2008-08-14.html

AFL-CIO files complaint against Wal-Mart
By Walter Alarkon
Posted: 08/14/08 03:35 PM

The AFL-CIO and several union-friendly groups filed a formal complaint against Wal-Mart on Thursday, charging that the retail giant is pressuring employees to vote against Sen. Barack Obama.

Citing a Wall Street Journal report, the complaint accuses Wal-Mart of pushing its workers to oppose Obama (D-Ill.), who supports a measure that would allow workers to form unions without a secret-ballot election. The complaint calls on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to investigate whether Wal-Mart has broken federal election laws.

Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) opposes the bill, called the Employee Free Choice Act.

Among the groups filing the complaint are WakeUpWalMart.com, the advocacy group American Rights at Work, and the Change to Win coalition, which is led by the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters.

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said that Wal-Mart has “bullied” employees for years.

“Wal-Mart has shown exactly why our nation needs the Employee Free Choice Act,” he said. “We must outlaw the kind of behavior for which Wal-Mart is famous and give workers a free and fair choice on whether to form a union.”

A Wal-Mart spokesman said that though the company opposes the bill, it has not told associates how they should vote.


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[gateley]

1. Of course Wal-Mart opposes the bill - it will cut into their profits. But

how in the world can McCain justify his opposition of this to the American workers? It just seems so transparent that he's siding - as always - with business, and not caring about the real people.

[inthebrain]

2. Fed Ex is up to something very simialar

My wife works in sales and they are starting a PAC to support McCain. Apparently, McCain was going to name their president as his veep.

The catch to this PAC is that the employees are automaticly enrolled. They have to go online and un enroll from it.

It's snaky and really fucking dirty.