Why isn't Walmart unionized yet? How strong of an effort have been made?

[SeeHopeWin]

I am not sure how many times or for how long labor has tried, but isn't about time the largest employer had a union?

These poor workers can start making $10-15 per hour? I would think it would be a huge boost for the economy.

Anyone can shed some light on this?

Thanks

[madokie]

1. Seems like I remember them shutting a store down that voted to unionize

[demmiblue]

6. I remember reading that, too. I think it was in Canada.

Edit: I should have read further down!

[meegbear]

8. They did it in Canada ...

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0210-13.htm

[ogneopasno]

2. Because the law is on Wal-Mart's side, and the unions haven't mustered enough moral outrage yet.

[LynneSin]

3. Some Wal-marts have been unionized however....

Wal-mart then shuts down those stores as punishment

http://wakeupwalmart.com/facts/

[atommom]

4. WalMart is infamous for its union busting. Many have tried and failed.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Two stores here in Canada tried - they were shut down

As soon as the union got certified at those two stores, suddenly they became "unprofitable".

[TechBear_Seattle]

7. Unions have been tried, and have always failed

Mainly, this is because Wal-Mart employees are unskilled, and it is legal to dismiss workers who "disrupt" the workplace. Unions are much easier to form when the employer has a vested interest in keeping trained workers on the payroll; other fields (truck drivers, clothing manufacturers and the like) got unionized only because there was overwhelming support for the union among the workers. With the economy the way it is, and with very realistic threats by Wal-Mart against employees in the many "right to work" states, I don't foresee any successful unionization in the near future.

[madmom]

9. Don't want to bust anyone's chops here and I'm all for unionizing, but when

I worked for walmart a year or so ago I did start at $10 an hour.

[Breeze54]

10. With full benefits, health insurance, 40 hrs a week and paid vacation right?

:shrug:

[madmom]

11. I was part time so no, not 40 hours a week, didn't need health care, (SO's )

could have bought reduced cost health care (many of my co-workers were there for just that reason) and because I was part-time benefits were fewer but yes I did get paid vacation, also quarterly profit sharing.

[amborin]

12. most Wallmart employees are kept part time deliberately; and, it's a union-busting corp

paying that 'high' wage is also a way to try to make organizing less attractive

of course, as someone pointed out, wallmart employees don't get anything else unionization brings

sad

[madmom]

13. I was part time by choice, but as I said I'm very pro-union, just correcting mis-information.