Local Unions Love Wal-Mart, Part 2
May 9th, 2009 . by AdministratorWhen I started the process of organizing Verizon Plus!, and throughout the rest of my tenure there, I stopped going to Wal-Mart. I saw it would be highly hypocritical for me to be organizing my co-workers against a company that was anti-union but then shop at an establishment known for its anti-union stance.
It was always entertaining to me, however, to meet some union reps and activists over the past two years. I would listen to them just rip Wal-Mart to shreds about long hours, low pay, no real benefits, not allowing associates to organize or they would be fired, etc.; imagine one’s shock to find that a number of them shopped at the very mecca of their disdain.
It’s a tad hypocritical for union people to enjoy the perks and benefits that come with being union and then shop at places where non-union employees don’t enjoy the same. And what is hilarious, it is union people who are the first to gripe about new Wal-Mart stores (which do create jobs) popping up and pushing out mom & pop stores. Here’s a novel idea: put your money where your mouth is and support the mom & pops instead.
