Walmart Anti Union Stance

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Walmarts Anti union stance: * Walmart has been successful in keep the US union free since its first store opening in 1962. * Walmarts anti union stance makes head lines each year and is a very controversial conversation at times. * Other countries have been successful in forming, so why not in America? * Coleman Peterson, Executive Vice President of walmart states, “ where associates feel free to communicate openly with their management, why would they need a third party to represent them?” * Coleman believes employees are threated fairly, and because of this, there should be no fear of wrongful mangement. * Coleman believes that no third party is needed to mediate any issues between employees and upper management. * Non union orginzation: Walmart workers association has been formed in replacement of an actual union * Started in Florida and has gained over 300 employees from 40 different stores which has helped improve working conditions and air grievances against the company. * With the support employees are getting in regards to forming a union, this group has been able to restore hours cut by the stores, reinstate a fired employee and get the company to install a bike rack. * Although employee have not been successful in forming a legitimate union, alternative actions are taking place which is definitely helping employees in the workforce Union Suppression Techniques Utilized: * Walmart has been able to bypass the starting of a union in the US due to its strategy of placing its stores in small towns with little exposure to unions. * Walmart has strategtically placed their stores in locations where support of a workers right not to join in a union takes place, rather than in states that practice pro-union stature. * Walmart participates in regulatory arbitrage. This is strategy, which favors
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