Monday, October 29, 2012

Wal-mart Black Friday Walkout? Some reasons it could happen...


As I first pointed out in this post, America's biggest retailer could be facing a walk out on 2012's Black Friday. Since my days as a punk rocker left me with a passing interest in corporate politics, I decided to dig into the issue a bit further.

Wal-mart has always had an anti-union approach to their workforce. Rumor has it that they've even gone so far as to send informants into their work force and subtly bully leaders of unionization movements. While browsing around I found this article which states that as much as 80% of the Wal-mart work force is paid so little they require food stamps.

With Wal-mart sitting on 13 Billion dollars in profit last year, it gets a little easier to see how workers might get a bit pissed off. Why would they go to work on Black Friday when they couldn't imagine being able to afford the deals that they're helping to peddle?

It has to be hard to not feel powerless when facing this type of situation.

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