Ask the FEC to Investigate Wal-Mart's Electioneering
August 01, 2008

wmangryface150.gif According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart has been threatening employees that if they vote for pro-worker candidates like Barack Obama in November, the Employee Free Choice Act will pass, making it easier to form unions in Wal-Mart stores.

Wal-Mart is stretching the bounds of legality with these outrageous tactics – it's illegal for employers to advocate for political candidates to hourly employees.  Unfortunately for Wal-Mart workers, intimidation is par for the course at the world’s largest employer. 

We’re starting a petition to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), asking for an investigation into Wal-Mart’s electioneering to see if any laws were violated.  Can you sign on?

»  Ask the Federal Election Commission to investigate Wal-Mart.

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Lies & Distortion on the Secret Ballot

 

7/30/08—Business special interest groups have launched a $160 million campaign to derail reform of the nation's broken labor law system by lying about the Employee Free Choice Act.  Their only line of attack - that the bill somehow takes away so-called "secret ballot" elections for joining a union - is blatantly false.

 

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Wal-Mart Mobilizing against the Employee Free Choice Act

 

8/1/08—Today the Wall-Street Journal came out with a disturbing report saying that Wal-Mart is organizing its store supervisors against Democrats and other candidates who support the Employee Free Choice Act. Unfortunately for Wal-Mart workers, this intimidation is nothing new.  It's actually part and parcel for Wal-Mart's business plan.

 

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