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NLRB accuses Wal-Mart of retaliating against protesting workers
NLRB accuses Wal-Mart of retaliating against protesting workers
by Christian Dem in NC
Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint against Wal-Mart for retaliating against workers who took part in protests on Black Friday 2012.
Wal-Mart has until January 28 to file a response. A date for a hearing before an NLRB administrative law judge hasn't been set yet.
The NLRB's general counsel had actually greenlighted the filing of complaints back in November, but held off on formally filing one so the board could try to work out a settlement. Specifically, it charges that Wal-Marts in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Washington took unlawful reprisals against the protesters. It also charges that Wal-Marts in California, Florida, Missouri and Texas took illegal preemptive strikes--such as spying on them and threatening them--against those planning future protests.
Wal-Mart looks on the workers' actions as a lawful response to what it calls a "union-orchestrated PR move." That's hard to believe from a company that practices what I call "deadbeat capitalism"--locking its workers into poverty-level wages and encouraging its workers to enroll in Medicaid rather than make it easier for them to enroll in the company's insurance plan, while its owners are among some of the richest people in the world.
Stay tuned.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/15/1269930/-NLRB-accuses-Wal-Mart-of-retaliating-against-protesting-workers
by Christian Dem in NC
Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint against Wal-Mart for retaliating against workers who took part in protests on Black Friday 2012.
The complaint, filed Tuesday and circulated Wednesday by union representatives, details times when Wal-Mart allegedly illegally threatened "reprisal" against workers who protested on November 22, 2012, both on national television and to employees directly.
The agency also said Wal-Mart stores in 14 states unlawfully threatened or disciplined workers who participated in legal strikes and protests.
The complaint involves more than 60 employees, 19 of whom were allegedly fired as a result of their participation in the protests. It also named more than 60 Wal-Mart supervisors and one corporate officer.
Wal-Mart has until January 28 to file a response. A date for a hearing before an NLRB administrative law judge hasn't been set yet.
The NLRB's general counsel had actually greenlighted the filing of complaints back in November, but held off on formally filing one so the board could try to work out a settlement. Specifically, it charges that Wal-Marts in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas and Washington took unlawful reprisals against the protesters. It also charges that Wal-Marts in California, Florida, Missouri and Texas took illegal preemptive strikes--such as spying on them and threatening them--against those planning future protests.
Wal-Mart looks on the workers' actions as a lawful response to what it calls a "union-orchestrated PR move." That's hard to believe from a company that practices what I call "deadbeat capitalism"--locking its workers into poverty-level wages and encouraging its workers to enroll in Medicaid rather than make it easier for them to enroll in the company's insurance plan, while its owners are among some of the richest people in the world.
Stay tuned.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/15/1269930/-NLRB-accuses-Wal-Mart-of-retaliating-against-protesting-workers
