Walmart Training Video Will Scare You Away From Evil Mean Unions Forever

[niyad]

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Walmart Training Video Will Scare You Away From Evil Mean Unions Forever


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Nice minimum wage job you got here. Shame if something was to happen to it.

Here is a terrifying anti-union video, mandatory viewing for all new Walmart employees, and designed to warn the Walmart neophyte away from those scary union organizers who are trying to lure unsuspecting “associates” into their evil schemes. As propaganda, it ain’t no Leni Riefenstahl, but it’s enough to do the trick, we guess. And you’ll hardly even notice that all the Genuine Walmart Associates are standing in front of green screen projections of Walmart locations. We know that some of you Wonkers never watch the videos, but this one is worth seeing, just for the sheer horror of it. If Barbara Ehrenreich could handle it, so can you.



The video starts with the usual crap about the joys of life as a Walmart “associate,” with a reminder that you can “really make a difference in someone’s day” and be part of a team! You can purchase Walmart stock and even work flexible hours. (The video hints that the store will be flexible for you, but you’ll have the chance to learn the reality later.) There’s a bizarre mention of the inspiring philosophy of “Mister Sam,” Walmart founder Sam Walton, which is a nice update from the earlier edition of the video, which instead called him Bwana Sam.

The anti-union spigots open at around the 2:35 mark, when a smiling blue-vested dolt in front of a green-screened warehouse scene welcomes you to your new corporate home. “But the reality is, you’re not the only one looking to get your foot in the door at Walmart.” Labor unions want to infiltrate Walmart, and they’ve spent millions of dollars to get at your new employer! Good heavens! Do you need that union nonsense? Heck no! You’ll do just fine with the in-house Christmas food drive for Walmart employees!
I think you know by now that our company prefers to have open and direct communication with our associates — we don’t think a labor union is necessary here. And because our associates have said time after time that they don’t want a union, we usually don’t spend a lot of time talking about them.

And then the video spends the next six minutes telling you why unions are bad and scary and really, just plain not anything a decent person would ever want to get mixed up with. We’re informed, again, that unions have “spent a lot of time, effort, and money trying to convince Walmart associates to join a union — all without any success.” Not mentioned, of course, is Walmart’s habit of closing stores that have voted to unionize. Or maybe it’s just preparing for martial law.

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[lpbk2713]

1. Union members eat babies ...

and push old people out of their wheel chairs.
Don't believe it? Just ask Wally World.

OMFG




Meanwhile, there's still no credible explanation why they suddenly closed
several stores and put several hundred workers out of their McJobs.

[niyad]

2. the last one has an answer--it's because those stores were converted to fema detention

camps for when the military's jade helm 15 exercise takes over texas.

[polly7]

3. These people are fighting hard and having some success.

How Unite Took On The Fast Food Companies Over Zero Hour Contracts And Won

By Mike Treen
Source: unite
May 20, 2015

The fast food industry in New Zealand includes the foreign owned McDonald’s, Burger King and Domino’s Pizza chains, the locally-owned businesses that pay for the right to market brand names in New Zealand like Wendy’s and Restaurant Brands, and then the home-grown brands like Hell’s Pizza and Burger Fuel which also have international ambitions.

We have been successful in negotiating collective employment agreements with McDonald’s, Restaurant Brands, Burger King and Wendy’s. None of these companies welcomed Unite Union’s presence. However, the competitive nature of the industry and the desire of these companies to protect their “brands” has given the union some leverage at times to amplify the organising we have been able to do on the ground.

It took a major, national “SupersizeMyPay.Com” campaign from 2005 to 2006 to get the first collective employment agreements. Our targets in that campaign were threefold: a major boost to the minimum wage; an end to youth rates; and what we called “Secure Hours”.

A national fast food workers conference on February 14] determined to get rid of zero-hour contracts in the industry. The conference signed off on the claims for the companies and nominated delegates for bargaining. We also had workers in Korea, Philippines, Hong Kong and Indonesia do actions in support of our campaign on that day! It was an extraordinary sight to see photos of pickets in several countries where the local workers and unions had made banners using an anti zero hour design from our Facebook page for February 14.

https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-unite-took-on-the-fast-food-companies-over-zero-hour-contracts-and-won/

[niyad]

4. thank you for posting that!!

[polly7]

5. You're very welcome niyad. nt.

[Panich52]

6. Posting link f/ this on Labor (should be illegal to be mandatory)

[niyad]

7. I doubt they got paid for watching this bs, either.

[geardaddy]

8. I briefly worked for a social services company

in a group home for developmentally disabled adults and there was a definite anti-worker, anti-union flavor to the orientation video.