Labor union ads target Walmart during Democratic debate

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

If you watched CNN's Democratic debate Tuesday, you may have seen a few ads taking aim at Walmart.

The commercials featured current and former Walmart employees critiquing the company's employment practices.

"The executives and management treat us like we're disposable," a former Walmart worker identified as "Isaiah" said in one of the ads.

The group behind the commercials is the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which is taking part in a wider campaign dubbed "Making Change at Walmart." The union said its goal is to bring attention to the retailer's labor practices, which it said include low wages, fewer working hours and difficulty in scheduling.

FULL story at link. Video: http://money.cnn.com/video/investing/2015/05/19/walmart-profit-hurt-from-employee-pay-raise.cnnmoney/

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/14/media/walmart-union-debate-ads/

[Major Nikon]

1. Without unions the worker is just a commodity that can always be had for less

Inevitably there is always someone willing to do your job for less money.

[merrily]

2. Thanks. Remind me, which of the people on the stage has been closely connected to WalMart,

who pretty much ignored a strike by Walmart workers?

One of her fellow board members said that, during her time on Walmart's part she focused only on "her" issues, namely equal pay for women. While that is not nothing, it's not everything, either.