Hillary Clinton and Wal-Mart - Statement of Stuart Appelbaum, President, RWDSU (1/31/08)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.rwdsu.info/en/archives/1/hillary-clinton-and-wal-mart-statement-stuart-appelbaum-president-rwdsu-13108.html

The following is a statement by Stuart Appelbaum, president of the 100,000-member Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, regarding recent attacks on Sen. Hillary Clinton related to her having once served on Wal-Mart's board of directors.

RWDSU families are proud to be in the forefront of the campaign to keep Wal-Mart from opening in New York City -- and we are equally proud of our close friendship with Sen. Hillary Clinton. We know from experience that Hillary understands that strong unions built the American middle class. We know from experience that union families can count on Hillary to be on their side, not once or twice, but whenever she is needed.

We know from experience that Hillary shares our belief that Wal-Mart and other retailers have a moral responsibility to respect every worker's right to organize.
She has stood with us and has been and continues to be supportive of our efforts to call attention to Wal-Mart's business practices that hurt working families. And she has lent her voice to calls for the giant retailer to change its ways. Over the last seven years American workers and their families have been brutalized by corporate greed and unprecedented government indifference. Based on our experience we are convinced that, as president, Hillary would work from day one to restore workers rights and the institution of collective bargaining. Some politicians only stand up for labor at election time, but we know from experience that Hillary will be there for workers and their unions long after the ballots are counted.

The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (www.rwdsu.org) represents 100,000 workers throughout the U.S. and Canada. The RWDSU is affiliated with the United Food and Commercial Workers.

[AX10]

1. k/r

[bellasgrams]

2. Thank you. Keep this handy.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. Wal-Mart owes the Clintons a lot....NAFTA helped Wal-Mart A LOT ...n/t

[classykaren]

4. Did you read the Obama book?

He said he always voted the way the unions asked him to and was shocked that they endorsed his running mate the head of the union put his arm around him and said this isnt personal obama I went to school with this guy