Wal -Mart wrote me back ~ Their pants must be on fire

[goclark]

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After they received a goclark rant -- including my promise to them that I was going to email my entire contact list about their nasty store, this was their canned response.....

Dear G Clark,

Thank you for contacting us about the news story that ran in the Wall Street Journal on August 1, 2008. The article focused on the Employee Free Choice Act, also known as "the card check bill," and the training we provided to managers and hourly supervisors. It quoted several Wal-Mart associates who felt the training encouraged them to vote against democratic candidates, especially Senator Obama because of his strong support for labor unions.

The training has concluded, but we want to assure you that as a company we are not taking sides in this election. If anyone representing Wal-Mart gave the impression we were telling associates how to vote, they were wrong and acting without approval. We will work to make sure misunderstandings like this do not happen again, regardless of the subject.

We believe that the card check bill is bad for business and have been on record as opposing it for some time. We feel that educating our associates about the bill is the right thing to do. However, we are a bi-partisan company and our associates, just as the customers and communities we serve, reflect the wide range of attitudes and political diversity of this country. We work with both Republican and Democratic leaders and our political contributions reflect that as well -- this year we gave roughly half of our PAC dollars to each party.

We are at the beginning of what will be a historic election and campaign period. Our company will remain bipartisan.

Thank you,
Wal-Mart Customer Relations