Thousands of Associates are Uniting
Walmart workers have a tremendous opportunity right now because President Obama is committed to rebuilding the middle class by making it easier for workers to form unions.
Thousands of associates are joining the union for higher wages, better benefits, and more opportunity for a better future.
Walmart Sam’s Club Lowering Worker and Community Standards
01.25.10
Walmart launched another assault on living and working standards in communities across the country yesterday, by laying off more than ten thousand Sam’s Club employees. The company is outsourcing jobs, many of them part-time, to a company based in Arkansas.
Workers report that Walmart called them into mass meetings where they were offered boxes of tissues and told they were no longer needed by the nation’s largest private employer. Read more
An Open Letter to President Obama
07.10.09
Joseph T. Hansen, International President, UFCW
Dear President Obama:
I want to commend you for bringing America to the table in the effort to reform our health care system. Health care is a shared responsibility, and we cannot move forward until all elements of our society fully embrace that principle.
The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), representing one million workers in the retail sector, is closely attuned to the health care needs of working people, as well as the financial obligations of companies that provide health care benefits and the competitive pressures they face in the marketplace.
When Walmart announced its support of an employer mandate today, I received the news with interest—and a great deal of skepticism. As a company that has had a significant role in fueling this nation’s health care crisis, I have serious questions about Walmart’s commitment to playing a constructive role in fashioning reform that, in fact, provides quality affordable care for all.
Workers and Activists Team Up for Associates’ Rights
06.02.09
From the UFCW International.
Press Conferences across the country highlight Walmart workers and call on customers to support their rights to a voice on the job
WakeUpWalMart.com, America’s campaign to change Wal-Mart, with more than 444,600 members nationally, today launches a new campaign in support of workers rights. The campaign will kick off with a week of press conferences and petition drives across the country. Walmart workers, community leaders, and members of Walmart Workers for Change and WakeUpWalMart.com will join together in support of the Employee Free Choice Act and workers rights.
