Q. But Walmart doesn’t want us to have a union. What’s our plan to win?
A.Walmart is not unusual – most union members in the United States today work at companies where the employer opposed a union at first. But most of those employers have learned that a workplace where employees have a voice works better. It results in a better atmosphere at work, better service for the public, and paychecks and benefits that reflect the hard work that employees do.
With President Obama in the White House, and the support of millions of workers who already have unions, including members of the United Food and Commercial Workers, we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get a union.
Step 1 is for thousands of Walmart workers to sign cards saying we want a union. We know that we need to form unions at hundreds of stores at once, not one store at a time.
Step 2 is to join with millions of other union members to win passage of the Employee Free Choice Act which is supported by President Obama and a majority in Congress. The point of the new law is to make it easier to form unions without employer interference.
Step 3 will be to sign up a majority of our coworkers nationwide so our union will be legally recognized and then negotiate a contract with Walmart.
